UK & US Sales and Charts

[DisturbedSwan]

UK Chart, week ending September 22nd

 

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'Marvel's Spider-Man' sticks to the top spot for a third week

There is no change at the top with both ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ and ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ non-movers at No1 and No2 respectively. The rest of the Top 10 gets a slight shuffle with ‘Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy’ up one place to No3 and ‘NBA 2K19’ down one place to No4. No new entries break in to the Top 40 as the market braces itself for the launch of ‘FIFA 19’ on Friday.

 

01 (01) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
02 (02) SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX)
03 (04) CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY (ACTIVISION)
04 (03) NBA 2K19 (2K)
05 (05) MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
06 (06) GRAND THEFT AUTO V (ROCKSTAR)
07 (10) SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (NINTENDO)
08 (07) F1 2018 (CODEMASTERS))
09 (11) PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (MICROSOFT)
10 (12) SONIC MANIA PLUS (SEGA)
11 (09) LEGO THE INCREDIBLES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
12 (16) DISHONORED: DEATH OF THE OUTSIDER (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
13 (31) RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (CAPCOM)
14 (14) MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)
15 (18) CALL OF DUTY: WWII (ACTIVISION)
16 (15) THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (NINTENDO)
17 (13) LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
18 (20) MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
19 (22) GOD OF WAR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
20 (17) TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE (UBISOFT)
21 (08) THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
22 (24) ROCKET LEAGUE: COLLECTORS EDITION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
23 (19) PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2019 (KONAMI)
24 (21) MARIO TENNIS ACES (NINTENDO)
25 (25) THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED (PLAYSTATION HITS)
26 (33) PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
27 (36) MARIO KART 7 (NINTENDO)
28 (23) SPLATOON 2 (NINTENDO)
29 (37) LEGO WORLDS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
30 (26) DESTINY 2: FORSAKEN (ACTIVISION)
31 (38) HELLO NEIGHBOR (GEARBOX PUBLISHING)
32 (35) CAPTAIN TOAD: TREASURE TRACKER (NINTENDO)
33 (32) FIREWALL ZERO HOUR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
34 (29) DRAGON QUEST XI: ECHOES OF AN ELUSIVE AGE (SQUARE ENIX)
35 (34) JURASSIC WORLD: EVOLUTION (SOLD OUT SALES & MARKETING)
36 (RE) FAR CRY 5 (UBISOFT)
37 (RE) ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF (NINTENDO SELECTS)
38 (39) MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
39 (27) FIFA 18 (EA SPORTS)
40 (40) WWE 2K18 (2K)

 

[DANGERMAN]

Playstation VR Worlds has charted, I wonder how many VR headsets were sold for that to happen

[DisturbedSwan]

Spider-Man sales continue to impress

 

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It's the week before FIFA, and therefore the quiet before the inevitable retail storm.

It means that Spider-Man is free to retain its place at the top of the UK Boxed Charts, despite a 57% dip in sales week-on-week.

The PS4 exclusive has already surpassed the total sell-through of God of War (physical sales only) and is now a week or two away from eclipsing the multi-format Far Cry 5 as the biggest release of the year. Although, of course, FIFA 19 will claim that prize come Friday.

It is pretty much unchanged at the top with Shadow of the Tomb Raider retaining its No.2 spot with a 52% dip in sales week-on-week, which is a solid performance for a second week on sale. Tomb Raider hasn't lit up the charts, but the second week sell-through suggests it may still find a sizeable audience once the Christmas sales period is over.

Meanwhile, with Spyro jumping out of September and into November, it gives sister product Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy even more opportunity to sell and sell and sell. The Activision Blizzard game rose up a place in the charts to No.3. The game has now been in the charts or 65 weeks.

 

[DisturbedSwan]

UK Chart, week ending September 29th

 

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FIFA 19 is already the biggest UK video game of 2018, but its opening week physical sales have fallen sharply.

The game's week one sales are down 25% compared with FIFA 18's arrival one year ago.

 

Of course, these GfK figures only factor in physical games sold and does not include downloads. The numbers suggest that this year's FIFA either had a comparatively disappointing first week, or there has been a sharp acceleration in the movement from physical to digital. Or, perhaps more likely, a combination of both.

