FIFA 19 sprung Marvel Spider-Man’s offside trap to secure the biggest launch of 2018 in the UK – even though physical sales are down 25 per cent year-over-year. It’s worth remembering that GfK Chart-Track only takes into account physical sales right now, so the digital data may skew matters somewhat. The title sold best on the PlayStation 4 by some margin, with Sony’s console sweeping up 64 per cent of the share; the Xbox One accounted for just 35 per cent, while the Nintendo Switch was forced to settle for a paltry one per cent.
Of course, it means that Insomniac Games’ superhero title was forced down into second after three weeks at the top, though it’s managed to overtake Far Cry 5 to maintain its place as the second best-selling game of the year in Britain. Elsewhere, Shadow of the Tomb Raider enjoyed another respectable hold, finishing in third place, while Valkyria Chronicles 4 debuted in ninth position, with most of the sales coming courtesy of the PS4.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 29th September, 2018
- FIFA 19
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- NBA 2K19
- Valkyria Chronicles 4
- Minecraft: Xbox Edition
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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1% !! Gosh its legacy editions at most for switch going forward then
wow, spiderman is the second biggest game just after four weeks and on one platform
Well no great shock there! I'm really glad my boys have gone right off it. It seems the whole Star wars battlefront thing was big news in their school playground at least and now the kids here are on anti EA beat. Won't last long though I'm sure.
What's up with Minecraft?
Video-game fans: We hate cash grab anualized games, we also hate loot boxes!!
Also video-game fans: buys FIFA every year and spends money on FUT.
You should be ashamed
Valkyria on the list, damn I'm happy for that!
Anyway Fifa...to be expected! I actually really enjoy it this year (from the demo), Fifa 18 was really messy (pun intended)!
But yeah...Red Dead will obliterate every single game this year lol
It's great to see Valkyria Chronicles 4 in the top ten, especially around this busy period.
3 weeks until RD2 rìdes into town.
@Tulio517 It's the casual fans who buy Fifa every year not those who comment on these sites.
nah france is the biggest and best team of 2018.vive la france.merci mon ami.word up son
@AFCC. vive la france playa.2018 champions .😂😀😱.word up son
@Tulio517 Not the same people. Casuals don't care about any of that.
@adf86 @naruball fair enough. Forgive my bitterness.
@Splat Pretty much.
@Tulio517 I get it mate. It's easy to get lost in the bubble especially when you hear many criticizing EA often.
Nice to see VC4 in the top ten.
"I came before you and I plan to be around long after you're gone" -GTA5
Not a fan of Fifa. But I've cancelled my rdr2 preorder and reordered rdr2 ultimate steelbox. Hope it will help to beat any fifa
Why is Football "Soccer" so popular in the UK? Yearly sports games almost never wind up in first here, sadly FPS's do. Someone needs to burn all copies of Call of Duty with fire. >_<
The big news here is Spiderman being the second biggest game so far this year after just 4 weeks. Well deserved too, I picked it up a few days ago and whilst I've never been a big Marvel fan and a huge DC fan, I have to say I think this is a lot better than Arkham Knight and nowhere near as similar as I thought it would be, great work all round
As for FIFA, I don't mind them but if I was going to buy one I'd go for 17 as it's probably about a £1 for basically the same game.
To the people buying mario kart now pay an extra 17 quid to play the game
Sheep
@TowaHerschel7 Why is football/soccer so popular in the UK? Because it's the national sport. And most nations sport. It's the biggest sport in the world.
@tomassi -
Sheep... Nah, never have been in the 30 years of buying my own games. Bought FIFA 19 as it actually is (god forbid) a bit more fun than it has been over its last few incarnations, especially playing alongside my friends and family as i do.
I also have the latest PES, which i play for single player mode mainly, as online is barely passable at the best of times, which is its main problem, among many..
@TowaHerschel7
same reason why madden and Nba is so popular in a america
GTA still in the charts. Incredible!
@dellyrascal Yeah, I usually end up getting both at some point through the year. Always start with PES because, single player wise, it's a million light years ahead of FIFA in my view. I'm not an online player though so it does get boring after a while. I don't hate FIFA particularly, but I tried the FIFA 19 demo and, not sure if I'd been spoilt by PES 2019 beforehand, but I thought it was dreadful. I think I'll just keep FIFA 18 this time out.
Well, I'm no casual and I just bought FIFA for the second year in a row after taking a break of around 5 years. Never touched FUT, though... I don't do card games, real or virtual.
happy to see TR did well
@playstation1995 vive Portugal <3
@AFCC. vive la france domination word up son
This is surely the best game. free fifa 19 coins
Every year, since fifa 14, it's the same thing : this game dominates all others . But PES is very close to catching him (ex : PES 19 for http://www.univ-creditsfifa.fr ).
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