The week of Black Friday every year always throws off the patterns that we glean from sales charts and that has been no different here in 2018. Last week’s sales in the UK for the week of Black Friday and with it one of the year’s best performing games in the market has found its way back to the top of the chart.
Yes,FIFA 19, the ever-popular soccer title in Europe, has once again surged back to the first place position. The game jumped four spots from fifth the week prior and in the process beat outCall of Duty: Black Ops 4andRed Dead Redemption 2, which slotted in at third and fourth respectively. Compared to many other recent releases on this list,FIFA 19was discounted by quite a bit on Black Friday, which is likely the biggest contributor as to why it ended back in the first place spot.
As for new releases on the week, EA’sBattlefield 5was the only major game to launch during this period and it debuted in fourth. According toGamesIndustry.biz, launch sales forBattlefield 5are down by 63% compared to the release ofBattlefield 1. Despite sales looking soft though, it still managed to outperform first week numbers for bothFallout 76andAssassin’s Creed Odyssey. It’ll be interesting to see how the game charts from this point onward.
And last but not least, other notable movements on the week includeSpyro: Reignited Trilogydropping down to ninth after debuting last week at first. Much like others on this list, this is almost certainly attributed to the fact that the game wasn’t on sale in many places during Black Friday. Also worth noting isFallout 76’sdrop from third to seventh,Forza Horizon 4climbing back into fifth, and thePokemon: Let’s Gogames each falling with thePikachuedition ranking much higher than that of theEeveeversion.
The full top-40 for last week can be seen below.
Age Rating
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4
ACTIVISION
RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
BATTLEFIELD V
FORZA HORIZON 4
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN
SONY COMPUTER ENT.
FALLOUT 76
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
POKEMON: LET’S GO, PIKACHU!
SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY
MARIO KART 8 DELUXE
ASSASSIN’S CREED ODYSSEY
FORTNITE: DEEP FREEZE BUNDLE
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY
PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS
FARMING SIMULATOR 19
FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE
SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER
SQUARE ENIX
POKEMON: LET’S GO, EEVEE!
ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION
LEGO THE INCREDIBLES
GOD OF WAR
BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
PROJECT CARS 2
SUPER MARIO PARTY
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY
GRAND THEFT AUTO V
JUST DANCE 2019
RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD
BENDY AND THE INK MACHINE
