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Black Friday boosted almost every title in the Top 40 this week, though the market is slightly down compared to last year’s Black Friday period
Read More »Black Friday sends FIFA 19 and Call of Duty back to the top, Battlefield V fails to engage
Destiny 2 is 2017’s biggest launch – but shifts less than half of its predecessor at Week One retail
Destiny 2 has gone straight in at No.1 in the UK weekly charts, making it the biggest launch of the year so far. However, sales were 58 per cent down on the original title from 2014, suggesting that more consumers may have shifted to digital purchases – especially considering that …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot claims fourth UK No.1
Crash Bandicoot continued to outsell Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 last week, claiming its fourth No.1 in the UK weekly charts. Sales decreased 28 per cent week-on-week, but that was still enough to see off the competition from Nintendo’s Switch exclusive. Splatoon 2, meanwhile, remained at No.2 last week, despite sales falling …
Read More »No Man’s Sky conquers August
PlayStation’s No Man’s Sky rescued August and was by far the best-selling game of the month in the UK. The GfK data, which only counts physical boxed sales, shows that No Man’s Sky beat its nearest rival by more than 100,000 units. The No.2 game of the month was F1 …
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