FIFA 18 Beats Destiny 2 to Top September UK Charts in Only 2 Days - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 October 2017 / 2,621 Views
September was a strong month for new releases. In the UK the gaming market was up 156 percent month-on-month and up 16 percent when compared to September 2016.
Despite only being on store shelves for two days, FIFA 18 was the best-selling game for the month. 60 percent of the sales were on the PlayStation 4 and 37 percent on the Xbox One.
Destiny 2 debuted in second place. Monthly sales for the game are down 50 percent compared to the first game. NBA 2K18 debuted in fifth with sales up 28.5 percent year-on-year.
Here are the top 10 best-selling games in September in the UK:
- FIFA 18 (EA) - NEW
- Destiny 2 (Activision) - NEW
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Sony)
- Forza Horizon 3 (Microsoft)
- NBA 2K18 (Take-Two) - NEW
- Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Activision)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) - NEW
- F1 2017 (Codemasters)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami) - NEW
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.
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One year later Forza Horizon 3 is still charting.
Its not even close to dying
You can say the same thing to the Motorsport series :)
The PS4 version sold 62% more than the XBO version (60/37=1.62). That's quite a big difference from the 29% more it did with FIFA 17 first week (53/41=1.29). Do anyone know what cause the shift in marketshare? I don't think it can be fully explained just from the installbase.
Even if Destiny 2 is a much better game than the original, its still gonna suffer from the original being a mess riddled with DLC. If you bought Destiny and all the expansions at launch then you probably spent about 200 bucks.
I'm waiting for price cuts before I get Destiny 2.
fifa needs no die. Really shame the better game PES isn't in the spotlight.
I bet globally its a much different story though.
FIFA will definitely beat Destiny lifetime, but you're probably right about September since FIFA only had two days.
quite sad UK people like to buy the same game year after year
