Top 20 games chart

This chart is showing the games that have sold the most copies over the last week worldwide. This shows the trends of what people like the most at this moment in time. This allows game developers to design new games that will fit in with the trend so their games will get bought. You can also see that activision, ea and ubisoft are the main game developers in the top 20. This shows that the more household known developers are having their games bought because they are trusted by the gaming market to make a new game that is good. This is because they are a trusted franchise. An example of a trusted franchise in the top 20 is assassin's creed 3. There is one first party game in the top 20. Forza horizon is made by microsoft and this means that it is only available on the xbox 360. This is known as a first party game. other examples of first party games are pokemon black and white and proffesor layton and the miracle mask. Their are a few kids games in the top 20. These include moshi monsters and skylanders. These are both made by activision. This shows that activison are trying to push games in to a younger market to get money. One casual game is in the top 20. This is Just dance 4. This is in the top 20 as this is a franchise that has grown and people enjoy playing this so people buy it. A couple of football games are in the chart. Football amnager 2013 and fifa 13 are there as they are well known franchises are bought year in year out. The new ip in the chart is dishonored. This game is brand new and nobody knows anything about it so making this was a massive risk. This may be bought because the the developers bethesda m,ade syrim and this was a good game. The audience may look on this and buy dishonored based on this. Within the next week call of duty black ops 2 will enter and probably at the top. This is because this is a AAA blockbuster game and everyone buys it. This is because it is a trusted franchise and this has been earnt because some of the previous games they have made have been good and the audience continue to buy them year in year out.