A quiet week for new releases, along with a smattering of price drops, has resulted in the UK chart receiving a shake-up. Ubisoft’s The Division 2 has returned to no.1 following a two-week absence. It was knocked off the top spot by Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice just one week after launch and then kept at …
The beginning of a new week brings us a new UK top 40. There’s a new no.1, too. This time it’s Nintendo’s turn with Yoshi’s Crafted World on Switch. Believe it or not, it’s the first ever title starring the loveable green dinosaur to claim no.1. Yoshi’s Crafted World isn’t a runaway success, however. GI.biz …
It was a close call between Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and The Division 2, but ultimately, Activision’s stealthy Souls-alike managed to conquer the UK chart. It becomes FromSoftware’s second UK no.1, with the first being 2016’s Dark Souls III. The Division 2 dropped to #2 during its second week on sale. The fact that the …
As the weeks go by the UK chart – which only includes physical sales – becomes more irrelevant. Case point: Tom Clancy’s The Division 2‘s physical sales were just 20% of the 2016 original, but without digital sales data, it’s impossible to gauge how successful its launch actually was. Nowadays physical sales only paint part …
It seems Capcom has another s-s-smash hit on their hands – Devil May Cry 5 has topped the UK chart, dethroning Anthem in the process. For reasons unknown, Chart-Track has provided a handful of physical sales figures this week – information usually kept hush-hush. Sales of DMC5 totalled 20,872, outperforming Red Dead Redemption 2 – …
EA’s Anthem successfully managed to keep four big new releases at bay, claiming no.1 in the UK top 40 for the second week running. The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame [sic] was the highest new entry, taking #4. DIRT Rally 2.0 made a pitstop at #6, while Trials Rising Gold Edition settled for #10. Dead or …
EA’s Anthem had no trouble soaring to the UK chart top spot. GI.biz reports it had a better first week than both Far Cry: New Dawn and Metro Exodus, but was unable to beat the launch week sales for Resident Evil II and Kingdom Hearts III. As such, Capcom’s horror remake remains the fastest selling …
Ubisoft must be feeling good – Far Cry New Dawn is this week’s new UK no.1, fending off strong competition. Deep Silver’s Metro Exodus settled for #2, Bandai Namco’s Jump Stars made #6, while the long-awaited Crackdown 3 debuted just outside of the top ten at #13. Everything isn’t quite as it seems, though – …
When we glazed over this week’s UK top 40, we expect to see either Kingdom Hearts III or Resident Evil 2 at no.1. In a twist of events, it’s Red Dead Redemption 2 that claims the top spot. It’s the first time in 2019 that Rockstar’s cowboy caper has taken no.1, and it appears a …
Square-Enix’s long-awaited Kingdom Hearts III has ‘done the business’ at retail, ending Resident Evil 2’s short spell at the top of the UK chart. It’s the first ever Kingdom Hearts title to claim no.1, boasting sales double that of its 14-year-old PlayStation 2 predecessor (thanks GI.biz). Incidentally, sales were split 82% on PS4 and 18% …
Even though physical sales were down 18% over Resident Evil 7 – which we can likely attribute to the ever-growing popularity of digital downloads – Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake can be heralded a success. It tops the UK chart this week, duly becoming the fastest selling game of 2019 so far. No surprise there. …
There may be very little new in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, but that hasn’t stopped Nintendo’s latest Switch re-release from claiming a second week at no.1. Due to a certain horror game launching on Friday, a third week at the top of the chart looks incredibly unlikely. There’s no doubting it’ll remain in …
Proving that you can’t keep a good plumber down, New Super Mario Bros. U on Switch is the UK’s new no.1. The ever-informative GI.biz reports launch week physical sales were almost 25% higher than the Wii U version’s launch week. That’s pretty impressive – NSMBU launched alongside the Wii U itself. This means the four …
Last week’s chart was pretty stagnant, or so we thought. This week’s chart – the first of 2019 – is almost on total lockdown, with just a few titles swapping positions here and there. We do have a new no.1, however – FIFA 19 returns to the top of the chart to see 2019 in. …
Our figurative money was on FIFA 19 being the last no.1 of 2018. In the past, EA’s annual soccer sim has always proven popular with those fortunate enough to receive a new console for Christmas. There’s a new bandit in town this year though, with RDR2 topping the final chart of 2018. The Christmas sales …