 

The PS4 version of FIFA 19 accounted for 64% of sales, with Xbox One accounting for 35% and the Switch version the remaining 1%. Sales of the games on legacy platforms (Xbox 360, PS3) were negligible.

 

The arrival of FIFA means that Spider-Man drops to No.2 for the week. Sony's game is now the second best-selling game of the year as it has overtaken Far Cry 5 in just four weeks. It's an impressive achievement for the PS4 title, as it is only available on one platform (admittedly, the UK's most popular console).

 

Also dropping a place due to FIFA is Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which falls from No.2 to No.3. Despite a disappointing first week, the game has had solid sales since, and suggests that the Square Enix title will still find a decent audience.

 

Outside of the top titles, Sega's Valkyria Chronicles IV debuts at No.9, with the PS4 version accounting for most of the sales (54%), followed by Switch (39%) and then Xbox One (7%).

 

Meanwhile, the Switch release of Dragon Ball Fighterz sees that title return to the Top 40 at No.29. Hardware bundling of Project Cars and Tekken 7 means that both Bandai Namco games re-enter the charts at No.19 and No.20.

 

01 (NE) FIFA 19 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (01) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
03 (02) SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX)
04 (03) CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
05 (06) GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
06 (05) MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
07 (21) THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
08 (04) NBA 2K19 (TAKE 2)
09 (NE) VALKYRIA CHRONICLES 4 (SEGA)
10 (18) MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)

11 (9)  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (MICROSOFT)

12 (7)  SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (NINTENDO)

13 (8) F1 2018 (CODEMASTERS)

14 (12)  DISHONORED: DEATH OF THE OUTSIDER (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)

15 (14)  MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)

16 (26)  PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

17 (16)  THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (NINTENDO)

18 (11)  LEGO THE INCREDIBLES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

19 (RE) TEKKEN 7 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)

20 (RE) PROJECT CARS 2 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)

21 (17)  LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

22 (15)  CALL OF DUTY: WWII (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

23 (10)  SONIC MANIA PLUS (SEGA)

24 (13)  RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (CAPCOM)

25 (33)  FIREWALL ZERO HOUR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

26 (20)  TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE (UBISOFT)

27 (19)  GOD OF WARS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

28 (22)  ROCKET LEAGUE: COLLECTORS EDITION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

29 (RE)  DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)

30 (31)  HELLO NEIGHBOR (GEARBOX PUBLISHING)

31 (24)  MARIO TENNIS ACES (NINTENDO)

32 (36)  FAR CRY 5 (UBISOFT)

33 (25) THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

34 (28)  SPLATOON 2 (NINTENDO)

35 (29)  LEGO WORLDS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

36 (27)  MARIO KART 7 (NINTENDO)

37 (RE)  ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS (UBISOFT)

38 (RE)  OVERWATCH: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

39 (30)  DESTINY 2: FORSAKEN (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

40 (32)  CAPTAIN TOAD: TREASURE TRACKER (NINTENDO)

 

[DisturbedSwan]

UK Chart, week ending October 6th

 

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Fifa 19 in a League of its own

08/Oct/2018

The start of Q4 sees ‘FIFA 19’ retain the top spot while Ubisoft’s ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ creeps in just ahead of ‘Forza Horizon 4’ as they take No2 and No3 respectively in their debut weeks.

Nintendo also make the Top 5 with their new release ‘Super Mario Party’ in at No5, as Microsoft’s Forza bundle see ‘Forza Motorsport 7’ re-enter the chart at No12. Further down the chart we have a couple more new releases with Sega’s ‘Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise’ in at No21 and Sony’s PSVR title ‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission’ just one position below.

