UK Sales Charts: New Releases Struggle as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Stays on Top

That’s a little disappointing for Soul Calibur, no?

@Th3solution, for a genre that isn't exactly at its peak right now, a fighting game debuting in the top ten is decently good, I think.

Soul caliber should have released in July. Its just over shadowed right now. I want it... but red dead.

@Th3solution
The series was dormant for a long time and fighting games aren't the most popular. Beyond that, it released one week before Red Dead Redemption 2. The timing was horrible.

That's it, I've got a new strategy; alright, listen Cerny, this is what we're going to do: Call of Duty: Knack Ops

@Kidfried That’s true. Which makes BlOps4 even more impressive because it is certainly making much more on digital sales, according to some of the articles we’ve seen.
Still, it’s fairly interesting to see the charts to get a general feel for what is selling in stores anyways. But you’re right, it is a little difficult to draw conclusions as to successes and failures.

That Soul Calibur placing makes me want to buy it even more, I don't want this series to die again.

@Cutmastavictory I loved the Bèta and i bought i will buy RDR2 when in its down on price. 😁

The first months of 2019 are booked and 2018 has other titles i want to get more. 😃

@Octane Well its sounds better then what stuff we get now with half stuff behind a paywall. And one thing is Black out will be laced with microtransactions before the year is over. 😋

It sucks for the new releases, but selfishly I’m looking forward to the Black Friday sales.

Publishers need to be more flexible with their release dates. It doesn’t help that they allow preorder to go live so early though- essentially locking them in.

I’m a bit fearful for Darksiders 3 though.

@Orpheus79V

I cant say it better then him. 😁

I heard the international servers of COD are terrible. Plus i watched the Angry Joe show they gave COD a 6 lot of paywalled content and a way to expensive game for the content. I dont understand the high rates. 😑

@Flaming_Kaiser Joe gave Cod IV a 7/10, the game new battle royale mode is really fun but not at $60 + $50 season pass, and there's no normal single player campaign.

@Th3solution I think most people buy fighting games digital since it's more convenient when you want to play just 2 or 3 match (no messing around with disc).

@wiiware
I agree fighting, online multiplayer, driving games. I can't imagine not buying digital anymore. I get some much more out of these types of games now that while playing my main games I can just do a few laps, fights or few rounds of shooting. It give the game so much more value for me.

@gingerfrog The only genre that I buy physical (steelcase version) is 3rd person linear games like uncharted or jrpg like persona 5 / dragon quest 11, since usually I usually play it until the end and be done with it.

@Cutmastavictory soul is great. I wasn't going to bother due to red dead but the pull was just too strong for me. I'm glad I buckled in the end.

@Kidfunkadelic83 I understand. Im going to get it. But after red dead, so will catch a black Friday digital sale which im certain it will be a part of.

@Cutmastavictory Yeah it won't take long before a sale hits. You will get the ultimate edition with dlc for the same price as the standard by Christmas I'd imagine.