UK Sales Charts: Far Cry 6, Alan Wake Remastered Arrive in Top 10, Selling Best on PS5

Sad that Far Cry 6 ran better than Metroid Dread.

Thank God in the industry I find important somebody is making money for somebody.

3rd party games (usually) sells best on playstation

@Max_the_German Whilst I would agree, far cry is multiplatform, so it was always likely it was going to have Dread beat. I just hope Dread's sales are good enough to continue the series and not leave it in hiatus for another 15 years!

For a second there I thought you said Far Cry sold 47% on PlayStation, which would be surprisingly low - then I realized that doesn't include PS4.

I’m about 15 hours into Far Cry 6 on the PS5 and it’s amazing.

Started Super Monkey Ball and played through the first 10 levels, haven’t opened Metroid yet.

@Quintumply Yeah, that checks out. Thanks.

Far cry is an awesome game that why 👌

The trend seems to indicate Xbox players don’t buy as many games as PlayStation gamers. Obviously GamePass has to be the reason for that. I’m not surprised. It’s what I’d expect from the service, despite hearing that GamePass supposedly increases sales numbers for developers. I think that phenomenon mainly applies to indies, smaller titles, and multiplayer games where the increased exposure of GP helps sales. It looks like most of the bigger budget games sell predominantly on PlayStation.

Not making any judgments here, by the way, just stating observations. Not trying to get fanboyish. Xbox and PS each have their niche in the market.

@lolwhatno. They already posted that they are gonna find a solution to the single player not earning stats

@BranJ0 its the fastest-ever selling Metriod in the series so there's a good chance

Will people please stop buying GTA 5!!?

@angrygamer and FIFA please, unless its second hand and you promise not to use FUT 😁

@lolwhatno yw they said it on the turtle rock Twitter

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I get that these games are selling better on the PlayStation, but is possible that those that own Xboxes will pick these games up eventually, when they are sold at a reduced price in a sale in a few months time, and in the meantime occupy themselves with the literally hundreds of games available on the GamesPass? That's not meant to come across as an Xbox fanboy comment, but rather an objective thought as to why newer games that don't release on the GamesPass sell better on the PlayStation. It's just possible that Xbox gamers don't feel the need to rush out and buy the latest games because they already have plenty to be getting on with. It's obvious that games such as Back4Blood will sell better on the PlayStation when it releases this week because it will release directly on to the GamesPass at the same time, but maybe the impact of the GamesPass also has ramifications affecting the sales of new games not released directly on to the GamesPass at launch. I'd be really curious to see some research done on just why games sell better on the PlayStation, and whether GamesPass is a significant factor in that reason. Just a thought...

@Fiendish-Beaver I think that’s the case. Perhaps Xbox games sales are skewed toward later in the lifespan of the game after it either drops off GamePass or dips in price. The issue I wonder is how does this affect the profits for third party developers? I think I’ve heard that most of the average game’s profits come in the game’s release window. I’m not sure how it’s broken down and if it’s like the film industry, but there’s a big need for these products to come out strong at release because return on investment starts tanking later on. If so, it would seem risky for a third party developer to sign an exclusive release onto Xbox only.

@Max_the_German power of Cross Platform im afraid. That and Nintendo hasnt done Samus many favours these past few years. From what ive read they've done a very good job on this one tho

Dread has actually done well when you see what it was up against, FC6 and Fifa were always going to be top so coming 3rd is good and shows people wanted it. Glad Alan Wake has made into the top 5, love the irony of it selling better on PS.

@Fiendish-Beaver There are other games that are bucking the trend too. Psychonauts 2 sold better on ps and there has not been a physical release at all. Psychonauts was tied to OG Xbox marketing and sold not great. Later ps ports also sold not great.

Regarding psychonauts, I have a real bugbear here. Microsoft have obviously made more money on psychonauts 2 on ps than Xbox and they haven't realeased a simple patch to let ps5 play at a higher spec. Even though a few months ago PS4 devkits received an update to allow better access to ps5 resources using backwards compat. We often hear about Sony regarding unethical ps5 from ps4 practices(in reality, a small handful of games) and yet Microsoft just made money out of ps owners and has not fixed psych2.

If they have fixed psychonauts 2 on ps5 I stand corrected.

I'm glad to see Alan Wake and Metroid Dread selling well. Both are great games. Currently enjoying Metroid Dread on my oled and Alan Wake on my PS5!

@Th3solution With subscription services, add ons are a HARD sell. PPV was a big sucked punch when cable/sky started dominating here in the uk as you start expecting everything for free. Exactly the same is happening with GP.

@Fiendish-Beaver Xbox might have hundreds of games to play on gamepass but ps owners are not short on games. And if a ps owner wants to have access to over 800 games then a simple subscription to psnow fixes that. I think Microsoft have did a very good job of psychologically halting new game hype on their platform. This is good for Microsoft, not good for ANYBODY else.

Not surprised by FC6

Had a blast playing it co-op this weekend. If you are looking for a fun game to play with a friend or fam - this is it.

