UK Sales Charts: Days Gone Rides Past Mortal Kombat 11 to Claim the Top Spot

Fair.
No surprise.

Somehow I knew Days Gone was gonna outsell MK11

That’s a nice surprise congrats bend. I love both games with Mortal Kombats story mode being awesome and perfect fan service and Days Gone being a imo great open world zombie game easily a 8. I would of thought MK would be in first with DG in second what with MK having three more days and being on multiple systems so it’s a cool surprise seeing these results especially for a brand new I.P fighting against “zombie fatigue” 😉

Great news.

Glad that this game is turning out well sales wise for bend.

Wondering if this could serve a good signal for a sequel despite the reviews?

Thats good news for bend. Pleased to hear the game is doing well. I reckon this is a title that will be looked back on very fondly in time buy certain groups of gamer. I will definitely be picking it up at some point, but my back log is embarrassing at the moment, so i really need to clear some games i already own

Shock, horror! A game with depth beats a "I'm not very clever, but I can lift heavy weights", button masher.

Nice one Days Gone and SONY

Days gone? More like days one amirite? 😏

But seriously though, congrats to bend studio, I hope they’ll make days gone 2 for ps5 with the knowledge of the first game strenght and weakness. And maybe days gone plus update for ps5 with 4k and 60 fps.

I want to wait for a discount for the digital version of this game but after I saw people playing/streaming it on youtube, I think the game looks fun. Oh well, I think I’ll buy the physical region 1 version.

@dark_knightmare2
There's never been a zombie fatigue. It's a buzz word for articles. Theres definitely a review fatigue though.

So where are all the haters at? Awfully quiet ain't it, all those haters expecting it not to sell well because of 72 metacritc score lol
The game easily is an 80 plus rated game, glad people don't listen to review scores and judge the game on their own, glad to see Bend Studio prove all the haters wrong.

Also look forward to seeing the world wide sales after the first week or two. HZD sold 2.6 million in two weeks, I reckon Days Gone will be close to that.

@Neolit well tbh most PS exclusives have outsold mutliplat games this gen.

it's the strength the system's reputation has.
even with the meh reviews,people still want to give it a chance because so far for most people a ps4 exclusive has not let them down.

Glad it's doing well. I want Bend Studio to stick around so i hope it has decent legs.

Anyone know how well the sales compare with The Order 1886? Did that have a strong start?

Really impressed that Days Gone is doing so well. I'll be picking up a copy of my own soon now that the game has gotten some patches. MK11 doing well is no surprise, given that it's.... an MK game! I'll be waiting for the usual DLC and such though on that one. I'm sure they'll do a MK 11 XL or something. I hear it needs some tweaking anyway with the rewards system.

‘They see me rolling, they hating’.

Great job Bend!!!

Great news. Thoroughly enjoying it so far, as I knew I would.

They seem to have reduced load times, but there's still an annoying glitch with the sound dropping out if you upgrade the bike's exhaust. Switching back to the standard unit solves it for now, but hopefully 1.06 will resolve it.

Good job, although MK11 is a bag of poo!

Didn't think Zombies could be fatigued. 😉.

@JJ2 I don’t see any hype for world war z but that game sold 1 million (!), there’s no zombie fatigue, as long as the game’s good, it will sells. Especially if that game is sony first party story heavy game with good graphics and open world setting with the addition of son of anarchy vibe, that’s like shorcut to make millions seller games lol.

And yeah, most gamer will see days gone many mission as a good value for their dollars while most reviewers want the game to end so they can review another games.

@AdamNovice Nice, sony is on fire this gen

4 millions.days gone.word up son

Im hoping to pick this up tomorrow, I've watched a bit of footage and whilst the story seems a bit rubbish, the general gameplay looks very good and that's where it really counts. I went back to Horizon over the weekend and if I'm honest the side quests aren't great and npc's are a bit static but all of that is forgotten when in a battle for your life with a Thunderjaw and is one of my favourite games this generation. So with a bit of luck I'll be doing some zombie killing tomorrow

@Neolit You have excellent will power. I tell myself im not buying anything new, and boom. Dreams early access bought (still untouched), and last night, arizona sunshine. Just because i need to justify purchase of my ps aim controller 🙈...but you are right. Why buy now when you can get it cheaper, with bugs patched out later. I recently platinumed Horizon Zero Dawn, and had the benefit of playing it following patches - and with the addition of the frozen wilds content, which i probably would have missed if id bought it two years or so ago. Bang on about tlou2 and ghost. Both day one buys and plays for sure.

Just finished everybodys gone to the rapture and forgotten anne - now playing spyro, then on to battlefield 1 and shadow of the tomb raider which are glaring at me from my shelf

Just looked at the shelf and i have 34 unplayed games to start. Not counting whatever is on my hard drive. Its so silly

Good news that Days Gone is riding high on top of the charts.

@kyleforrester87 Another one of the Days Gone haters, pffft, I seen your past comments as well.
Its the usual cop out excuse when people can't accept a game is doing well, but but but sales don't mean its a good game, stop the negativity.

