31/Oct/2016

‘Battlefield 1’ (-39%) defends its title for a second week despite the debuts of several new titles.

While both Battlefield 3 & 4 saw second week declines of 54%, Battlefield 1 delivers a strong second week (-39%) to comfortably claim its second crown. For Bethesda’s ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition’ it means a second place debut. Despite not claiming top spot it’s still a hugely successful debut for the Xbox One and PS4 version. It sits second behind 2011’s original in terms of best debut launch weeks in the Elder Scrolls series. ‘Fifa 17’ (-6%) has only a slight slowdown in sales but drops down a place to No3 in its 5th week on chart.

EA make it three titles in the Top 4 this week as ‘Titanfall 2’ lands at No4. The sequel to 2014’s Microsoft exclusive (Xbox One / 360 and PC) can’t match the debut heights of the original, which claimed top spot at launch (as well as 4 subsequent No1 crowns). It does however add both a single player campaign and a PS4 to its list of formats this time round. ‘Farming Simulator 17’ ploughs its way to No5 following its Tuesday release. The series’ popularity continues to grow with sales up almost 54% on PS4 and 32% on Xbox One over Farming Simulator 15. (Farming Simulator 16 was solely for PS Vita in the UK). Bandai Namco’s ‘Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’ also claims a Top 10 spot at No7 in its debut week. Retailer promotions help ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ (+89%) and ‘Forza Horizon 3’ (+11%) deliver positive sales growth at No9 and No10.

A second RPG title in the form of Square Enix’s ‘World of Final Fantasy’ is another debutant this week but lands just outside the Top 10 at No11. ‘Just Dance 2017’ is new at No26 as Ubisoft’s latest release breathes some life into Nintendo formats particularly Wii, which claims a 44% share and Wii U a further 16%. The final new release to claim a Top 40 spot is Telltales’ ‘Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure’ at No31. The new edition features every episode and bonus content on the disc since the original ‘Story Mode’ launched almost a year ago.

Individual Formats:

01 (01) PS4 BATTLEFIELD 1 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (02) XBO BATTLEFIELD 1 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03 (NE) PS4 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM SPECIAL ED. (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
04 (NE) XBO THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM SPECIAL ED. (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
05 (04) XBO FIFA 17 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
06 (03) PS4 FIFA 17 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
07 (NE) XBO TITANFALL 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
08 (05) XBO GEARS OF WAR 4 (MICROSOFT)
09 (NE) PS4 TITANFALL 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
10 (08) XBO FORZA HORIZON 3 (MICROSOFT)
11 (NE) PS4 DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
12 (06) PS4 MAFIA III (TAKE 2)
13 (NE) PS4 WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
14 (10) XBO MAFIA III (TAKE 2)
15 (16) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
16 (NE) PS4 FARMING SIMULATOR 17 (KOCH MEDIA)
17 (NE) XBO FARMING SIMULATOR 17 (KOCH MEDIA)
18 (07) PS4 RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER: 20 YEAR EDITION (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
19 (21) XBO GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
20 (13) XBO MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
21 (NE) XBO DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
22 (NE) PC FARMING SIMULATOR 17 (KOCH MEDIA)
23 (14) 360 FIFA 17 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
24 (19) PS4 STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
25 (09) PS4 BATMAN: RETURN TO ARKHAM (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
26 (11) PS4 WWE 2K17 (TAKE 2)
27 (32) PS4 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
28 (23) XBO ROCKET LEAGUE (505 GAMES)
29 (29) XBO OVERWATCH (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
30 (17) XBO WWE 2K17 (TAKE 2)
31 (33) XBO HALO 5: GUARDIANS (MICROSOFT)
32 (26) PS4 ROCKET LEAGUE (505 GAMES)
33 (12) XBO BATMAN: RETURN TO ARKHAM (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
34 (20) PS3 FIFA 17 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
35 (30) PS4 PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
36 (28) PS4 OVERWATCH (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
37 (36) XBO FALLOUT 4 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
38 (34) XBO DESTINY: THE COLLECTION (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
39 (15) PC BATTLEFIELD 1 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
40 (22) PS4 LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

All Formats:

01 (01) BATTLEFIELD 1 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) [-39%]
02 (NE) THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM SPECIAL ED. (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
03 (02) FIFA 17 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) [-6%]
04 (NE) TITANFALL 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (NE) FARMING SIMULATOR 17 (KOCH MEDIA)
06 (03) MAFIA III (TAKE 2)
07 (NE) DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
08 (04) GEARS OF WAR 4 (MICROSOFT)
09 (09) GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2) [+89%]
10 (08) FORZA HORIZON 3 (MICROSOFT) [+11%]
11 (NE) WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
12 (06) WWE 2K17 (TAKE 2)
13 (05) BATMAN: RETURN TO ARKHAM (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
14 (07) RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER: 20 YEAR EDITION (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
15 (10) MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
16 (14) OVERWATCH (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
17 (13) ROCKET LEAGUE (505 GAMES)
18 (11) STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
19 (12) SKYLANDERS IMAGINATORS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
20 (17) FALLOUT 4 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
21 (23) MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
22 (20) LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
23 (16) DESTINY: THE COLLECTION (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
24 (25) GUITAR HERO LIVE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
25 (32) HALO 5: GUARDIANS (MICROSOFT)
26 (NE) JUST DANCE 2017 (UBISOFT)
27 (22) CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
28 (29) PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
29 (24) LEGO JURASSIC WORLD (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
30 (26) LEGO MARVEL AVENGERS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
31 (NE) MINECRAFT: STORY MODE - COMPLETE ADV. (TELLTALE GAMES)
32 (37) NBA 2K17 (TAKE 2)
33 (28) PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2017 (KONAMI)
34 (27) BIOSHOCK: THE COLLECTION (TAKE 2)
35 (18) LEGO DIMENSIONS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
36 (19) LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
37 (36) DOOM (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
38 (RE) F1 2016 (CODEMASTERS)
39 (30) TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION (UBISOFT)
40 (38) TOMODACHI LIFE (NINTENDO)

Kinda interesting that Titanfall sold more on X1. Sure it's where the biggest fanbase lies but that's against a massive gap in install base. It will probably sell more LT on PS4 though.

Titanfall 2 outperformed by a HD Remake.... it should have launched in Spring next year.

Wow, is Skyrim HD out already? I completely missed it. Also, it's always funy to see the farming simulators so high up on the list. Combined sales of those are quite impressive, it beat Xenoverse XD.

TF2 < 50k

I feel personally insulted that Xenoverse sold more than WoFF.

I'm surprised Gears sold more than TF2 on PS4. Especially as TF2 gets a lot of praise for single player campaign and mulitplayer. I hope the game will have some legs and will be a good alternative for all the people who before only cared about COD and Battlefield.

By my math and previous weeks TF2 must have done <20k on PS4 and <30 or <25k on X1. Because gears4 did 22k last week and went down this week

It went down 3 positions and there were 3 new releases that entered the charts so it would've stayed at the position.

Wow, Titanfall 2 floped really hard. I purchased it day one and I think that it is quite an improvement over the first one, something which you don't see happening a lot in this industry nowdays.