FIFA 15 Holds off Mordor and Forza in this Week's Charts

FIFA 15 survived a three-way attack to score an additional week as the UK No. 1, despite a 70 percent decline in sales. EA's soccer sim was able surpass multiplatform action-RPG Middle-earth, Shadow of Mordor and the Xbox-only racer Forza Horizon 2, and porta-brawler Super Smash Bros 3DS. It came in second, third, and fourth in each of the three categories. Although the trio of new releases couldn't topple the United Kingdom's love affair with FIFA (and let's face it, few can) however, they did enough to outplace Bungie shooter Destiny which fell from second to fifth in its fourth week of sale.

With the exception of the PS4 retail edition of Minecraft (which UK databod Chart Track indicates as a different platform for Minecraft: PlayStation Edition) Another new release on the list was Crimes & Punishments: Sherlock Holmes in 27th. Chart Track does not release sales figures, but it does provide some platform differences for some of the biggest hits of the week. For example, the Shadow of Mordor split is 56 percent PS4, 41 percent Xbox One and 3 percent PC (that doesn't include download sales), while Forza Horizon 2 is geared with a 73:27 split between Xbox One and Xbox 360.
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The complete top ten list, and more traditional music videos are available below the break. Top 10 UK Software Sales (All Formats): week ending October 4

FIFA 15

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Forza Horizon 2

Super Smash Bros.

Destiny

Minecraft: PlayStation Edition

Disney Infinity 2.0

Minecraft: Xbox Edition

Call of Duty: Ghosts

The Sims 4: The Sims 4

[Image: EA, Middle-earth Enterprises]