Skyrim is the biggest thing in the UK this Christmas

You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry,
You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
Dovahkiin is coming to town!

He’s making a list and checking it twice,
Gonna use his Shouts to turn you to ice,
Dovahkiin is coming to town!

He sees you when you’re sleeping,
He knows when you’re awake,
He’ll empty your pockets of cash and gear,
So lock up for goodness’s sake!

Oh! You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry,
You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
Dovahkiin is coming to town!

In news that nobody could have predicted two months ago, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has beaten out everything else, and taken the top spot on the UK’s all-formats chart for Christmas – the first time a title not published by EA or Activision has done so in eight years. Instead of pretending to shoot people, it seems everybody has decided to pretend to slay dragons this holiday season.

Despite an 8 percent drop in sales over the previous week, Skyrim managed to shift 15,000 more units over the chart’s number two, Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3.

The top ten list, in order:

1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
2. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
3. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
4. FIFA 12 (EA)
5. Saints Row: The Third (THQ)
6. Battlefield 3 (EA)
7. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft)
8. Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
9. Need For Speed: The Run (EA)
10. Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call (Nintendo)

Source: Eurogamer

Further reading:

Skyrim fastest selling Steam title ever