FIFA 18 Retakes Top Spot on UK Charts, Switch Version Up 494% - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 February 2018 / 4,090 Views
The price for FIFA 18 was dropped, which helped push the game back to the top of the UK charts, according to Chart-Track for the week ending February 17. Sales were up 95 percent week-on-week, while the Switch version saw a 494 percent increase.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance debuted in second place. After debuting at the top of the charts last week Shadow of the Colossus drops to seventh place.
Grand Theft Auto V price was also discounted as sales jumped 113 percent week-on-week. The game was up two spots on the charts to third place. Monster Hunter: World drops one spot to fourth as sales declined 23 percent.
Here are the top 10 best-selling titles (combined sales) for the week:
- FIFA 18
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Monster Hunter: World
- Bayonetta 2
- EA Sports UFC 3
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Assassin's Creed Origins
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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Wow, fantastic comeback for FIFA on the Switch. I guess people were more ready to forgive the lack of modes for a lower pricepoint.
It had a big price cut. That's the only reason.
This really shows that a proper fifa might have an audience on switch. This version suffered from laziness.
So the Switch sold about 2500 copies. Good going.
Wow Bayo made it in the top 5 in the UK people ! That's looking good for other territories. And I think the same as Fifa switch thing would happen to Doom if they cut the price a little in America.
Great numbers. Awesome.
SOTC taking #1 was nice while it lasted. It's gonna go way off the charts next week. This leads me to believe it won't be as big as I thought.
494%? Either the game was selling very poorly, or the game sales are now huge.
I bought it at the discounted price, despite not having bought a Fifa game since (maybe) PS2 era. It cost less than the XC2 DLC ... I don't care whether it's a pared-down version at that price.
UK seriously doesn’t have a great taste in gaming. Still nice to see SOTC n bayonetta 2 here
Amazing rise. The Switch FIFA bundle at £259 at Tesco was a steal, but very surprised by that rise.
Oh wow! Thats a crazy improvement!
Up yours EA...
I'm still surprised at the numbers for FIFA given the of preowned copies already in places like CEX. They already outnumber FIFA 17 easily. Maybe the FiFA market really don't go for second hand copies.