Also, any game I can play with a Dog buddy is a win (FC6 has 2!) Chorizo's squeeky wheel in the background is a FarCry must now 😀

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@Fiendish-Beaver my thought on this is that gamepass is changing the buying habits of xbox gamers. I think it's conditioning them to wait on games to see if they drop into gamepass. Tales of arise sold 86% Sony in its first week in the UK, and it seems to be a growing trend. And I say this as someone who subscribes myself.
Will be interesting to see the long term implications of this. Do 3rd party publishers just make deals with MS and drop into gamepass day one? Don't and hope is still sells well? Or worse case it could mean they don't spend the money porting to the machines (a bit more work this gen as they have to take the series s into account), and xbox gamers lose out?
Every advert I've seen for far cry 6 has been with the xbox brand attached, and it still sold 71% Sony.

@Serialsid I'm sure Sony must have some clout when it comes to Xbox deciding if they want a third party release on gamepass. Contracts Sony can update regarding third party releases to favour Sony platforms. And all this sales differential will help their case. If Sony decides to throw up a hurdle with a clause like "Don't sell your game to our players full price and allow Microsoft first day gamepass or else you forfeit your game being on our platform full stop.'. Actual third party exclusives don't seem like a good idea on Xbox as they aren't selling and you don't want to put it on gamepass as it will sabotage sales on ps. This is an interesting emerging dynamic.

@KayOL77 I'm sure the contracts make very interesting reading. Your right we are in very uncharted waters with two companies taking very different approaches, only time will show who got it right.
But I should imagine a lot of 3rd party publishers are looking at these sales figures of the two platforms and maybe changing their strategies accordingly.

This is why the "Far Cry needs to change" articles making the rounds make me laugh. The people saying that are in the minority. If it ain't broke...

@Fiendish-Beaver

On PC you are seeing that Day 1 PC GamePass releases are still selling well on retail channels.

Humankind was still the best selling PC game for August here and we get Back 4 Blood on PC GamePass tomorrow but it is the 2nd best selling game on Steam right now at full price

I guess we need more time to see how it all turns out on both Xbox and PC.

I have played a lot more Indies since getting PC GamePass. That is for sure.

I’ll say what I always say. Those saying Xbox players don’t buy games are ignoring the fact that that playerbase has embraced digital and these charts don’t provide the full picture.

@Sakisa Sony have stated 71% of their sales are digital. So I'd say Sony players have embraced digital too. all we can go on is the physical sales, and on that front the games aren't selling on xbox.

@Agramonte I honestly think GamePass is going to dangerous for gaming in the long run. Right now, it is all rainbows and unicorns, but it won't be always like that.

Without knowing, GamePass is conditioning people to not buy indie games (or games in general) and just wait for the games to come to GamePass. They are making people think that getting (aka renting) the games via GamePass supports the developers the same way as if they were actually buying the games, which is just absolute BS-nonsense.

@Sakisa I usually look at the WW monthly (digital and physical) charts (North America, Europe, Asia) every month... and it just doesn't look well at all either, especially for SP new games. You hardly see games in that platform reaching the top ten, especially in Europe and Asia

I also bought the Boxed Ex Xbox Exclusive.

@Th3solution
I maybe wrong but I have the feeling that gamers who still like retail discs would tend to massively favour PlayStation gaming.
(Because of the DRM)
🤔

@rpg2000 I know right? How many clicks of download this game on gamepass does it take to financially equal one purchase of the game full price? And what other lovely small print is in the way to stop a mere 'download this game' click from actually paying out in any meaningful way?

@JJ2 the DRM was solved literally weeks ago, and the stats have painted the same picture since these machines launched though.

We can probably agree that halo is going to sell better on Xbox than playstation, but not by much 🙈🙈🙈

Glad players ignored the Pushsquare review and picked up Alan Wake. 😜 It's a great title.

@KayOL77
Hi man. I have no idea what you mean with ‘solve’ but it doesn’t matter.
I’m not sure I want to get into console war territory and I’d admit I only have PlayStation so I may not be aware of the situation now. 🤷🏼‍♂️
That’s just what I think as of now. PlayStation 5 game boxes ship with a PS5 disc inside. They don’t ship with a PS4 disc with an online download for the PS5 version. Of that I’m sure.

@JJ2 The big most recent patch for PS4 basically allowed discs to be played even if the system was not online and the battery had run out. That was about 3-4 weeks ago. Before that time PS4 was locked out of disk games if not online and battery was dead. Now it's not. So that's a very recent development and game sale ratios were still in ps favour before that DRM patch. I'm also not wanting to start a war.

@KayOL77
Oh I see. That’s never been a real issue in the short term. That’s not what a I meant. I meant there are big DRM issues on the next gen Xbox consoles for retail discs which advantages a PS5 choice of cross gen titles at least. In short and as far as I know SX retail boxes ship with an XB1 disc.
Sorry about misunderstanding.

@BranJ0 not necessarily. I mean many switch only titles have beat multiplat games in the past.

@Sakisa that’s the truth, and it’s overlooked. Plus a lot of Xbox players have Series S, which is easier to find (and many PS as primary players have the Series S for GP and future Xbox exclusives), so we would need digital sales to paint the full picture. Playstation is always going to outsell Xbox, but Xbox isn’t hurting this generation so far. You still can’t get a Series X (especially the Halo Edition) any easier than a PS5, so somebody is buying them. It’s a good time to be a gamer, regardless.