PAL Charts - Week 17, 2021 | New Pokemon Snap and Returnal debut at #1 and #2 and UK...and more!

[Mpl90]

Thanks to DisturbedSwan, El Manco, mazi, Lelouch0612, DarkDetective and everyone else for their helpful contribution!

United Kingdom:

Week 17 - Retail (Ukie / GfK)

New Pokémon Snap launch is four times bigger than original | UK Boxed Charts

New Pokémon Snap has topped the UK physical retail charts in its debut week.The Switch game sold over four times as man…

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The Switch game sold over four times as many copies at launch than the original managed, which reached No.9 way back in September 2000. The first game arrived in the middle of Pokémon mania, however it was an N64 title, which was a console that struggled to sell in the UK (1.5 million N64s had been sold compared with 5.4 million PlayStations). Over time Pokémon Snap went on to become a decent hit for the console.

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It is the third biggest Switch launch of the year behind Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and Monster Hunter Rise.

The photography game was also comfortably ahead of No.2, which was another new release in the form of PS5 exclusive Returnal.

Sony's roguelike game is the first significant PS5 title to release at retail since launch, and it reviewed strongly. However, its launch sales are below what we've seen from previous AAA PlayStation exclusives. Of course there are more than a few caveats to consider: the PS5 is still in its early days in terms of install base, the game's price is high (its average selling price was £68), it faces stiff competition from next week's Resident Evil: Village and it's in a niche genre.

And as with all PS5 games, we should expect sales to rise and fall as more consoles come to market.

Last week's No.1, Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139, drops all the way down to No.22 after a 78% fall in sales week-on-week.

It was a good week for retail overall, with over 180,000 games sold. There were a number of game sales that rose week-on-week, including Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury at No.3 (sales up 10%), Mario Kart 8: Deluxe at No.4 (up 6%), Minecraft on Switch at No.7 (up 7%), GTA 5 at No.8 (up 23%), Ring Fit Adventure at No.9 (up 6%) and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War at No.10 (up 20%). The only two games to fall in sales in the Top Ten were Animal Crossing: New Horizons at No.5 (down 7%) and FIFA 21 at No.6 (down 23%).

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01 (NE) NEW POKEMON SNAP (NINTENDO)
02 (NE) RETURNAL (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
03 (03) SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER'S FURY (NINTENDO)
04 (05) MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
05 (04) ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (NINTENDO)
06 (02) FIFA 21 (EA SPORTS)
07 (06) MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)
08 (07) GRAND THEFT AUTO 5 (ROCKSTAR)
09 (09) RING FIT ADVENTURE (NINTENDO)
10 (12) CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (ACTIVISION)
11 (11) MONSTER HUNTER RISE (CAPCOM)
12 (14) POKEMON SWORD (NINTENDO)
13 (13) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
14 (18) MINECRAFT DUNGEONS (MOJANG)
15 (10) CYBERPUNK 2077 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
16 (37) FALLOUT 76 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
17 (15) LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
18 (30) THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (NINTENDO)
19 (40) MORTAL KOMBAT 11 ULTIMATE (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
20 (25) SUPER MARIO PARTY (NINTENDO)
21 (22) RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 (ROCKSTAR)
22 (01) NIER REPLICANT VER.1.22474487139 (SQUARE ENIX)
23 (17) SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (NINTENDO)
24 (27) NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U DELUXE (NINTENDO)
25 (24) SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE (NINTENDO)
26 (21) LUIGI'S MANSION 3 (NINTENDO)
27 (29) JUST DANCE 2021 (UBISOFT)
28 (RE) PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: BATTLE FOR NEIGHBORVILLE (EA GAMES)
29 (23) LITTLE NIGHTMARES II (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
30 (26) SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (NINTENDO)
31 (20) ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (UBISOFT)
32 (RE) RAGE 2 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
33 (31) MINECRAFT: BEDROCK EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
34 (35) LEGO JURASSIC WORLD (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
35 (RE) POKEMON SHIELD (NINTENDO)
36 (31) WATCH DOGS: LEGION (UBISOFT)
37 (NE) TERMINATOR: RESISTANCE ENHANCED (REEF ENTERTAINMENT)
38 (RE) MORTAL KOMBAT 11 (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
39 (37) LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
40 (28) HADES (NINTENDO)

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France:
Week 16, 2021 - Individual Formats (Value)

