It wasn’t an easy fight, but Saints Row IV (have you read our Challenge and Trophy Guides?) managed to finish first in the UK sales charts last week. In doing so, it has become the fourth best launch of the year so far (behind Tomb Raider, BioShock Infinite, and The Last of Us), the second best launch in the series behind Saints Row: The Third, and it sold 69% of copies on Xbox 360 and 31% on PS3.
Elsewhere, Splinter Cell: Blacklist debuted at #2, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified starts off at 10th, PayDay 2 takes a major drop of 76% and 17 places to finishes 18th, with Disney Infinity in third place, selling 3.6 times more Starter Packs at launch than the first Skylanders game and doing 43% on Xbox 360, PS3 at 22%, Wii at 21%, Wii U at 10%, and 3DS at 4%.
Here’s the top 22 selling games in the UK for the week ending August 24th:
- Saints Row IV
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist
- Disney Infinity
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
- FIFA 13
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
- The Last of Us
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
- Assassin’s Creed III
- Max Payne 3
- LEGO Lord of the Rings
- Far Cry 3
- Tomb Raider
- Skylanders Giants
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- PayDay 2
- The Smurfs 2
- Skyrim: Legendary Edition
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- The Wonderful 101
Do you think Saints Row IV can hold on against all the new releases this week? Let us know in the comments below.
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