01 (01) FIFA 19 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (NE) ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY (UBISOFT)
03 (NE) FORZA HORIZON 4 (MICROSOFT)
04 (02) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
05 (NE) SUPER MARIO PARTY (NINTENDO)
06 (03) SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
07 (19) TEKKEN 7 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
08 (04) CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
09 (20) PROJECT CARS 2 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
10 (05) GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
11 (06) MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
12 (RE) FORZA MOTORSPORT 7 (MICROSOFT)
13 (10) MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
14 (13) F1 2018 (CODEMASTERS)
15 (12) SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (NINTENDO)
16 (11) PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (MICROSOFT)
17 (15) MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)
18 (07) THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
19 (08) NBA 2K19 (TAKE 2)
20 (16) PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
21 (NE) FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: LOST PARADISE (SEGA)
22 (NE) ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
23 (32) FAR CRY 5 (UBISOFT)
24 (18) LEGO THE INCREDIBLES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
25 (21) LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
26 (17) THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (NINTENDO)
27 (23) SONIC MANIA PLUS (SEGA)
28 (RE) THE EVIL WITHIN 2 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
29 (22) CALL OF DUTY: WWII (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
30 (30) HELLO NEIGHBOR (GEARBOX PUBLISHING)
31 (37) ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS (UBISOFT)
32 (RE) THE SIMS 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
33 (27) GOD OF WAR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
34 (24) RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (CAPCOM)
35 (25) FIREWALL ZERO HOUR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
36 (28) ROCKET LEAGUE: COLLECTORS EDITION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
37 (26) TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE (UBISOFT)
38 (36) MARIO KART 7 (NINTENDO)
39 (35) LEGO WORLDS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
40 (31) MARIO TENNIS ACES (NINTENDO)

 

[mmmark]

I doubt gamepass has had that big of a hit on it. The first 2 in that list are multi format so F4 entering third is as good as could be.

[DisturbedSwan]

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey launch sales top franchise records for current console generation

 

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Strong first week sales for the Ancient Greece-set Assassin's Creed.

 

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey had the best launch week performance in the franchise for the current console generation, publisher Ubisoft announced.

 

The Ancient Greece-set entry in the 2007-launched series released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 5.

 

“We are incredibly proud of what the team accomplished with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and humbled by the amazing reception from critics and players,” said Ubisoft senior vice president of sales and marketing Geoffroy Sardin in a press release. “Based on the quality of the game and the very encouraging reactions from players, we expect Odyssey to be one of the top performing Assassin’s Creed games of all-time. Launch is just the start of this epic journey. We have robust content plans for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey that will keep players engaged and exploring the game’s beautiful and compelling world for a long time to come.”

 

Here is an overview of the game, via Ubisoft:

 

Developed by Ubisoft Quebec in association with eight other Ubisoft studios, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey takes players on a heroic voyage through Ancient Greece amidst one of the deadliest conflicts in history, the Peloponnesian War.

 

In a first for the franchise, players choose their hero, either Alexios or Kassandra, outcast Spartan mercenaries who will explore a beautiful living, systemic open world, where they will uncover the truth about their mysterious pasts and become legendary Greek heroes.

 

The launch of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is just the beginning; the live roadmap plan is the biggest and most ambitious in the franchise, deepening storytelling through its episodic structure. Season Pass owners will access two major storylines, Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis, with three episodes each and all players will receive the free story missions, The Lost Tales of Greece, along with recurring in-game events and access to Discovery Tour.

 

 

[DisturbedSwan]

28 minutes ago, Nag said:

I thought it was supposed to be down on Origins? Although if anyone knows digital numbers it would Ubi...

 

Yeah 26% down in physical sales from Origins in the U.K.

 

I can only from speculate from Ubi’s statement that it sold better physically around the world at launch than Origins and probably sold better digitally than Origins in the U.K. (UK Charts don’t count digital numbers until 2019).

 

We’ll get more of full indication of how well it did when the October US NPD Report comes out midway through next month as that includes digital sales as well, but for now it seems like it’s off to a great start.

 

 

[DisturbedSwan]

First weekend UK boxed sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII are down almost 50% compared with last year's Call of Duty: WWII.
 

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The sales are also down 59% compared with its direct predecessor, 2015's Black Ops III.

It's the weakest start for a boxed Call of Duty game since 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

These figures only include physical units, so do not factor in sales of digital downloads - which have been increasing significantly in recent years. Indeed, Activision has since revealed that Black Ops IIII is its biggest digital day one launch ever, and that on day one 'the total number of people who connected online to play Black Ops 4 increased from last year's release'.

