PAL Charts - Week 12, 2018

Pokémon · Mar 26, 2018

Detective Pikachu at #23 :(

I guess people are done with the 3DS

Jarod McChicken · Mar 26, 2018

AOT 2 is #10 on theSwitchchart. Even Rayman Legends sold more last week. As for the PS4 version, the titans were outsold by Monster Hunter World and even Shadow of the Colossus. In Japan both PS4 and Switch versions were pretty close though.

Bruno MB · Mar 26, 2018

3DS software sales have been dead in the UK for the last 2 years, Pokémon surge in 2016 was the only exception.

Chris. · Mar 26, 2018

The records will be something to do with most played new IP or something like that.

MrTired · Mar 26, 2018

Chris. said:
The records will be something to do with most played new IP or something like that.

Most played game on gamepass maybe?

Apex88 · Mar 26, 2018

You really can't expect much more than 25k-50k first week retail or SoT. It was never going to be a big seller at retail and will lack legs much beyond second week.

QuiteSomething · Mar 26, 2018

MrTired said:
Most played game on gamepass maybe?

Most played game where you can sink ships*

OléGunner · Mar 26, 2018

Good debut for A Way Out.
Not a perfect game but I thoroughly enjoyed playing through it over the weekend.

Hopefully Hazelight are seeing decent sales all round, even more so as EA doesn't surprisingly get a cut.

Pokémon · Mar 26, 2018

Bruno MB said:
3DS software sales have been dead in the UK for the last 2 years, Pokémon surge in 2016 was the only exception.

I can't wait for Nintendo to announce more 3DS exclusives like Link's Awakening remake or Wario Land 5 :p

sfortunato · Mar 26, 2018

Bruno MB said:
3DS software sales have been dead in the UK for the last 2 years, Pokémon surge in 2016 was the only exception.

Miitopia also did well.

lordlad · Mar 26, 2018

Ruslnis said:
Most played game where you can sink ships*

most distance sailed on a game based on a brand new ip

most cannon balls launched...

most skeletons defeated with swords along the coast...

MrTired · Mar 26, 2018

Ruslnis said:
Most played game where you can sink ships*

lordlad said:
most distance sailed on a game based on a brand new ip

most cannon balls launched...

most skeletons defeated with swords along the coast...

I was wasn't being sarcastic I genuinely asking a question.

lordlad · Mar 26, 2018

MrTired said:
I was wasn't being sarcastic I genuinely asking a question.

i can genuinely tell you that MS will probably announce some sort of weird stats about 'most xxx did on xxx' about Sea of thieves too..

in fact, it's almost certainly 'most distance sailed' (or something equivalent) will be one of those stats.

Theorry · Mar 26, 2018

lordlad said:
i can genuinely tell you that MS will probably announce some sort of weird stats about 'most xxx did on xxx' about Sea of thieves too..

in fact, it's almost certainly 'most distance sailed' (or something equivalent) will be one of those stats.

We already know it had over 1m players in 48 hours tho.

lordlad · Mar 26, 2018

Theorry said:
We already know it had over 1m players in 48 hours tho.

but we still needs to know how many gallons of beer were drank and how many distance were sailed....

Jacobson · Mar 26, 2018

France loves Nintendo.

Deleted member 4976 · Mar 26, 2018

Gamer17 said:
number 22 on individual format

I don't believe that's listed as new, rather that the PS4 version didn't chart last week (the Xbox version did and had a ranking).

QuiteSomething · Mar 26, 2018

MrTired said:
I was wasn't being sarcastic I genuinely asking a question.

Oh
It's a first first party MS game that launched on GP. It's 100% the best openning at least

Ayra Sutoraifu · Mar 26, 2018

kirby2096 said:
Didn't see any copies of NnK2 at the Asda or Smyths Toys store by me even the day before release, so it looks like the numbers shipped were quite low or only enough to fulfill preorders. There was definitely more hype around the first game, with it being co-produced by Studio Ghibli, and Drippy being the infinitely more lovable mascot.

I ended up buying it digital on the PS store.

I bought the first game upon release. Somewhat childish(duh) but i really enjoyed it overall… payed zero interest in part 2 and i don't know why.

Mory Dunz · Mar 26, 2018

Would you look at me, I'm setting records

Rainrir · Mar 26, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
Some quick notes.

GfK is basically irrelevant without digital data. Even more so for games like Sea of Thieves that have both digital download and Gamepass versions of the game missing from the sales. Looking at the packaged sales numbers alone, you'd think the game didn't do very well because it sold similar numbers to Quantum Break packaged. But then you remember that digital skews higher on Xbox, Gamepass has a free trial, not to mention there is a PC version too and ultimately it's really hard to know just how much it sold based on the GfK number.

Ni No Kuni 2 opened lower than the first game did on PS3. But with digital sales missing, it's hard to know what it actually sold in total and if it was indeed higher than the first game. The main takeaway though is that Ni No Kuni remains fairly niche in the UK.

So to sum up. GfK is becoming more and more irrelevant and I can't wait for GSD to take over in 2019.

Is Detective Pikachu one of the worst selling spin offs for Pokemon?

You would think such a product will appeal to kids....

