No Surprise Seeing Final Fantasy XIII Top The Charts Now Is It?

Final Fantasy XIII has shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts, with the PS3 version of the game managing 54% of the sales. Not the hugest of discrepancies between the SKUs, but it’s often rare a PS3 multiplatform game outsells its XBOX 360 rival – particularly when Microsoft have broken the metaphorical bank marketing the game exclusive to their platform.

Most exciting for us about this week’s chart is the position of Heavy Rain, still clutching tightly to the number four spot. Game’s not gonna sell right?

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2's Topped The UK Sales Charts For The Week.

Heavy Rain’s affair with the number one spot of the British gaming charts is over (though it still sits at a respectable fourth place). Indeed, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has taken the top spot this week, with 31 per cent of the sales being accountable to the PS3 SKU.

SEGA got a double hit with Aliens vs Predator and Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing occupying the third and fifth spot; and Ubisoft’s Just Dance is still at number two.

Full list after the jump.

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Heavy Rain's Characters May Not Be Perfectly Performed, But Draw You Further Into The Drama.

Over the past months I’ve had the privilege of playing two extremely unique games. Heavy Rain and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories are both arguably flawed titles if you pick them apart. But let them stand on their own merits and they’re inspiring. I don’t want to do other games a disservice in my appraisal, I have plenty of love for more formal titles (I’m enjoying the heck out of the uber-generic Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing), but I just want to highlight how much I think developers of any game need to learn from Heavy Rain in particular. Whatever the game, whatever the gameplay, it’d be nice to care about the characters.

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There Are Some Shortages Of Heavy Rain Right Now.

If your PS3 is totally working right now, you might be suffering from a whole new problem this evening: you can’t find a copy of Heavy Rain. According to MCV, Quantic Dream’s thriller is suffering from shortages in some retail circles after the game shot straight to the top of the UK charts this morning.

“We have been extremely delighted with the demand for Heavy Rain,” a Sony rep told VG247.

“Whilst it isn’t out of stock we are aware that supplies are running low. There is still supply in the chain, but I’m afraid if you’re hunting for a copy it may require a little extra footwork. There will be more stock arriving next week.”

We suggest going out and seeking a copy of the game. It really is absolutely fantastic.

Heavy Rain: The Movie - Not-So-Interactive Drama.

What if interactive drama wasn’t quite so interactive? It would be a movie right? Of course it would. And while it would never happen, it’s been discovered that copyright documents exist for such a thing. Apparently, in May 2006 New Line Cinema grabbed the rights for a Heavy Rain movie.

It’s totally never going to come out of course. But y’know. It’s interesting all the same.

Heavy Rain: Officially Not The Flop Everyone Expected.

“Bu-Bu-But Heavy Rain sucks because it’s not going to sell.” It may be a comment you’ve read on a message board somewhere. Well those people are not only stupid, but they’re also officially wrong: Heavy Rain just topped the UK sales charts. As in — outsold every other video game in the UK in the past seven days. We thought it was “destined for failure” oh message board source of knowledge?

It’s actually Sony’s first number one game since Killzone 2 hit last year. And it deserves to be too. If you haven’t bought Heavy Rain yet, you probably should.

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Heavy Rain: The Taxidermist (DLC) on Playstation 3 Review.

The Taxidermist is a more horror-led look at the Heavy Rain mechanics. It’s a short but sweet extension to one of 2010’s most innovative releases.

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