After a lackluster week in sales the only Wii U title to remain on the UK charts is Nintendo Land, which landed at the 39th spot just before Sonic Generations. Is it lack of interest, lack of advertisement, or lack of product that is causing the low sales?
After the jump is the list of top 40 UK software titles. But before we go there, I think we need to give the Wii U the praise that it deserves. We cannot blame sub par 3rd party support for the downfall.
In fact, there are some great games that have come our way as a result of that 3rd party support. We have to remember though that creating a game for the Wii U is not the same as creating a game for the other consoles. There is a lot of work that goes into porting a creating a new game to take advantage of the use of the game pad, as well as other system features.
The Wii U is a fantastic system, and will undoubtedly get more and more third party games in the future. We also cannot leave out the future of Nintendo mainstays such as Zelda, Metroid, and possibly some of the classics such as Donkey Kong and Star Fox. We may not have seen every desired game at launch, but we did get a large number of launch titles to cater to everyone’s wants. This system is only a month old, as of tomorrow, and many seem to treat the console as though it has been out for a full year without the release of third party games or the launch of a new Zelda.
For those that are on the fence, take the gamble. You will not be disappointed. For those of you that are angry at the current selection of games, please give it time.
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 15 December 2012
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II – ACTIVISION
- HITMAN ABSOLUTION – SQUARE ENIX
- FIFA 13 – EA SPORTS
- JUST DANCE 4 – UBISOFT
- FAR CRY 3 – UBISOFT
- ASSASSIN’S CREED III – UBISOFT
- HALO 4 – MICROSOFT
- NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED – EA
- LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- WWE ’13 – THQ
- SKYLANDERS GIANTS – SKYLANDERS
- THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 – SEGA
- SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED – SEGA
- MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK – MIND CANDY
- MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER – EA GAMES
- LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- FORZA HORIZON – MICROSOFT
- NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 – NINTENDO
- DISHONORED – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 – MICROSOFT
- JUST DANCE DISNEY PARTY – UBISOFT
- BOOK OF SPELLS – SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- F1 2012 – CODEMASTERS
- MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – SEGA
- DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO – DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
- MARIO KART 7 – NINTENDO
- F1 RACE STARS – CODEMASTERS
- RESIDENT EVIL 6 – CAPCOM
- BORDERLANDS 2 – 2K GAMES
- PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK – NINTENDO
- ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY – ACTIVISION
- DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION – DEEP SILVER
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED – ACTIVISION
- SUPER MARIO 3D LAND – NINTENDO
- LITTLEBIGPLANET KARTING – SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- FAMILY GUY: BACK TO THE MULTIVERSE – ACTIVISION
- 007 LEGENDS – ACTIVISION
- NINTENDO LAND – NINTENDO
- SONIC GENERATIONS – SEGA