01 (NE) [PS4] NIER REPLICANT VER.1.22474487139 (SQUARE ENIX)
02 (01) [NSW] SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER'S FURY (NINTENDO)
03 (02) [NSW] MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
04 (03) [NSW] ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (NINTENDO)
05 (04) [NSW] RING FIT ADVENTURE (NINTENDO)

Germany:
March - All Formats (Units)

Note:

German game Sales Awards for February 2021:

Platinum >200.000
[NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Nintendo / Nintendo) {2021.02.12}
[PS5][XBS][PS4][XBO][NSW] Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft / Ubisoft) {2020.11.12}

Gold >100.000
[NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom / Nintendo) {2021.03.26} (NEW)

https://www.game.de/von-heissen-rhythmen-bis-jagdfieber-die-game-sales-awards-im-maerz/

Italy:
Individual Formats Retail (Units)

Week 16

Switzerland:
All Formats (Units)

Week 17

Australia and New Zealand:
Week 17, 2021 - All Formats (Units)

Spain:
March 2021 - Individual Formats Retail (Units)

GSD

1. SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER'S FURY (SWITCH) - 29.400
2. MONSTER HUNTER RISE (SWITCH) - 23.250
3. ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (SWITCH)
4. GRAND THEFT AUTO V (PS4) - 20.000
5. FIFA 21 (PS4)
6. MINECRAFT: NINTENDO SWITCH EDITION (SWITCH)
7. MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (SWITCH)
8. RING FIT ADVENTURE (SWITCH)
9. SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (PS5)
10. SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (SWITCH)

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[ILikeFeet]

if I had any skill, I'd draw this with NPS characters

 

[NotLiquid]

Hoping Returnal's performance isn't indicative of a trend and that it does much better elsewhere

New Pokémon Snap surprised me, I know it's Pokémon and all but I didn't think the genre would fly that well.

 

[Lelouch0612]

The combo of launch issues and Village this week might impact negatively Returnal's legs.

 

[ILikeFeet]

fuck it

Returnal being number 2 is a good start, but it sounded like the numbers hit less than 10K. hope it does better digitally

 

[Strings]

Returnal being number 2 is a good start, but it sounded like the numbers hit less than 10K. hope it does better digitally

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That's even more crazy expensive though.

 

[theaface]

There may well be other factors at play but for me, and I assume many like me, Returnal is just too expensive. We've become accustomed to relatively swift price drops on many Sony first party titles anyway and regardless, I can't ever justify spending what Sony wants me to with this gen's prices.

 

[Izanagi89]

I do really hope Returnal sells well. It's a bloody amazing game and Hoursearque deserves the success

 

[Crumrin]

It is a good result for Returnal, all things considered. However, Returnal is one of those games that will need a strong WOM in order not to sink like a stone, unfortunately I fear that the whole save-state/patch controversy will end up affecting its performance considerably. It's a shame because Returnal is an excellent game, one of the best of the year so far.

 

[Stacey]

I wish Housemarque all the best but in all honesty I hope £70RRP titles fail miserably at retail.

 

[DarkDetective]

United Kingdom - Week 17, 2021
Retail sales estimate.

1. New Pokémon Snap - 26.000
2. Returnal ~9.000
3. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury ~4.900
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5. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 4.000 <> 4.200

 

[Falchion]

Awesome to see Pokemon Snap topping the charts!

 

[poklane]

 

[Deleted member 10737]

guess digital didn't help that much.

 

[Lashley]

guess digital didn't help that much.

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Digital prices are worse than retail in the UK

 

[Raigor]

The £70 price tag is not helping that's for sure.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

RE8 seems to have had a solid first day anecdotally speaking. Expecting a huge % in favour of PS at retail. Mostly PS4 with the odd PS5 but not much movement on Xbox. It's also at a good normal price point which will only be helping.

 

[Toxi]

New Pokemon Snap deserves all the success it can get. Seriously, the game is a gem that is perfect for relaxing casual play while having tons of secrets for the completionists.

 

[nenned]

Wow at 18 of the top 20 games in Germany either being Switch exclusive or having a Switch version!

 

[cakely]

9,000 units of Returnal on launch week?

Whelp, that's not great. I really wish Housemarque the best with this one, as I said in the other thread, it's my current GOTY.

