Top selling games in SA

Market research company Gfk has released its July 2013 sales charts for the SA physical retail gaming market, revealing the top 5 selling games.

July didn’t see many big game releases, and so we note that AAA favourites dominate the chart for the month. The Last of Us, released in mid-June, unsurprisingly tops the PS3 chart.

Readers will be familiar with the long-running trend of Sims 3 and its expansions dominating the PC sales chart, but it’s good to see some good old fashioned war-gaming in the chart with Battlefield 3 and Company of Heroes 2.

Top selling games in SA by platform – July 2013
	July 2013

#	PC
1	The Sims 3: Island Paradise Expansion
2	Battlefield 3
3	The Sims 3
4	The Sims 3: University Expansion
5	Company of Heroes 2

#	Xbox 360
1	Black Ops 2
2	FIFA 2013
3	Modern Warfare 2
4	Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 2
5	Battlefield 3

#	PlayStation 3
1	The Last of Us
2	Black Ops 2
3	FIFA 2013
4	Battlefield 3
5	Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 2

#	Wii U
1	Pikmin 3
2	New Super Mario Bros
3	Nintendo Land
4	Just Dance 4
5	New Super Luigi U

Top selling games in SA by platform

Gfk explained to MyGaming to what degree their sales stats represent the overall SA retail market.

Gfk spokesperson Sónia Sengupta said they cover around 90% of the SA gaming retail market, and 95% of the SA gaming consoles retail market.

Gfk does track online retailers, as well as both the physical and online sales of the retailers who have physical stores and that also perform sales online, said Sengupta.

The stats presented are gathered on a monthly basis from the retailers with whom the Gfk is in partnership.