We love charts here at Player Attack, and one of the highlights of our week is receiving the latest details from UKIE, who send us the 10 best-selling titles in Britain, as announced by The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment.
It’s an interesting situation this week, where the new #1 technically misses out on being a glorious debut title, due to the fact that Grand Theft Auto V has been on shelves for more than a year now. That said, the new HD version of the game has jumped all the way from #32 up to #1, so Rockstar Games should be feeling a little bit chuffed.
Even without the new versions of the game, Rockstar has a winner on its hands – the original Xbox 360 / PS3 editions comfortably took home the record for highest-grossing game in a week (Week 38, 2013 – £94m total UK estimate), and it also holds the UK all-time revenue record. The new HD release has nudged it over the edge, so GTAV now owns the UK all-time unit sales record as well.
…but there are games that are not based in Los Santos – Far Cry 4 launched in the UK on Tuesday, and is “by far” the most successful game in the Ubisoft franchise, while Dragon Age: Inquisition has sold “almost exactly” the same on debut as Dragon Age II did in 2011.
LW | TW | Title | Age Rating | Publisher |
32 | 1 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | PEGI 18+ | ROCKSTAR |
2 | FAR CRY 4 | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT | |
1 | 3 | CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE | PEGI 18+ | ACTIVISION |
4 | 4 | FIFA 15 | PEGI 3+ | EA SPORTS |
5 | DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION | PEGI 18+ | EA GAMES | |
2 | 6 | ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT |
20 | 7 | WWE 2K15 | PEGI 16+ | 2K SPORTS |
5 | 8 | LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
7 | 9 | MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION | PEGI 7+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
3 | 10 | HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION | PEGI 16+ | MICROSOFT |