14 DAY TRIAL // Amazon, the biggest retailer in the digital space, has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision Blizzard, has taken the number one position in a physical video games sales chart compiled by the company.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution, from developer Eidos Montreal and publisher Square Enix, has managed to beat the opposition in the sales chart which only looks at digitally distributed copies of video games.
For the physical chart Amazon has not included collector’s editions and has added up sales for all platforms.
When it comes to physical sales the Amazon compiled top ten is made up of:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2. Just Dance 3 3. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 4. Battlefield 3 5. Batman: Arkham City 6. Madden NFL 12 7. Portal 2 8. Just Dance 2 9. Gears of War 3 10. FIFA Soccer 12
The situation changes slightly when the digital side of games distribution is taken into account:
1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2. Battlefield 3 3. The Sims 3 4. Battlefield Bad Company 2 5. Sid Meir's Civilization V 6. Dead Island 7. Total War: Shogun 2 8. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 9. Crysis 2 10. Dragon Age 2
It’s interesting to note that games like Civilization V, from Firaxis and Take Two, and The Sims 3, from the social division of Electronic Arts, have placed very well in the digital sales chart while having no presence in the physical chart.
Amazon has not offered any actual sales figures for any of the titles on the two lists, making comparisons difficult.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been the biggest entertainment launch of 2011 and is on track to beat the lifetime sales of its predecessor, Black Ops.