Splatoon 2 Debuts in 2nd Place on the UK Charts - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 July 2017 / 6,774 Views

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy climbed two spots to retake the top spot on the UK charts, according to Chart-Track for the week ending July 22. Sales for the game increased 59 percent. This is the third week the game has spent at the top, which tied The Last of Us: Remastered with the most weeks at number one for a PlayStation 4 exclusive.

Splatoon 2 debuted in second place and sold 59 percent more units in its first week than the original. It is the third biggest launch for a Switch title, behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Here are the top 10 best-selling titles (combined sales) for the week:

Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy
Splatoon 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Overwatch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
FIFA 17
Fallout 4
1Lego Worlds

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.

6 Comments

Green098 (on 24 July 2017)

For just one day of sales and doing 59% better than the original on a much smaller install base, looks to show signs of Splatoon 2 doing a lot better than Splatoon 1 in the UK.

ABizzel1 Green098 (on 25 July 2017)

Speaks more to the success of the Switch and the failure of the Wii U. The Switch hasn't been out for half of a year, and it's already closing in on half the Wii U EU's sales (which has been on the market for 5 years). Switch will likely be neck and neck Wii U's global number within its first full year of sales.