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UK Charts: FIFA takes No.1, but physical launch sales plummet
- Thread starter Theorry
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People getting the digital version that allows you play early, i'm guessing.
I mean it's already halfway there to be legacy edition tbh
Nailed it for me. It's normally between £40-45 I think, this year it's over £50 even in the supermarkets. I did toy with getting it digitally seeing as the physical version of last years game is worth nothing as trade in, but yeah its up around £60 which is too much for me.
First of all, 25% isn't a "sharp" drop. Second of all, last year was the World Cup. Also digital
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So FIFA19 released on September 28 and within 1 day, 1 freaking day, it is the best selling UK Video game of 2018 just with 'Physical Copies'?
Its a MONSTER!!
UK consumers are surely among the most price-sensitive in the world, from what I've observed over years of these sales threads. If this year's edition of FIFA was ~20% more expensive than usual / other AAA games, then I would say that's a key reason for its underperformance.
Yeah, I'd argue as well that the WC helped Fifa 18 sales.
More surprised that the amount of Fifa units sold on Switch stays as low as that. I bought 18 myself on there and while it's a tad downgraded overall, it's still a great game for portable play.
But I guess Fifa on PS4 especially has completely cemented its place.
More surprised that the amount of Fifa units sold on Switch stays as low as that. I bought 18 myself on there and while it's a tad downgraded overall, it's still a great game for portable play.
But I guess Fifa on PS4 especially has completely cemented its place.
Wow, Spider-Man has already surpassed Far Cry 5 to become the second best selling title of the year in the UK.
Shadow is great so it's good to see that it's holding strong. As I said in the OT, it's biggest flaw is really a bizarre lack of polish (although it's nothing terrible). It's definitely my favorite post-Core developed TR.
And in four weeks Spiderman (one console) has overtaken the multiplatform juggernaut that was Farcry 5.
If I were still playing footie games, I would definitely buy it digital cos it's just so nice hopping on for the odd game here and there without changing disks. So it's not surprising physical sales have dipped. It's the ideal game for digital.
I think they meant that the World Cup update was part of last years FIFA.
Can only think end of generation fatigue is starting to set in for FIFA really, FIFA just doesn't change that much each iteration.
Biggest UK video game of 2018 already? So it's beaten God of War / Spiderman's total sales to date in 1 day, purely with physical copies? That's either INSANE sales numbers or a mistake.
Legs.... right? People claimed 18 edition last year sold very well on Switch. I personally would have like to see the receipts from EA like we see from indies like every couple of weeks. Not hard.
These are first week sales, the game didn't launch with World Cup last year as far as I know.
I thought it would do at least 5%...
Not at all, Portable Fifa should be more popular...maybe it will have better legs
The PlayStation Classic will sell for eternity in the UK if CTR is on it.
I read this part as 'as of today, date of the article, it's the best selling game in the UK including digital sales, but the first week (basically day one) sales were down from last year'.
Still impressive nonetheless.
Comparing Shadow to Rise in the UK isn't the best of comparisons considering Rise was Xbox exclusive and UK is Sony land.
"UK consumers are some of the most price sensitive in the world"
Yeah, this would hold up for any other game, but not FIFA. It's a must buy for a shit load of consumers. Price sensitivity will lead folks to look for deals etc, but they'll still buy the game no matter what.
Yeah, this would hold up for any other game, but not FIFA. It's a must buy for a shit load of consumers. Price sensitivity will lead folks to look for deals etc, but they'll still buy the game no matter what.