Doesn't bode well for y/e upcoming movies. Maybe Pokemon fever is over in the UK.

Arkert · Mar 26, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
Some quick notes.

GfK is basically irrelevant without digital data. Even more so for games like Sea of Thieves that have both digital download and Gamepass versions of the game missing from the sales. Looking at the packaged sales numbers alone, you'd think the game didn't do very well because it sold similar numbers to Quantum Break packaged. But then you remember that digital skews higher on Xbox, Gamepass has a free trial, not to mention there is a PC version too and ultimately it's really hard to know just how much it sold based on the GfK number.

Ni No Kuni 2 opened lower than the first game did on PS3. But with digital sales missing, it's hard to know what it actually sold in total and if it was indeed higher than the first game. The main takeaway though is that Ni No Kuni remains fairly niche in the UK.

So to sum up. GfK is becoming more and more irrelevant and I can't wait for GSD to take over in 2019.

What is GSD exactly?

Apex88 · Mar 26, 2018

Ruslnis said:
Oh
It's a first first party MS game that launched on GP. It's 100% the best openning at least

With gamers cashing in their free trials there's little to garner from first week/month stats. Quite honestly we may never get official stats beyond the opening period as that will give a good indication of sales/growth, something Microsoft does their best to obfuscate.

Mpl90 · Mar 26, 2018

Jarod McChicken said:
AOT 2 is #10 on theSwitchchart. Even Rayman Legends sold more last week. As for the PS4 version, the titans were outsold by Monster Hunter World and even Shadow of the Colossus. In Japan both PS4 and Switch versions were pretty close though.

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110033

Going by the Value Charts, the Switch SKU was the second best-selling version of the game, by charting at 36th (the PS4 one was 22nd). The prices should be the same across all SKUs, so the different SKUs order should be accurate enough.

Raijinto · Mar 26, 2018

Rainrir said:
Is Detective Pikachu one of the worst selling spin offs for Pokemon?

You would think such a product will appeal to kids....

Doesn't bode well for y/e upcoming movies. Maybe Pokemon fever is over in the UK.

Pokémon is absolutely massive in the U.K.

The 3DS is not. Its time has come and gone.

germuso · Mar 26, 2018

No mans Sky sold over 100k its first weekend right?

bitSS · Mar 26, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
GfK is becoming more and more irrelevant and I can't wait for GSD to take over in 2019.

I'm not familiar with GSD. Do they track digital sales as well? And if so, nor for Nintendo, right?

Pagoto93 · Mar 26, 2018

Sea of Thieves is 2018's PUBG? Come on, all I heard about PUBG was how awesome it was and how I had to play it. The biggest noise about Sea of Thieves is that it's an unfinished dissapointment. It hardly sounds like it's on the verge of blowing up.

xICHIGOx · Mar 26, 2018

MrTired said:
What records?

Most downloaded gamepass game of the week.

Yautja_Warrior · Mar 26, 2018

wapplew said:
#neverdoubtJez

Guess he's in PR mode because he was saying it was a little disappointing on The Xbox Two podcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJIdJi-FMPY&list=PLOatrhsgAer9uu7gkLuBBuTPBFpdY3PHz

pswii60 · Mar 26, 2018

Bruno MB said:

All Formats Chart Week Ending - 1st August 1998

Code:

01    NE    BANJO-KAZOOIE    NINTENDO    NINTENDO    N64
02    01    COLIN MCRAE RALLY    CODE MASTERS    CODE MASTERS    PlayStation
03    02    PREMIER MANAGER 98    GREMLIN INTERACTIVE    GREMLIN INTERACTIVE    PlayStation
04    03    GRAN TURISMO    SONY COMPUTER ENT.    SONY COMPUTER ENT.    PlayStation
05    04    WORLD CUP 98    EA SPORTS    ELECTRONIC ARTS    PlayStation
06    06    POINT BLANK    NAMCO    SONY COMPUTER ENT.    PlayStation
07    07    TOMB RAIDER    PLATINUM    EIDOS INTERACTIVE    PlayStation, Saturn, PC CD-ROM
08    05    SPICEWORLD    SONY COMPUTER ENT.    SONY COMPUTER ENT.    PlayStation
09    NE    X-FILES THE GAME    FOX INTERACTIVE    ELECTRONIC ARTS    PC CD-ROM
10    09    COMMANDOS: BEHIND ENEMY LINES    EIDOS INTERACTIVE    EIDOS INTERACTIVE    PC CD-ROM
11    12    DIE HARD TRILOGY    PLATINUM    ELECTRONIC ARTS    PlayStation, PC CD-ROM, Saturn
12    08    THREE LIONS    TAKE 2    TAKE 2    PlayStation
13    14    GAMEBOY GALLERY    NINTENDO    NINTENDO    Gameboy
14    13    TOMB RAIDER 2    EIDOS INTERACTIVE    EIDOS INTERACTIVE    PlayStation, PC CD-ROM
15    11    RESIDENT EVIL 2    VIRGIN    VIRGIN    PlayStation
16    23    CRASH BANDICOOT    PLATINUM    SONY COMPUTER ENT.    PlayStation
17    17    FIA FORMULA 1    PLATINUM    PSYGNOSIS    PlayStation, PC CD-ROM
18    15    THEME PARK    BULLFROG    ELECTRONIC ARTS    PlayStation, PC CD-ROM, Amiga
19    22    RAYMAN    PLATINUM    UBISOFT    PlayStation, PC CD-ROM
20    28    GRAND THEFT AUTO    DMA    TAKE 2    PlayStation, PC CD-ROM

Click to shrink...

