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UK Charts: Days Gone defeats Mortal Kombat 11 to claim No.1 (Update: Eurogamer: Biggest UK physical launch so far in 2019)

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ianpm31

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Sony's Days Gone comfortably beat Mortal Kombat 11 in the UK boxed games charts.

Its launch week physical sales are 27% lower than last year's PS4 exclusive action adventure God of War. It is actually a decent performance when you consider this is a new IP - and the review scores for this new game have not been as impressive as last year's multi-award winning effort.

Mortal Kombat 11 had to settle for No.2 as a result. The game's debut performance is 43.6% smaller than 2015's Mortal Kombat X (note: digital sales are not included, and download sales have improved significantly over the last four years). However, sales are slightly up over 2017's Injustice 2, which is another beat 'em up developed by NetherRealm featuring DC characters.

Mortal Kombat 11 sold best on PS4, with 71% of sales coming on Sony's platform.
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https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...s-gone-defeats-mortal-kombat-11-to-claim-no-1
 
xtib81

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Happy for Bend studio. I hope the game will have legs.
I'm ready for Days gone 2 on PS5
 
Kyuuji

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Good - I've been having a great time with it so far. Nothing at the level of Bloodborne or God of War as the reviews indicate but a fun time with some tense moments and neat ideas nonetheless.
 
Guymelef

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Zombie fatigue.
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NotLiquid

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I'm guessing MK will be the bigger title in the US. UK ostensibly being Sony country made the title's success there fairly expected.
 
thuway

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It's a good game. Glad to know it's doing well irrespective of the hyperbolic negativity
 
Jarod McChicken

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I'd bet US is the only market where MK11 will beat Days Gone launch. Congrats Bend for that beautiful game, I'm completely addicted.

And Sekiro still hanging in the top 10.
 
Dust

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I am actually hearing good things about Days Gone and that it feels similar to Uncharted 1 where sequel could be a break out game.
 
More Human than Human

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So it did around 65k, not counting digital. If we take into account the digital ratio of 37% that would make it around 100k sales in just two days. Thats pretty big for an established franchise, let alone a new IP. Congrats Bend!
 
chainlinkspiral

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The more I play of Days Gone the more impressed I am. It settles into a nice groove and spins a lengthy open world tale.
 
Wandu

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Great to hear! Days Gone is pretty damn good and I am definitely enjoying it. Congrats Bend and Sony, especially for a new IP!
 
StreamedHams

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Wow, congrats to bend! Regardless of reviews, I'm glad this is finding an audience. It's always nice to new a new IP do well, as it supports creativity. I'll grab this eventually.
 

ThisIsBlitz21

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Congrats to Sony and Bend I guess.

MK11 suffered from what I call the "Just Cause effect". It's predacessor has been put on the sale so much, and also put on game pass and psnow, and also repacked into the XL edition with all the DLC, that some people just decided to wait.

And it still sold quite well itself as wel just not as well as MKX.
 
Emrober5

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Game is a lot of fun. It's not perfect by any means but the world they've created is excellent. I hope they continue to clean it up with patches and the game has legs.
 
Rodjer

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ThisIsBlitz21 said:
Congrats to Sony and Bend I guess.

MK11 suffered from what I call the "Just Cause effect". It's predacessor has been put on the sale so much, and also put on game pass and psnow, and also repacked into the XL edition with all the DLC, that some people just decided to wait.

And it still sold quite well itself as wel just not as well as MKX.
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MK is fine.

MK11 sold better than IJ2 and IJ2 ended up being the highest grossing Q2 2017 game, we also know that MK11 has the biggest launch of the series.
 

Asriel

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Good start for Days Gone, but it's been one week, so I'm a bit confused by the sudden ccngratulations.
 
Temascos

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Pretty good start for DG, will have to see how it holds up in the coming weeks but provided fan reception is positive it could have a decent tail and within reason make probably 4-5 million by the end of the year. I'm seeing this as a good foundation for Bend Studio, take the lessons learned while making this and build on it on whatever ways they see fit in a sequel or a new IP.
 
Mathieran

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Glad it's doing well so far. I wonder how many sales Sony wants out of this game. I hope it meets their expectations.
 
Jarod McChicken

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Sony games launch week in the UK, physical only of course. Horizon Zero Dawn remains the best new IP launch, although 2 years later Days Gone has without a doubt a bigger digital share.

Uncharted 4 - 192k (TUE)
Spider-Man - 190k (FRI)
Horizon Zero Dawn - 114k (WED)
God of War - 96k (FRI)
Uncharted The Lost Legacy - 80k (WED)
GT Sport - 74k (WED)
Days Gone - 70k (FRI)
inFamous Second Son - 70k (FRI)
Bloodborne - 43k (WED)
The Order 1886 - 39k (FRI)
Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection - 39k (WED)
Ratchet & Clank - 38k (FRI)
Detroit Become Human - 22k (FRI)
 
BuBu Jenkins

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ThisIsBlitz21 said:
Congrats to Sony and Bend I guess.

MK11 suffered from what I call the "Just Cause effect". It's predacessor has been put on the sale so much, and also put on game pass and psnow, and also repacked into the XL edition with all the DLC, that some people just decided to wait.

And it still sold quite well itself as wel just not as well as MKX.
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X has Mileena while XI doesn't, it's the only explanation needed for it's weaker launch
 
Nano-Nandy

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ThisIsBlitz21 said:
Congrats to Sony and Bend I guess.

MK11 suffered from what I call the "Just Cause effect". It's predacessor has been put on the sale so much, and also put on game pass and psnow, and also repacked into the XL edition with all the DLC, that some people just decided to wait.

And it still sold quite well itself as wel just not as well as MKX.
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It had the biggest launch overall though, just not in the UK.
 
Yautja_Warrior

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Well looks like the talk about pre-orders being strong were true, congrats to Bend, well deserved.

I'm really enjoying it so far and I feel like the reviews were overly harsh.
 
ArmGunar

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Best launch of the year ahead RE2 Remake ?

Great for Bend, glad for them
 
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