 

[Deleted member 63122]

I don't undestand that tweet, is NPS 1st for the month or just the week?

 

[poklane]

I don't undestand that tweet, is NPS 1st for the month or just the week?

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Week.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

The £70 price tag is not helping that's for sure.

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I agree. I reckon we're not getting price cuts for last year's games because PS5 is hard to come by and selling out so perhaps Sony is just keeping the prices high to get these early adopters. There'll probably be more sale prices once the system is widely available. Let's face it, a lot of Sony titles sell big numbers at sale prices, so unless they want to take a hit on total sell through for games compared to PS4 gen, they're gonna need some decent price cuts. In the short term, I don't see this happening (at least not until the end of this year or sometime next year to begin with.

 

[Arn]

It was always going to be a tough sell at £70. It's not the worst result for Housemarque all things considered.

They need to fix the technical issues so word of mouth stays strong and ensure they time a sale for the game around a big drop of console stock later this year.

 

[Limabean01]

I don't undestand that tweet, is NPS 1st for the month or just the week?

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Week.

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it's actually first for both

 

[SuperFakerBros]

Considering the PS5's low install base and Returnal's more niche appeal, it's performance seems fine to me. A lot of folk who still want a PS5 haven't been able to get their hands on one, like myself, and I'm sure plenty of us would be down to get Returnal when we finally get one. I can see it being one of those games that slowly sells for the first year or so as more folk are able to get the system

 

[Hasney]

Considering the PS5's low install base and Returnal's more niche appeal, it's performance seems fine to me. A lot of folk who still want a PS5 haven't been able to get their hands on one, like myself, and I'm sure plenty of us would be down to get Returnal when we finally get one. I can see it being one of those games that slowly sells for the first year or so as more folk are able to get the system

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From the other thread, it's about half the sales of Demon's Souls, so it's not an install base thing.

 

[SuperFakerBros]

From the other thread, it's about half the sales of Demon's Souls, so it's not an install base thing.

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Well I did also consider Returnal's more niche appeal. Souls games became more popular once Dark Souls came out

 

[Ferrs]

Roguelike game + absurdly expensive price + RE8 releasing close. It's still sold well enough if you ask me.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Switzerland, week 17:

 

[tolkir]

Mario Kart 8 record on the Swiss Top 10 keep growing up. Of those 208 weeks, only 1 week is from the Wii U version exclusively.

 

[Mpl90]

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UK software sales - May 2, 2021

Update (5/5): Post updated with the top 40. Original (5/2): This week’s UK software sales are as follows: # Title Publisher Last Week 1 NEW POKEMON SNAP NINTENDO 2 RETURNAL SONY COMPUTER ENT. 3 SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER’S FURY NINTENDO 3 4 MARIO KART 8 DELUXE NINTENDO 5 5 ANIMAL...

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[KillerMan91]

It was always going to be a tough sell at £70. It's not the worst result for Housemarque all things considered.

They need to fix the technical issues so word of mouth stays strong and ensure they time a sale for the game around a big drop of console stock later this year.

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Yeah. I think Sony should have had different tiers with their new pricing. Like new Last of Us/Spiderman/God of War will sell just fine even with increased price but they should have kept the old pricing for these bit smaller scale unknown new IPs. I think new Ratchet is too borderline case that does the increased price hurt its launch sales. obviously if it hurts only a bit then they make more money even with lower sales.

 

[404LinkNotFound]

MH rise remains at number 11
Thats great

 

[Arex]

Well do we have numbers for other titles comparable to Returnal? maybe other new IPs and not Monhun, Pokemon, or Spider-man/TLOU/GOW

Also how did Nier 1.22 do?

 

[Lelouch0612]

Well do we have numbers for other titles comparable to Returnal? maybe other new IPs and not Monhun, Pokemon, or Spider-man/TLOU/GOW

Also how did Nier 1.22 do?

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What games would you compare Returnal with ? It is a pretty unique game, not a ton of comparison point.

Nier 1.22 did half of what Automata did so around 4000-5000 units. Around/below Bravely Default II to take another JRPG on the same scale.

JRPG sales are however not a meaningful indicator in thz UK tho.

 

[Arex]

What games would you compare Returnal with ? It is a pretty unique game, not a ton of comparison point.

Nier 1.22 did half of what Automata did so around 4000-5000 units. Around/below Bravely Default II to take another JRPG on the same scale.

