OVERWATCH SHOOTS TO THE TOP
31/May/2016
Launched on Tuesday across PS4, Xbox One and PC ‘Overwatch’ shoots straight in at No1.
It is the fastest selling Blizzard title on console with 47% of launch week sales on PS4, 36% on Xbox One and 18% on PC. ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’ ( -37%) makes way, dropping to No2, but managing to stay ahead of ‘Doom’ (-41%) which also falls one place, down to No3. ‘Homefront: The Revolution’ (-41%) slips from No3 to No4 in its second week of release. Only ¼ of the Top 40 lose sales this week as Half Term bundling and promotions give older titles a boost.
At No5, sales of ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’ are up 26% while ‘Ratchet & Clank’ (+114%) bounds back in to the Top 10 thanks to retailer hardware bundling, up from No12 to No6. Previous No1s ‘FIFA 16’ and ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ are not left out of the promotions with EA’s blockbuster up 3 places to No7 on the back of a 91% sales increase, while Ubisoft’s ‘The Division’ falls one place to No8 despite a 42% sales jump. ‘Total War: Warhammer’ debuts at No9 ahead of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ which slides 2 places to No10 despite a 49% sales increase. The only other new title to break in to the Top 40 this week is Activision Blizzard’s ‘TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan’, new at No18.
LATEST UK SOFTWARE CHARTS
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 28 May 2016
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
- | 1 | OVERWATCH | PS4 | BLIZZARD | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
1 | 2 | UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF'S END | PS4 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | |||
- | 3 | OVERWATCH | XB ONE | BLIZZARD | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
2 | 4 | DOOM | PS4 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
- | 5 | OVERWATCH | PC | BLIZZARD | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
9 | 6 | RATCHET & CLANK | PS4 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | |||
3 | 7 | DOOM | XB ONE | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
- | 8 | TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER | PC | SEGA | SEGA | |||
4 | 9 | HOMEFRONT: THE REVOLUTION | PS4 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | |||
5 | 10 | HOMEFRONT: THE REVOLUTION | XB ONE | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | |||
10 | 11 | HALO 5: GUARDIANS | XB ONE | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | |||
13 | 12 | TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION | XB ONE | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | |||
12 | 13 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III | PS4 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
11 | 14 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 | XB ONE | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | |||
14 | 15 | TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION | PS4 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | |||
15 | 16 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III | XB ONE | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
23 | 17 | FIFA 16 | PS4 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
18 | 18 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | XB ONE | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | |||
28 | 19 | FIFA 16 | XB ONE | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
19 | 20 | UEFA EURO 2016 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER | PS4 | KONAMI | KONAMI | |||
24 | 21 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | PS4 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | |||
6 | 22 | FIRE EMBLEM FATES: BIRTHRIGHT | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
16 | 23 | FALLOUT 4 | XB ONE | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
20 | 24 | STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT | PS4 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
- | 25 | TMNT: MUTANTS IN MANHATTAN | PS4 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
21 | 26 | EA SPORTS UFC 2 | PS4 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
27 | 27 | FALLOUT 4 | PS4 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
31 | 28 | DIRT RALLY | PS4 | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | |||
17 | 29 | RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER | XB ONE | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | |||
34 | 30 | THE WITCHER III: WILD HUNT | PS4 | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | |||
8 | 31 | FIRE EMBLEM FATES: CONQUEST | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
30 | 32 | PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE 2 | XB ONE | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
40 | 33 | BATTLEBORN | PS4 | 2K | TAKE 2 | |||
22 | 34 | STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT | XB ONE | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
26 | 35 | MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION | XB ONE | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | |||
32 | 36 | LEGO MARVEL AVENGERS | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | |||
29 | 37 | MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION | PS4 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | |||
25 | 38 | DARK SOULS III | PS4 | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | |||
- | 39 | BATTLEBORN | XB ONE | 2K | TAKE 2 | |||
- | 40 | FIFA 16 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS |