Final week was one other busy one with extra main new releases hitting retailer cabinets, a few which have discovered their means into the newest weekly charts for bodily software program gross sales within the UK. As shared by GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, WWE 2K24 had a robust debut, taking the highest spot in its first week on sale, with bodily launch gross sales within the UK being 26 p.c greater than what its predecessor managed within the area upon its launch final 12 months.
Fellow new launch, Vanillaware and Atlus’ Unicorn Overlord, additionally debuted within the high 10, discovering itself within the No. 7 place. Vanillaware-developed titles haven’t typically been the most important, most mass market sellers, so a debut in seventh place could have been a good one for the fantasy ways RPG. 60 p.c of its bodily launch week gross sales got here on the Nintendo Swap, 34 p.c on PS5, and 5 p.c on Xbox Collection X.
In the meantime, Ultimate Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which noticed a considerably underwhelming bodily launch debut final week, fell right down to No. 2, with its gross sales dropping 89 p.c week-on-week. Although a second-week drop is way from uncommon, Dring says an 89 p.c drop is “on the upper aspect of regular.” The motion RPG additionally noticed a comparatively weaker launch in Japan final week, by the sequence’ often excessive requirements.
Unicorn Overlord is No.7 within the UK boxed charts. Granted, it doesn’t take a lot to get in there as of late. However nonetheless!
WWE 2K24 is No.1, with launch gross sales up 26% on the debut of WWE 2K23. Good!
FF7: Rebirth is right down to No.2 with an 89% drop week-on-week.
All bodily knowledge.
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 10, 2024
It’s on the upper aspect of regular
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 10, 2024
60% Swap. 34% PS5. 5% Xbox. However digital variations between these might clarify that
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 10, 2024