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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Sales Increase in Week Two on the UK Charts

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Sales Increase in Week Two on the UK Charts - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 June 2021 / 2,620 Views

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has remained in first place on the UK retail charts, according to GfK for the week ending June 19, 2021.

Sales for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart actually increased in its second week by two percent. This rarely happens as games regularly drop by 60 to 70 percent in week two. An increase in sales in the second week usually only happen for more casual games like Just Dance. 

Minecraft Dungeons shot up the charts to second place due to the Nintendo Switch version being discounted at UK retailer Curry's to £13. Sales for the game jumped 758 percent with the Switch accounting for 96 percent of the sales.

FIFA 21 drops to third even though sales increased 21 percent. Mario kart 8 Deluxe is in fourth with sales up 47 percent while Resident Evil Village is in fifth with sales up 59 percent mainly due to the PlayStation 5 version. 

Forza Horizon 4 raced up the charts to 22nd place as sales increased 480 percent week-on-week following the positive reveal of Forza Horizon 5.

Here are the top 10 best-selling titles:

    1. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
    2. Minecraft Dungeons
    3. FIFA 21
    4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
    5. Resident Evil Village
    6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
    7. Spider-Man: Miles Morales
    8. Minecraft (NS)
    9. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
    10. Grand Theft Auto V

Thanks, GamesIndustry.

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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UnderwaterFunktown (on 21 June 2021)

Sounds like there must have been a solid PS5 restock.

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kazuyamishima (on 21 June 2021)

Interesting results.

The more casual titles tend to sell better on the Switch (Just dance, Minecraft, animal crossing, Mario related games etc).

PS5 games sold when the stock for the console is decent.

And we have another split result in favor of PS consoles with Metro Exodus (77/23).

Ratchet and clank is doing strong numbers for the type of game it is.

If Insomniac release another game on the PS5, it could set sales records for the franchise.

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Signalstar (on 21 June 2021)

Hot damn! Lots of sales increases this week. That's really impressive for Ratchet though.

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WoodenPints (on 22 June 2021)

Not surprising to see Ratchet increase after people shunned the £70 price tag at launch but 2 days after release it was widely available at £55 which people though was more fair and bought it.

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Kakadu18 (on 21 June 2021)

Impressive performance from Ratchet & Clank. This could end up being the best selling game in the series.

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