Current Games Chart

The MVC top 20 game chart shows us up to date information what are currently the most popular games, what platfroms they are available on and the company that they were developed by. The top 3 games are Assassin's Creed III, Fifa 13 and WWE 13, with 3 out of the top 5 being developed by Activision. Out of the current top 20 games, all but one are established franchises. Dishonored is the anomaly here as it is the only new IP in the chart, which tells us that there is still a market attracted to new IP's and that it must be a large one as it is ranked at the current #10, however it is the only IP and so established franchises are evidently more popular and sell more copies across their platforms.. It is clear that Bethesda, the developers of Dishonored, are willing to take risks and create a new IP, which is unlike other developers who have chosen the safer route of creating a game that is already apart of an existing franchise. In the top 20, there are several first party games, which shows that thess games still have a dedicated audience who will either already own or will go out and buy the neccesary platform (making the game a killer app). Nintendo has 2 first party games, with microsoft having one and sony not having any at all. Although this tells us that Sony aren't very successful with their first party games, it only accounts for 3/20 games in the chart. Clearly showing that second and third party games are more popular and more successful, such as Assassin's Creed III and Fifa 13.

Quite unusually, Fifa 13 is available on the PS2. This is a made by EA to target other countries around the world such as India and Brazil where PS2's are still widely played. By targeting these audiences, EA have expanded their market to reach thousands of people that would usually be unable to play new games.

The games chart above also shows us who the core/larger audiences are in terms of those who are buying games. Well, infact it shows us that while there is a mixture of ages, the most popular games tend to be those that are targeted at hardcore gamers, as as opposed to social gamers. Such as Assassins Creed III and Fifa 13, Ubisoft and EA know there are established and dedicated audiences and so continue to build on the series as success is expected.