No surprise that a New release hits the top spot. The first week is the strongest week because you have all those pre-orderers and all those that have been waiting for it are buying. Even if it is just a Exclusive, its still going to be its strongest week. Timing a release is one way to almost guarantee the top spot.

The next few weeks will be an indication of how well a game is doing. Forza Horizon 4 can't be doing too badly as its still in the top 10 more than 6 months after it released. Also an Xbox game where there is a lower player base too.

I don't know what's due for release in the next month or two, can't think of anything 'major' releasing, Rage 2 maybe. The next game on my list (so far) is Borderlands 3 in September...

@wiiware
Spot on. Haha
You know what? I think there's too much pressure. I'm just guessing mind you. What if they dared change the formula? Just on launch day release an ongoing, unfinished review but being straightforward. No scoring would go a long way. The review could evolve with more time and update and more interaction with the readers. Etc.
More open useful info, less personal feeling
Just a thought haha

@JayDub even some of the most loyal sony fans are not having a fun time with this one. open world games have gotten very predictable and stale by this point — you need to do more to stand out of the pack these days. days gone was unable to do anything notable. let's not get into all the performance issues and bugs. we expect more from sony 1st party titles... that should go without saying. let's be clear... just because someone finds a game disappointing does not mean they are "hating" on it. i played every 1st party sony game this generation other than knack and enjoyed them all (some more than others obviously). days gone is a game i have no intention on ever playing due to it being so uninspired and "average" in almost every way.

i want sony bend to stay around and wish them the best. at the same time, i do not want them to make a game like this EVER again. supporting a game like days gone also means you are supporting the idea of getting more of them in the future. i personally do not want more so i will have to vote with my wallet on this one. if sony bend were to tackle a syphon filter reboot, i would be far more interested.

@JJ2 from what I've read of most reviews I feel this game has been punished for having a poor story and the ridiculous quality of recent first party games. Back to that first point, a great story can elevate a game to another level overall but a bad story doesn't make a game any worse. Horizon had a good main story but the side content wasn't great but overall the gameplay was excellent and that is the most important thing and is one of the best games this generation.

From what I've watched this looks a lot of fun to play and all the reviews I've read, the only criticisms seem to be story and it does what all other open world games do and isn't as good as the likes of God of War, Horizon and Spiderman. Well how many games are that good? I've picked the game up today (at the third attempt as it was sold out in the other shops) so I'll get to judge it for myself. Finally when did 7 out of 10 become mediocre?

@carlos82
I personally found GOW story very meh. I already relate to DG a lot more. Don't hate. That's to say its a very personal point of view. Check out Gamespot review and you ll see she hates Deacon from a very personal view point as in somehow too much masculinity I reckon haha.
No I think the story shouldn't be matter of opinion but a more objective and open minded approach based on its ability to interest gamers rather than personal bias.

Apparently it's the biggest physical game launch of the year in UK. Bigger than multi-platform games like Division 2 and Far Cry New Dawn.
It will be interesting to see what kind of legs it has over the coming weeks. Personally I'm really enjoying it.

why is it everytime a new game comes out people bring up their backlog? ya'll just looking for an excuse not to play these new games lol

@JJ2 I think now it's more informative to see the game's stream rather than reviews since we're likely to get the feel of the games compared to reviewers that maybe has different taste than us. Especially if that reviewer start to blabber "white gruff white man rabble rabble" etc lol.

@JJ2 well that's the thing about stories, they appeal to different people. I loved God of War's story as I quite like Norse mythology and I liked the interactions between Kratos and his son but I was never particularly interested in its predecessors. As for Days Gone I've just started and the opening was strange and could have done with been fleshed out a lot more but getting into the game proper it has me intrigued. I haven't read Gamespots but I've read a few which seemed upset that you played as a man and also why she would ever be attracted to Deacon which was an odd way to review a game. Back to the game it looks great, the bike is fun to ride and scavenging seems much more risk reward than many games rather than it being a survival game just because they give you a limited amount of ammo and health items. I'm having a lot of fun so far

@carlos82
Im loving the game. Taking my time.
Thing is I feel people mistake story with the way it's told. I found GOW story was about non existent so to speak but the way it's told, the journey to the mountain and characterisation was great.

@wiiware
Haha yea.
I just feel there's room for both. I do like reading sometimes

very happy this has happened because it is a great game with a lot of hard work put into it some people reviewing games are on another planet to me sometimes I feel.

@Porco lol you serious it has absolutely positive word of mouth all over social media. People are loving it and having tons of fun so I don’t know where you got that their not

@dark_knightmare2 sounds like you block yourself from seeing the full picture. that is one way to live.

@Porco what’s the full picture my dude. People who paid for the game are enjoying it and sharing that all over social media. It beat MK 11 to number one in the UK with three less days and has the biggest physical launch in the UK for the year so far. It reviewed good with the majority of the reviews being 7 and above. What about any of that is bad?