Batman: Return to Arkham Sells an Estimated 168K Units First Week at Retail - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 November 2016 / 41,847 Views
The action-adventure game from Virtuos and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - Batman: Return to Arkham - sold 167,936 units first week at retail on consoles, according to our estimates. First week sales can be viewed on the VGChartz Global Weekly Chart for the week ending October 22.
Breaking down the sales by platform, the game sold best on the PlayStation 4 with 115,515 units sold (69%), compared to 52,421 units sold on the Xbox One (31%).
Breaking down the sales by region, the game sold best in Europe with 77,976 units sold (46%), compared to 61,377 units sold in the US (37%). Looking more closely at Europe, the game sold an estimated 17,603 units in the UK, 14,016 units in Germany, and 11,783 units in France.
Batman: Return to Arkham released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 18 in North America and October 21 in Europe.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