JRPG sales are however not a meaningful indicator in thz UK tho.

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I feel like people are just comparing it to Pokemon Snap which is a little unfair considering it's Pokemon lol.

But I also dunno how new IPs or roguelike titles typically performed in UK haha

 

[cw_sasuke]

MH rise remains at number 11
Thats great

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Yeah great to see it stick around.

 

[Lelouch0612]

I feel like people are just comparing it to Pokemon Snap which is a little unfair considering it's Pokemon lol.

But I also dunno how new IPs or roguelike titles typically performed in UK haha

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New IPs can perform very well, the early PS4 ones did great. Non-indie roguelikes don't happen often at all, so we don't have a comparison point either there.

 

[Deleted member 63122]

I feel like people are just comparing it to Pokemon Snap which is a little unfair considering it's Pokemon lol.

But I also dunno how new IPs or roguelike titles typically performed in UK haha

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Pokemon side games have never been that big.

 

[Majora85]

I feel like people are just comparing it to Pokemon Snap which is a little unfair considering it's Pokemon lol.

But I also dunno how new IPs or roguelike titles typically performed in UK haha

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It depends entirely on the IP. Horizon debuted to somewhere around 100,000 copies I believe. Something like The Division or Destiny debuted to hundreds of thousands of copies in the UK. But we're comparing apples and oranges here.

Debuting to 9,000 sales in the UK basically means you're near niche status.

 

[Hasney]

Well do we have numbers for other titles comparable to Returnal? maybe other new IPs and not Monhun, Pokemon, or Spider-man/TLOU/GOW

Also how did Nier 1.22 do?

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It did better than Godfall at least, so there's that.

 

[Arex]

Did Hades do well in UK? though I suppose Hades released on PC first so it's not really comparable either.

Well I'd say Returnal is niche indeed. Hope Sony has realistic expectation lol

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Did Hades do well in UK? though I suppose Hades released on PC first so it's not really comparable either.

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for a physical release of an indie game that's been out for a long time, i think hades did pretty well.

edit: digitally, it of course did amazingly well.

 

[DarkDetective]

Germany - Week 17, 2021
Physical retail sales only.

PC
1. The Sims 4
2. Farming Simulator 19

PlayStation 5
1. Returnal (NEW)
2. Demon's Souls
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

PlayStation 4
1. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
2. Grand Theft Auto V

Xbox Series X|S
1. It Takes Two
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Xbox One
1. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
2. Grand Theft Auto V

Nintendo Switch
1. New Pokémon Snap (NEW) "grandiosen Verkaufen" = "magnificent sales"
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Nintendo 3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
..
4. Pokémon Ultra Sun (source)

Germany - Week 16, 2021

 

[Deleted member 63122]

Germany - Week 17, 2021
Physical retail sales only.

PC
1. The Sims 4
2. Farming Simulator 19

PlayStation 5
1. Returnal (NEW)
2. Demon's Souls
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

PlayStation 4
1. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
2. Grand Theft Auto V

Xbox Series X|S
1. It Takes Two
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Xbox One
1. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
2. Grand Theft Auto V

Nintendo Switch
1. New Pokémon Snap (NEW) "grandiosen Verkaufen" = "gigantic sales"
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Nintendo 3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Germany - Week 16, 2021

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Snap is going to be huge WW, huh?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Hopefully we get something from VIIIage tonight.

 

[Lelouch0612]

Germany - Week 17, 2021
Physical retail sales only.

PC
1. The Sims 4
2. Farming Simulator 19

PlayStation 5
1. Returnal (NEW)
2. Demon's Souls
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

PlayStation 4
1. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
2. Grand Theft Auto V

Xbox Series X|S
1. It Takes Two
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Xbox One
1. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
2. Grand Theft Auto V

Nintendo Switch
1. New Pokémon Snap (NEW) "grandiosen Verkaufen" = "gigantic sales"
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Nintendo 3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Germany - Week 16, 2021

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Fantastic !

Do you remember the last time they spoke of gigantic sales ?

 

[Deleted member 63122]

Hopefully we get something from VIIIage tonight.

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Dring is on vacation. Let's see if he still tweet about the numbers today.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Dring is on vacation. Let's see if he still tweet about the numbers today.

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What a silly time to go on holiday. The people demand to know!!