Eighth week on top for FIFA 14

A week of declining sales across the board.
Text: Mike Holmes
Published 2014-01-20

EA are celebrating another week at the top of the UK's multi-format sales chart, after FIFA 14 made it eight weeks on top (and the fifth consecutively). Sales were down 21% but that wasn't enough to dislodge the Messi-fronted title from its lofty perch.

In fact, it was a week of declining sales for most games, even for titles that find themselves higher in the listings than this time last week. Call of Duty: Ghosts (-39%), Battlefield 4 (-26%) and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (-31%) all stayed put inside the top five, and were joined by Lego Marvel Super Heroes, which climbed a place despite a 12% drop in sales.

The dubious award for the biggest drop in sales went to Grand Theft Auto V (-56%), which crashed down four places, but at least it managed to stay ahead of Aliens: Colonial Marines (-10%), which stays in the top twenty thanks to its low retail price.

Mario Party: Island Tour is the first new entry in this week's (and this year's) top twenty, debuting as it did in 18th place.

Another week on top for the pace setters.

Here's the GfK Chart-Track top twenty in full:
1. FIFA 14 | EA
2. Call of Duty: Ghosts | Activision
3. Battlefield 4 | EA
4. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Ubisoft
5. Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Warner Bros.
6. Killzone: Shadow Fall | Sony
7. Need for Speed: Rivals | EA
8. Minecraft | Microsoft
9. Grand Theft Auto V | Take Two
10. Aliens: Colonial Marines | Sega
11. Just Dance 2014 | Ubisoft
12. Forza Motorsport 5 | Microsoft
13. Football Manager 2014 | Sega
14. WWE 2K14 | Take Two
15. Batman: Arkham Origins | Warner Bros.
16. NBA 2K14 | Take Two
17. Dead Rising 3 | Microsoft
18. Mario Party: Island Tour | Nintendo
19. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
20. Dead Island: Riptide | Deep Silver

Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 battle it out in the top three.

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