It may be into its fifth year on the market now, but the PlayStation 4 had an outstanding Black Friday 2017 in the UK – its best ever, in fact, since Black Friday 2013, which is when the system originally launched on these shores. PlayStation VR also enjoyed a significant bump last week, matching its release day sales with numbers described by Chart-Track as “huge”. To be precise, the past week of PSVR sales were equivalent to the total sales of the 18 weeks prior to it.
On the software side, bundles and promotions pushed Gran Turismo Sport sales up by almost 900 per cent week-over-week, meaning that it outpaced its launch sales with a tally estimated to be above 100,000 units. Like many major releases, the title was discounted below £20 for Black Friday 2017, and also featured in various PS4 and PlayStation VR bundles. It’s still a very big number, though, and remember that digital data is not included at all.
Elsewhere, likeable PlayLink titles Knowledge Is Power and Hidden Agenda debuted in 14th and 15th place respectively – the only real new releases on the list. PlayStation VR Worlds returned to the charts in 11th position, boosted nine places by PSVR headset bundles. Other games aided by promotions were Bethesda duo Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Fallout 4 – the latter of which re-entered the top ten two years after launch.
And, of course, just in case you wondered: Call of Duty: WWII topped the charts.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 25th November, 2017
- Call of Duty: WWII
- FIFA 18
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
- Assassin's Creed Origins
- Forza Motorsport 7
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Fallout 4
- Need for Speed: Payback
[source chart-track.co.uk]
Comments 22
Insane!
Great seeing GT doing so well, it deserves it.
@adf86 They timed that new content roadmap announcement just perfectly.
I guess the very welcome news that GT Sport is getting new features also helped to boost it's status in gamer's minds as well. Well done. Now it remains to be seen exactly which of the three consoles was the Black Friday top seller.
@get2sammyb @adf86 I was gonna say, I wonder how much the timing of that announcement played into people pulling the trigger on getting it cheap.
Wahoo for PSVR. Good news!
I still can't get my head around the drop in price on some of these titles so soon after launch. Just insane.
That's just mad! You'd think everyone that wanted a PS4 would have one by now.
Then again I work with someone that has 4 PS4s in his home (kids, bedroom & living room).
No doubt it will cross 100mil. The real question is will it beat PS2?
PSVR smashing everyone's expectations .
@ShogunRok I definitely snapped up it because of the new single player update, I think a lot of people will have, especially at that insane price point
PSVR dropped £100 and had bundles so not surprising that's more attractive now. GT Sport had a lot of criticism about a lack of a SP career mode so now that's coming, as well as a 'price drop' and bundles, its not surprising its selling as well if not better than its launch window too.
@KratosMD I picked up Wolfenstein 2, The Evil Within 2 & Prey for the price of 1 newly released AAA game . Insane!
The PSVR was 159 euro here in the netherlands.
@YummyHappyPills I'm yet to see any evidence to the contrary?
@KratosMD Yeah I bought Wolfenstein 2 knowing that it would be reduced by Christmas but even I was surprised that it went down to £20 in the UK in less than a month. I wanted to support a single player FPS and I liked the original but its just harming the industry going down that quickly. Unless they are really just writing the stock off.
Gts number is insane, 900%?
Can't wait for the single player update, I hope gts will be discounted on psn usa too
@YummyHappyPills Let's wait and see, shall we? I stand by what I originally said — they're all going to do well.
GT Sport for under £20 was an absolute steal.
Insane numbers from GT, though I suppose very good priced PSVR bundles helped, must have been a lot of potential buyers waiting for a price drop i guess. I have to say publishers perhaps should be wary of such steep price drops so soon after release. It's a dangerous precedent to set and it's why I have never brought anything day 1 for my PS4 as there is nearly always a significant price drop a few months down the line but this feels like it's been a matter a weeks for some of these titles.
great news for a great console
Other than the loot box nonsense from some of the third party AAA titles, 2017 has been an INSANELY good year for the gaming industry. Especially given the glorious rebirth of Japanese console gaming on PS4 and Switch.
Crazy but it makes sense. VR Pricing and library finally makes sense (imo) to buy in. Also good to see GT Sport up there. Given PSVRs recent success, I hope PD takes notice and updates the VR portion of the game
That's amazing news, can't stop PS4, the juggernaut.
To me PS4 is among my favorite consoles all time (alongside with SNES, 3DS and PS2). And the content keep coming! So while the result is amazing, it's almost no surprise since the quality is so high!
Tap here to load 22 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...