It’s been a busy week for new releases with most major titles trying to avoid each other by releasing on different days, or simply launching early in the week in order to get good visibility as the week unfolds.
Sony debut at No1 with ‘Gran Turismo Sport’, launched on Wednesday 18th October and this is a first outing on PS4 – original ‘Gran Turismo’ launched on PS1 back in week 19, 1998 and the last version was ‘Gran Turismo 6’ on PS3 back in week 49, 2013 – ‘GT Sport’ has a better week 1 units than both of these but is nowhere near the series high of 2010’s ‘Gran Turismo 5’ (week 1 was over 3 times higher).
EA drop to No2 with ‘FIFA 18’ having held the No1 spot for 3 consecutive weeks, much like last year’s ‘FIFA 17’ which was knocked off No1 by EA’s own ‘Battlefield 1’ in week 42, 2016.
The 2 biggest of 4 new releases from Tuesday 17th October debut at No3 and No4. Debuting at No3 we have Ubisoft’s PS4/Xbox One ‘South Park: The Factured but Whole’ which matches week 1 sales units from previous ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’, released on PS3/360 back in week 10, 2014.
Debuting at No4 we have 2K/Take 2’s PS4/Xbox One ‘WWE 2K18’ – sales units are down on last year’s 4-format ‘WWE 2K17’but revenue is actually higher, thanks to the success of the £79.99 Deluxe and £129.99 Collectors Editions. From our midweek chart published on Wednesday 18th (after 24 hours of sales on these 2 titles) it was actually WWE that was ahead of South Park in terms of units, but the Ubisoft title went on to have comparatively higher sales for the rest of the week, due to WWE’s greater percentage Day 1 concentration.
Nintendo’s Friday 20th release ‘Fire Emblem Warriors’ on 3DS/Switch debuts at No16 and THQ Nordic’s ‘Elex’ for PS4/Xbox One/PC debuts at No25 (released Tuesday 17th). The final new release within the Top 40 is Sold Out’s PS4/Xbox One ‘Rogue Trooper Redux’ at No37 (also a Tuesday 17th release).
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 42 Year 2017
Ending 21st October
| LW | TW | Title | Age Rating | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRAN TURISMO: SPORT | PEGI 3+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | |
| 1 | 2 | FIFA 18 | PEGI 3+ | EA SPORTS |
| 3 | SOUTH PARK: THE FRACTURED BUT WHOLE | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT | |
| 4 | WWE 2K18 | PEGI 16+ | 2K | |
| 2 | 5 | MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF WAR | PEGI 18+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 3 | 6 | THE EVIL WITHIN 2 | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 6 | 7 | DESTINY 2 | PEGI 16+ | ACTIVISION |
| 7 | 8 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | PEGI 18+ | ROCKSTAR |
| 4 | 9 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 7 | PEGI 3+ | MICROSOFT |
| 8 | 10 | CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY | PEGI 7+ | ACTIVISION |
| 10 | 11 | THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 5 | 12 | FORZA HORIZON 3 | PEGI 3+ | MICROSOFT |
| 9 | 13 | LEGO WORLDS | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 13 | 14 | RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD | PEGI 18+ | CAPCOM |
| 11 | 15 | MARIO KART 8 DELUXE | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO |
| 16 | FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS | PEGI 12+ | NINTENDO | |
| 31 | 17 | LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 12 | 18 | FALLOUT 4 | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 18 | 19 | NBA 2K18 | PEGI 3+ | 2K |
| 24 | 20 | MARIO + RABBIDS KINGDOM BATTLE | PEGI 7+ | UBISOFT |
| 14 | 21 | TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT |
| 17 | 22 | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD | PEGI 12+ | NINTENDO |
| 16 | 23 | UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY | PEGI 16+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 19 | 24 | DISHONORED 2 | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 25 | ELEX | PEGI 16+ | THQ NORDIC | |
| 22 | 26 | F1 2017 | PEGI 3+ | CODEMASTERS |
| 15 | 27 | FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE GAME | PEGI 18+ | GUN MEDIA |
| 21 | 28 | TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: WILDLANDS | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT |
| 25 | 29 | MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION | PEGI 7+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 30 | OVERWATCH: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION | PEGI 12+ | BLIZZARD | |
| 20 | 31 | DOOM | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 32 | 32 | MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION | PEGI 7+ | MICROSOFT |
| 27 | 33 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018 | PEGI 3+ | KONAMI |
| 23 | 34 | RAYMAN LEGENDS: DEFINITIVE EDITION | PEGI 7+ | UBISOFT |
| 33 | 35 | CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE | PEGI 18+ | ACTIVISION |
| 30 | 36 | ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED | PEGI 16+ | STUDIO WILDCARD |
| 37 | ROGUE TROOPER REDUX | PEGI 16+ | SOLD OUT SALES & MARKETING | |
| 26 | 38 | PROJECT CARS 2 | PEGI 3+ | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT |
| 34 | 39 | SPLATOON 2 | PEGI 7+ | NINTENDO |
| 28 | 40 | MIITOPIA | PEGI 7+ | NINTENDO |
Ukie Games Charts ©, compiled by GfK