Electronic Art’s FIFA 18 unsurprisingly topped the United Kingdom charts in its debut week, with sales down a slight 25% to last year’s entry, which is a small enough difference to be linked to releasing on Friday instead of Tuesday, and to the expansion of the digital market. The PS4 version of the game took 60% of the sales, a great increase from the 53% market share of FIFA 17 at launch. PS4 bundles featuring the game at stores most definitely played a major role in this.
The Xbox One version accounted for one third of the sales, and in fact both consoles attracted 97% of the copies sold, leaving the Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions with only 3% of the total sales. This is specially a poor result for the Nintendo Switch version, which received a solid marketing push by EA, with numerous comparisons that indicated that the Nintendo console was receiving a solid port. Read our review of the game here.
Beyond the top position, Destiny 2 dropped to number 2 for the first time since its debut, and Forza Horizon 3 enjoyed a stunning re-entry on number 3 thanks to the numerous bundles with FIFA 18. The other new entry of the week is Danganronpa V3 at number 36.
Top 10 UK All Formats List
- FIFA 18
- Destiny 2
- Forza Horizon 3
- NBA 2K18
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Project Cars 2
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- LEGO Worlds
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Check out the full top 40 here.
Top 10 UK Individual Formats List
- FIFA 18 (PS4)
- FIFA 18 (XBO)
- Forza Horizon 3 (XBO)
- Destiny 2 (PS4)
- FIFA 18 (360)
- Destiny 2 (XBO)
- FIFA 18 (NSW)
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PS4)
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
- NBA 2K18 (PS4)
- This article was updated on March 8th, 2018
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