Gran Turismo Sport is now just a “few weeks away” from overtaking Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy as Britain’s best-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive of 2017 at retail. The racer has been discounted in recent weeks, but it’s still flying high on the revenue charts, and added an estimated 60,000 units to its tally over the past seven days. Remember that none of this data takes into account digital sales either.
Polyphony Digital’s latest finished third in this week’s UK sales charts, behind Call of Duty: WWII and FIFA 18 which don’t look to be going anywhere soon. Star Wars Battlefront II and Assassin’s Creed Origins rounded out the top five, with DOOM VFR failing to make the charts at all. One additional note: Sony’s PlayLink titles are doing very well, with Knowledge Is Power and Hidden Agenda occupying 11th and 16th place respectively in their second weeks.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 2nd December, 2017
- Call of Duty: WWII
- FIFA 18
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Assassin's Creed Origins
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Forza Motorsport 7
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
[source chart-track.co.uk, via gamesindustry.biz]
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I'm surprised at how well these PlayLink titles are doing. I was sure they would be DOA, but then again I'm not the target audience.
GT Sport deserves to be successful, just because of how it avoided all the industry BS.
@Fight_Teza_Fight I think the news that it will be getting constant, mostly free support has burnished the image of this title in most people's eyes. Funny to think that just a few short weeks ago the pitchforks were out to poke a few holes in Polyphony for putting out what appeared to be, on the surface, a compromised game. Good on them for doing right by it though.
@Turismo4GT That very point tipped me over the edge. I put my money down on it when I read about the latest update and the continuing support. It was probably the thing that attracted a few fence sitters.
@Shuebacca same, although I'm waiting to get it as a birthday present to myself next month (the birthday money will be paying for it)
GT Sports ahead of BF2?! Even though it came out earlier. That's kinda impressive. I suppose the update really spinned the wheel in the right direction for GT Sports. Well deserved.
Free updates and no microtransactions persuaded me and I think many other gamers to part with their cash for this rather than crap like BF2.
so one ****** game is overtaking another ****** game in the UK? no surprise there lol.
but I guess GT Sport could become a decent game once they add the campaign mode.
@manu0 Thank you for your well thought out and written critique on two games.
@manu0 Watch the language please!
Can't wait to try it after pd add the single player campaign mode, the gameplay is already great
Having looked at some of the update plans it appears the car tuning component is making a return too, maybe not as in depth as previously but this is a positive in my eyes.
Not sure if it's been there from the start, but the livery editor is a bonus for me too. No doubt online races will be awash with cars plastered in comedy winkys though. If only PD would release the Rover 800 in a future update then I could create a crudely spray painted 'Cook Pass Babtridge' livery. I can but dream.
"Will be Britain's best-selling PS4 exclusive of 2017"
Really? More than Horizon? I'm surprised by that...
@Dodoo How come? Sports games always do incredibly well and GT is a big name.
@LieutenantFatman Yeah but I thought as it didn't score very well and everyone seemed to be into Horizon (which has also had longer on the market) so just thought it would be behind it that's all. GT must be still be bigger than I thought...
@Dodoo yes, Horizon definitely deserves huge sales. Just a lot harder to clean house with a brand new ip.
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