 

 

Call of Duty Series UK Retail launch history:
 

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[Week 45, 2007] CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION) < 215,000 / NEW
[Week 46, 2008] CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 430,000 / NEW
[Week 46, 2009] CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 1,600,000 / NEW
[Week 45, 2010] CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 1,800,000 / NEW
[Week 45, 2011] CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 1,773,000 / NEW
[Week 46, 2012] CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 1,386,000 / NEW
[Week 45, 2013] CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 690,000 / NEW
[Week 45, 2014] CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 730,000 / NEW
[Week 45, 2015] CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 635,000 / NEW
[Week 44, 2016] CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 328,000 / NEW
[Week 44, 2017] CALL OF DUTY: WWII (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 515,000 / NEW
[Week 41, 2018] CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) - 260,000 / NEW

 

[Sly Reflex]

Some of those launch numbers are insane. 1.8m copies of a game sold in a weekend is 625 copies sold a minute.

[retroed]

These charts are becoming meaningless without the inclusion of digital sales.

 

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In addition to setting internal records at Activision, Black Ops 4 had the strongest day one digital full game sales on the PlayStation Store in its history.

Black Ops 4 also broke the Xbox One record for best-selling digital game of all time for Activision.

 

Gamespot.

[mmmark]

I’d argue charts are quite meaningless regardless. 

[DANGERMAN]

I quite like the charts, but yeah, at this point, particularly for a multiplayer game like COD, you can't really infer much without digital sales 

[mmmark]

58 minutes ago, Nag said:

??... You posted one the other day.

 

 

 

And?

[DisturbedSwan]

UK Charts will get digital sales in January.

 

US NPD charts already has them.

[DisturbedSwan]

UK Chart, week ending October 13th

 

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01 (NE) CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

02 (01)  FIFA 19 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

03 (02) ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY (UBISOFT)

04 (NE) WWE 2K19 (TAKE 2)

05 (03) FORZA HORIZON 4 (MICROSOFT)

06 (04) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

07 (05) SUPER MARIO PARTY (NINTENDO)

08 (08)  CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

09 (06)  SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)

10 (11)  MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)

11 (07)  TEKKEN 7 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)

12 (10)  GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)

13 (09) PROJECT CARS 2 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)

14 (28)  THE EVIL WITHIN 2 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)

15 (17)  MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)

16 (15)  SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (NINTENDO)

17 (13)  MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)

18 (14)  F1 2018 (CODEMASTERS)

19 (16)  PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (MICROSOFT)

20 (25) LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

21 (NE)  THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU: FINAL REMIX (NINTENDO)

22 (22)  ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

23 (32)  THE SIMS 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

24 (24)  LEGO THE INCREDIBLES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

25 (12)  FORZA MOTORSPORT 7 (MICROSOFT)

26 (26)  THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (NINTENDO)

27 (RE)  EA SPORTS UFC 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

28 (19)  NBA 2K19 (TAKE 2)

29 (27) SONIC MANIA PLUS (SEGA)

30 (30)  HELLO NEIGHBOR (GEARBOX PUBLISHING)

31 (38)  MARIO KART 7 (NINTENDO)

32 (33)  GOD OF WAR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

33 (36)  ROCKET LEAGUE: COLLECTORS EDITION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

34 (20)  PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

35 (23)  FAR CRY 5 (UBISOFT)

36 (37)  TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE (UBISOFT)

37 (34)  RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARDCAPCOMCAPCOMCAPCOM

38 (18)  THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)

39 (RE)  CAPTAIN TOAD: TREASURE TRACKER (NINTENDO)

40 (39)  LEGO WORLDS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

 

[retroed]

4 hours ago, Blakey said:

UK Charts will get digital sales in January.

 

US NPD charts already has them.

 

I thought US NPD only have access to some digital sales, not all.

 

Shame Disgaea 1 Complete didn't chart. Not many places seem to be stocking it, though.

[mmmark]

I heard Nintendo and I think Microsoft don’t disclose their digi sales I believe.

 

Whats going on with biohazard 7?

[DANGERMAN]

1 hour ago, retroed said:

 

I thought US NPD only have access to some digital sales, not all.

 

Shame Disgaea 1 Complete didn't chart. Not many places seem to be stocking it, though.

It doesn't deserve to, have you seen how much they're charging for a ps2 port? 

[DisturbedSwan]

1 hour ago, retroed said:

I thought US NPD only have access to some digital sales, not all.

 

Shame Disgaea 1 Complete didn't chart. Not many places seem to be stocking it, though.

 

I believe it’s just Nintendo mainly that don’t give their digital figures, other JP publishers like Capcom and Sega too I believe. Most publishers do give their digital figures nowadays but some don’t include PC figures like for Origin (EA) games etc.