Ubisoft has ended up with two games at the top of the latest UK software charts, with Tom Clancy's The Division and Far Cry Primal leading the pack. The former has actually broken Gran Turismo 4's record for having the biggest ever Quarter 1 launch in the UK, which has been in place since 2005.
Overall, though, The Division only managed to be Ubisoft's third largest UK release, lagging behind the initial sales of both Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed III. Still, the French publisher's latest title has clearly been a success, and it's worth noting that the role-playing shooter has apparently sold best on Sony's current-gen console. According to Eurogamer, 54 per cent of sales were made on PlayStation 4, as opposed to 45 per cent on Xbox One.
Elsewhere, the rest of the charts don't really hold any surprises. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain managed jumped back into the top 20, while things are still looking grim for Street Fighter V, as Capcom's brawler continues to fall down the charts at speed. Oh, and Knack clawed its way up two places, settling in 24th.
UK Sales Charts: Week ending 12th March, 2016
- The Division
- Far Cry Primal
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- FIFA 16
- Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
- Lego Marvel Avengers
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Forza 6
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
- Rainbow 6: Siege
[source chart-track.co.uk, via eurogamer.net]
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Waiting for a few reviews but currently not looking like I'll pick the division up. I may get it further down the line cheap and blast through the campaign. I'm not really up for loot grinding at the moment though
Isnt the Ps4 selling more obvious? I mean the Ps4 is selling like hotcakes. I think the xbox version did really well in comparison
I hope people are buying Knack so they can become familiar with the lore before Knack 2.
@Sanquine Yeah, the Xbox version has done incredibly well considering the discrepancy in consoles sold. I think the fact that Xbox has a one-month exclusivity on the DLC might have helped shift a few extra copies, though – especially for people who own both consoles.
@Sanquine @Grawlog As far as we're aware, the UK is one of the few places where the Xbox One is holding up quite well against the PS4. Given The Division's Xbox marketing and timed exclusive DLC, you could argue that the Xbox version had a decent shot at coming out on top.
@Grawlog Regardless its a 54/45 trade off. The number disparity in that percentage is huge. Companies get £30 (this is rough) for a new retail release and the retailer gets the rest. So if the division sold 10million copies the PS4 sold 900,000 more. That's a lot of copies, with an additional £27,000,000 loaded into the bank. As @Jake3103 mentioned the Xbox has an exclusivity agreement and if you own both consoles it makes sense to buy on xbox.
This isn't fact, far from it. But I also believe the xbox user base percentage wise has a higher amount of shooter fans were as the PS user base has more eclectic taste. I think that also plays a part.
So where did the 1% sell then
@WARDIE I assume the 1% is physical PC sales.
I love The Division and I never really expected to like it, really enjoying the campaign and to be fair there is a lot to do long before any loot grinding. I've yet to visit the dark zone yet, I'm going to get a bit more practice and level up some more before that. It'd be interesting to see the digital sales and whether those took it about the other 2 games.
@carlos82 please can you tell me how is the campaign because it is the important part for me since my internet speed makes playing online impossible so is the single player worth it especially down the line when it is cheaper?
@Dr-M this game is always online like Destiny. You can do stuff on your own, but if your connection drops you're kicked from the game.
I think The Division does many things right, what Destiny did terribly wrong.
Simple matchmaking, good interaction with NPCs and many dialogs with them. It is quite boring for me, running around in New York and having a realistic story.
But it is fun to play and I will continue playing it. It just bothers me, that basically nothing really exciting happened in the game so far.
Xboxone has no games.
That's why AAA generally does very well. Half fact half truth.
@Dr-M as I think others have said it requires a permanent Internet connection. What I can say is that you could certainly just play the campaign solo and you would still have a fantastic game and be very satisfied.
@Neolit having played both they're not as similar as you'd think, whilst Destiny had very little game before it made you grind forever, you could play The Division as a straight up open world shooter and have a great time with plenty to see and do before you finish the campaign. There are several safe houses which are populated by other gamers if you wish to interact with them but the city will only have you and whoever is in your team, well apart from the Dark Zone. It's a fantastic recreation of New York with Madison Square Garden an early highlight and the looting and customisation is far deeper than Destiny's and has more in common with traditional rpg's, albeit with guns and probably the best 3rd person shooter/cover mechanics I've come across.
I think the most impressive record on there is a Wii U game making an appearance in the UK top 10!
Doubley so as it's the only title on there that is first party to the console of release and as such an exclusive title. Everything else on there is third party and multi format. A massive well done to Nintendo in the UK.
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