It took three weeks, but a new game has ended Days Gone's stint at number one in the UK physical chart. RAGE 2 debuts in the top spot, meaning Sony's successful open world survival game has to settle for second place this time. According to GamesIndustry, though, it's not quite as rosy a result as it sounds for Bethesda's post-apocalyptic shooter.
It might be at the top of the chart, but it failed to match the first game's relative sales performance at retail. It's only managed a quarter of what the original RAGE achieved in its launch week. That being said, digital has grown significantly since 2011, and there's currently no way of knowing how well it's performed on platforms like PlayStation Store. It's no good asking for those ethereal digital charts either, as Bethesda doesn't share digital sales data.
Elsewhere, A Plague Tale: Innocence just escapes the rats into ninth place, while the remainder of the top 10 is business as usual. Team Sonic Racing is the most notable new release this week, and we imagine we'll be seeing it in the upper echelons next time.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 18th May, 2019
- RAGE 2
- Days Gone
- FIFA 19
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Grand Theft Auto V
- The Division 2
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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It's not going to have sold 3 times as many copies digitally so it's fairly safe to assume that it sold a lot less than the original. Games published by Bethesda always seem to struggle regardless of quality with the likes of Dishonoured, Evil Within and even the magnificent Doom not selling in the numbers that they probably deserve. Then again the marketing pushes always seem pretty insignificant compared to those reserved for their own broken in house games.
From the reviews I've seen they all seem to agree that the open world is the problem with this game as the combat looks great. Almost as if someone played Doom and thought it could be improved by separating the rooms with large areas of empty space in between
@carlos82 Did you watch the Jimquistion?
And you are right they dont market their games.
Sony's big budget single player games do really well yet Bethesda's seem to struggle, can't be just marketing. It didn't help when they released Wolfenstein 2 and Evil Within 2 in the fall.
less than 20K for Rage 2 at retail.. not great for a launch week. maybe uk consumer has got wise to games being heavily discounted within a few weeks of launch, and since it's not a multiplayer title, they can wait for the drop. or maybe open world fatigue (especially in a title that doesn't benefit from it) is setting in.
Just came to check if the 2 legendary games are still in.
@Flaming_Kaiser Rage 2 was plastered everywhere in London last week.
Maybe people are more wary of Bethesda now, even tho they only published the game. Maybe it's also the punk apocalyptic setting with this and Far Cry New Dawn releasing fairly close to each other.
@Flaming_Kaiser I saw the Jimprsessions on Rage 2 and he seems to like it when it was just a shooting game.
Im not saying this game should have been a huge success and there's obviously more to it then just marketing. Fallout 76 was already a much bigger name but got a huge push with that silly Suicide Squad inspired advert that was everywhere, yet I've never seen anything like that for other games they publish. I'll also add that I've seen a lot of comments online saying they won't buy this as Bethesda games are broken and buggy messes as many gamers don't know the difference between a developer and a publisher. Which is a shame as Arkane and Id software deserve better than to have their games lumped in with the likes of Fallout 76
I think if your unsure on a bethesda game your best waiting six months as its usually £10 by then. Prey, Fallout 4, Dishonored and Doom all have dropped to £10 on disc. I think I remember reading somewhere they produce way more discs then they need so that's why they drop in price quickly.
Rage 2 may have intested me more if I wasn't still playing Days Gone. Im also on the 'base' PS4 and watching Digital Foundry's analysis, it does look like a game the benefits from an intended 60fps on the 'pro'. Probably will try this one out once its a bit cheaper.
@carlos82 I never been a big fan of there games. I do think i rather have a streamlined packed games then a stretched out mess. Assassins Creed are a great example of that cut out all the boring copy and paste quests and fillers and you have nothing left. I have too say i didnt play the latest games i dont know if its better now. 😋
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