It is Monday which means it is time to find out how the various software releases have performed in the United Kingdom. In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, FIFA 18 has claimed the number one position. Nintendo Switch sales aren’t clear, but former MCV journalist Christopher Dring says FIFA 18 for Nintendo Switch accounted for 1% of all UK physical copies sold. Here’s the best-sellers this week in the United Kingdom:
You're talking 1% of a really high number though. I suspect EA may be happy with it
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) October 2, 2017
| POS. | TITLE | PUBLISHER | LAST WEEK |
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| 1 | FIFA 18 | EA SPORTS | – | |
| 2 |  |
DESTINY 2 | ACTIVISION | 1 |
| 3 |  |
FORZA HORIZON 3 | MICROSOFT | 9 |
| 4 | |
NBA 2K18 | 2K | 3 |
| 5 | |
GRAND THEFT AUTO V | ROCKSTAR | 6 |
| 6 | |
CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY | ACTIVISION | 7 |
| 7 | |
PROJECT CARS 2 | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | 2 |
| 8 | – | UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | 8 |
| 9 | |
LEGO WORLDS | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | 10 |
| 10 | |
MARIO KART 8 DELUXE | NINTENDO | 11 |
| 11 | HALO 5: GUARDIANS | MICROSOFT | – | |
| 12 | |
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018 | KONAMI | 4 |
| 13 | |
TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE | UBISOFT | 16 |
| 14 | |
POKKÉN TOURNAMENT DX | NINTENDO | 5 |
| 15 | – | F1 2017 | CODEMASTERS | 15 |
| 16 | |
OVERWATCH: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION | BLIZZARD | 13 |
| 17 | |
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD | NINTENDO | 19 |
| 18 | |
RAYMAN LEGENDS: DEFINITIVE EDITION | UBISOFT | 11 |
| 19 | |
FALLOUT 4 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | 20 |
| 20 | |
RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD | CAPCOM | 13 |
7th position isn’t bad in Sonyland and with physical delayed for a lot people. I really don’t know how much it will sell on Japan and America thats I want to know.
Look Capcom MvCi they don’t appear anymore and pokken still there.
Good point on the Pokken vs MvCi thing. That’s impressive.
According to VGChartz (so take everything with a pinch of salt, but it’s a good rough indicator) FIFA 17 sold over 1 million physically first week in the UK last year, of which 1% is 10k. Compared to first week sales in the UK of Splatoon 2 (28k) and Mario Kart 8 (67k) I don’t think it holds up *that* badly. I am sure it will do a lot better on the continent which is generally a better market for Nintendo and still a great market for FIFA.
It should also be pointed out that Amazon UK for the last couple of weeks has been sold out of copies of FIFA 18 for Switch, and I’m pretty sure for a lot of people that’s the only place they’d look. They are getting in new stock October 9th so I’m sure more copies of FIFA Switch will sell that week.
Also this doesn’t count digital
Yes is gonna be 2%
I agree, the lack of products (physical game) for the consumer would hurt overall sales for the Switch version.
Overall, I would assume the Switch version is meeting expectations for EA, especially how FIFA is marketed towards PS4.
They should put Mario football team on FIFA then maybe the nintendrones could buy that. shit.
If it sold a million copies, that means 1% is only 10,000… Not sure how many it sold in the UK total, but that is not very good. I don’t it matters overall except for EA producing more games.
The oddest thing on that list is Halo5 at number 11 with no previous week numbers.
Has the UK not gotten Halo 5 until now???
No its been out since 2015. Good observation though, i didn’t expect to see Rainbow six on that list either.
I think it means it’s a re-entry. It got a sales bump this week for a reason (?)
I see, welk that makes sense. Maybe it didnt sell anything thrle previous week. Its odd seeing it on the liat though 😅