Marking the fourth Souls title overall, Dark Souls 3 debuted in 1st place in the UK, outselling Dark Souls 2’s launch by 61% to become the new franchise leader in week 1 sales. For a breakdown, Dark Souls 3 sold 71% of copies on PlayStation 4, 26% on Xbox One, and 3% on PC.
Here’s the 20 best-selling retail games in the UK for the week ending April 16, 2016, according to GfK Chart-Track:
- Dark Souls 3
- The Division (down 40%)
- EA Sports UFC 2 (up 64%)
- Quantum Break (down 64%)
- Dirt Rally (down 66%)
- Far Cry Primal
- FIFA 16
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Grand Theft Auto V
- LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
- Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Rainbow Six Siege
- LEGO Jurassic World
- WWE 2K16
- Minecraft: Xbox Edition
- Minecraft: Story Mode
- New Super Mario Bros U + Super Luigi
- Minecraft: PlayStation Edition
- Disney Infinity 3.0
How do you think Ratchet & Clank will perform when it comes to the UK this Friday? Do you think Dark Souls 3 will repeat at #1?
[Source: GfK Chart-Track (1), (2), VideoGamer]