Tekken 7 has become the first entry in Bandai Namco’s iconic brawler brand to top the UK sales charts in almost two decades. The previous entry to achieve such a feat was Tekken 3 all the way back in 1998, which is frankly incredible. A whopping 83 per cent of retail copies were sold on the PlayStation 4 – one of the largest splits we’ve seen for a multiformat release in Britain this generation.
Don’t call it a comeback just yet, though: while we don’t have hard data, it’s unlikely many sales are needed to reach the summit of the UK’s best sellers list right now. After all, the title only had to outsell an ageing Overwatch and Injustice 2 in its third week to take the throne. Nevertheless, it’s still a positive result.
Other highlights in the charts this week include the return of Horizon: Zero Dawn to the top ten, as well as the appearance of PlayStation VR title Star Trek: Bridge Crew, which entered in a very reasonable 16th position. PlayStation VR Worlds also returned to the Top 40 in 20th place, while a supply constrained Farpoint hung on in 30th position.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 3rd June, 2017
- Tekken 7
- Overwatch
- Injustice 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- FIFA 17
- PREY
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Rocket League
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
[source chart-track.co.uk]
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The split does not surprise me that much, I doubt there's many fighting game fans on other consoles after Sony nabbed both Street Fighter and KOF.
@DrClayman Yep, they also did the marketing for Injustice 2 and Tekken 7. They clearly want the PS4 to be the "fighting game" console.
Good to see Nintendo slide back into irrelevancy. And good on Tekken too.
@BLP_Software Mario Kart's in the charts and Zelda's not too far behind. I wouldn't call that anywhere close to irrelevancy. You'll also get ARMS in the top ten in a couple of weeks.
@JoeBlogs Just don't plan to play online — it's broken!
@get2sammyb I don't want ARMS in the top 10. The games naf
I've been waiting for some new, actually good, games to chart. Tekken is the start of that
Not surprised. The PS4 install base + the most interesting Tekken installment in years = success.
@get2sammyb And the Guilty Gears as well, Xrd revelator looks so good.
Japanese games sold best on ps4, I remember mgs v, resident evil 7 and ff xv sold more on the ps4 too.
Interesting story at Time on PlayStation with some nice nuggets of information.
http://time.com/4804768/playstation-4-ps4-pro-psvr-sales/
Some quick takeaways:
"It's been pleasing that in North America, we've been 2-to-1 against Xbox," says [Jim] Ryan. "But in Europe, it's really been fortress PlayStation by at least 3-to-1 in unit sales."
And this:
"I think a lot of Japanese developers lost their way chasing the mobile games yen, if you will, but they're coming back to console in a major way. And speaking of, we'll have some big announcements at E3 in that precise vein."
-Shawn Layden
A good read.
@lacerz Thanks for sharing this.
@lacerz Hmmm Yoko Taro's new mobile game SINoALICE coming to PS4 maybe?
Nier Automata for a niche title, incredibly sold 1.5 million+ across PC/PS4.
Does anybody have any info on how many of these game's are sold in the UK to get to number 10? Last I looked it only took just over 12k sale's to reach the UK number 1 so it isn't suprising anything new get's in the top 10 right? I don't see the hype. Good on Tekken though, I won't be picking it up as I hate the Street Fighter style fighting game's, i'd just be really interested to actualy see the number's, c'mon guy's tell us the number's, let's hear the REAL new's.
83%? Wow impressive. Especially because XBox has it's only relevancy in the UK as far as europe, at least.
Tekken out sold Injustice ? Is this real!
Tekken rocks!
@Fight_Teza_Fight Very cute idea! I believe it will sell well
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