Helldivers 2 Was February’s Best-Selling Game in the UK

Nobody may have predicted that Helldivers 2 would have taken off the way in which it did, and we’re persevering with to see extra proof of simply how nicely Arrowhead Sport Studios and Sony’s co-op shooter has carried out since its launch final month. Within the UK, as an example, it was the best-selling sport for the month of February by fairly some margin, as per information revealed by the GSD that features each bodily and digital gross sales (through GamesIndustry). 

Helldivers 2 loved uncommon gross sales will increase in consecutive weeks (just like the way it’s performing within the US as nicely), with gross sales rising 115 % in its second week, and 21 % in its third. To offer you an thought of how nicely it’s promoting, in complete, in its first three weeks, the sport’s gross sales within the UK have been simply 28 % in need of what Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 managed in the identical size of time upon its launch final October. The shooter has seen a reasonably even break up in gross sales throughout platforms as nicely, with 57 % of gross sales approaching PS5, and 43 % on PC. 

Different new stay service titles launching in February didn’t see comparable success, nonetheless. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League entered the month-to-month charts at No. 4, however in its first 4 weeks, its gross sales are 20 % decrease than the first-month gross sales of fellow superhero titles Gotham Knights and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, neither of which set the gross sales charts on hearth, to say the least. WB Video games not too long ago confirmed that Suicide Squad’s gross sales had fallen beneath expectations. 

In the meantime, Ubisoft’s Cranium and Bones is available in at No. 8, however gross sales in its first two weeks are 75 % decrease than what fellow multiplayer pirate title Sea of Thieves managed within the area when it launched again in 2018. Ubisoft not too long ago mentioned Cranium and Bones was seeing report engagement numbers, however stories have advised that regardless of these numbers, its complete participant base is underwhelmingly small.

Past that, different new titles determine within the charts as nicely, with Persona 3 Reload coming in at No. 10, Mario vs. Donkey Kong at No. 16, and Pacific Drive at No. 18. 

On the {hardware} facet of issues, the PS5 was comfortably the UK’s best-selling console of the month, however its gross sales are down 2 % from January, and 28 % from what it managed a 12 months in the past in February of 2022. Nintendo Change adopted behind in second place, with Xbox Sequence X/S citing the rear. Each noticed important year-on-year dips in gross sales. 

UK GSD February 2024 Prime 10 (Digital and Bodily):