Spiceworld hahahahahahaha

Love looking at old charts.

DrDeckard · Mar 26, 2018

germuso said:
No mans Sky sold over 100k its first weekend right?

I believe so, I remember the hype for that game, it was huge in the UK. it took a few days for the dissapointment and lies about multiplayer to shine through.

ZhugeEX · Mar 26, 2018

Arkert said:
What is GSD exactly?

bitSS said:
I'm not familiar with GSD. Do they track digital sales as well? And if so, nor for Nintendo, right?

GSD track digital sales. We should be getting digital charts fully next year.

Companies like Nintendo and Bethesda aren't onboard yet but that could change.

Lelouch0612 · Mar 26, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
GSD track digital sales. We should be getting digital charts fully next year.

Companies like Nintendo and Bethesda aren't onboard yet but that could change.

Are they already tracking digital sales in France ?

Oregano · Mar 26, 2018

Someone smarter than I should do an editorial on the fact that JRPGs are now a whale genre. Companies are focusing on extracting a lot more cash out of the smaller pool of consumers.

cw_sasuke · Mar 26, 2018

pld said:
Detective Pikachu at #23 :(

I guess people are done with the 3DS

Even the mainline Pokemon games have barely any staying power in the UK...a unproven spin-off was never going to be big - unless bundled or being offered for lower than the standard 3DS software price.

Spades · Mar 26, 2018

SoT at #1 without even considering digital sales and GP downloads is impressive, despite people trying to play it down.

MrTired · Mar 26, 2018

Spades said:
SoT at #1 without even considering digital sales and GP downloads is impressive, despite people trying to play it down.

It depends, do you think selling 27k physical is impressive?

Guymelef · Mar 26, 2018

As expected, from this day on no MS can do bad/regular because "we don't know GP downloads" excellent.

Deleted member 24550 · Mar 26, 2018

Expected A Way Out to bomba, so really happy to see it doing well (or ostensibly doing well, no idea without absolute numbers).

France's chart is something else, lol.

QuiteSomething · Mar 26, 2018

Apex88 said:
With gamers cashing in their free trials there's little to garner from first week/month stats. Quite honestly we may never get official stats beyond the opening period as that will give a good indication of sales/growth, something Microsoft does their best to obfuscate.

Even tho MS loves to be silent on game sales (if they are bad or mediocre), I still think that SoT be a moderate success. It's a hyped game with a huge marketing push.

Gamer17 · Mar 26, 2018

Primethius said:
I don't believe that's listed as new, rather that the PS4 version didn't chart last week (the Xbox version did and had a ranking).

someone just sneaked in and changed it haha. it was listed bold and said new instead of RE

Emilijo · Mar 26, 2018

Four PS4 games in Top 5.

Xbox One "exclusive" at top. When did that last time happened?

freeradical · Mar 26, 2018

Thank goodness we have site admins to keep this all in perspective. Especially this week.

Theorry · Mar 26, 2018

Guymelef said:
As expected, from this day on no MS can do bad/regular because "we don't know GP downloads" excellent.

To be fair that has been happening for a while with how digital got a huge jump this gen. Until we get next year also digital sales.

OfficerRaichu15 · Mar 26, 2018

Yay Kirby!
NNK2 :(

NSESN · Mar 26, 2018

France chart is really something else, even in Japan I don't think Switch managed to claim the whole top 5 yet.

DomsPlaying · Mar 26, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
Some quick notes.

GfK is basically irrelevant without digital data. Even more so for games like Sea of Thieves that have both digital download and Gamepass versions of the game missing from the sales. Looking at the packaged sales numbers alone, you'd think the game didn't do very well because it sold similar numbers to Quantum Break packaged. But then you remember that digital skews higher on Xbox, Gamepass has a free trial, not to mention there is a PC version too and ultimately it's really hard to know just how much it sold based on the GfK number.

Ni No Kuni 2 opened lower than the first game did on PS3. But with digital sales missing, it's hard to know what it actually sold in total and if it was indeed higher than the first game. The main takeaway though is that Ni No Kuni remains fairly niche in the UK.

So to sum up. GfK is becoming more and more irrelevant and I can't wait for GSD to take over in 2019.

You and me both. Digital is essential, and it's the type of caveat that we always have to say when sharing/discussing sales data: Whether or not it includes digital format.

I expect to hear something from Microsoft soon about Sea of Thieves in terms of player numbers or engagement at least. Which will give an indication of how it's doing via the other channels especially Game Pass.

famikon · Mar 26, 2018

pswii60 said:
Spiceworld hahahahahahaha

Love looking at old charts.

Y2Kev · Mar 26, 2018

Do "GamePass downloads" count as sales?

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