God of War Ragnarok on Launch Day in the UK Outsold First Week of God of War (2018) - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 November 2022 / 4,935 Views
God of War Ragnarök has started off with a huge launch in the UK, according to sales data from GfK shared with GamesIndustry. It is on track to become the fourth entry in the series to debut in first place on the UK retail charts.
Launch day sales for God of War Ragnarök after just one day in the UK are already bigger than the entire launch week of God of War (2018).
"God of War Ragnarök will debut at No.1 and is the first cross-gen title in the series," said GfK boss Dorian Bloch. "Day 1 physical sales were already greater than any other full-week launch sales for other titles in this franchise."
55 percent of PlayStation 5 consoles sold this week have been part of the God of War hardware bundle.
There have been 12 other God of War games released in the UK, including six mainline entries, two portable entries, as well as collections and remakes.
The first entry in the series released in July 2005 for the PlayStation 3 and debuted in fifth place. This is just one of two times that a mainline entry did not debuted in first place. God of War Ascension was the one other mainline entry that did not debut in first.
God of War (2018) at the time set a franchise record in terms of week one sales and lifetime sales.
"It became the best-seller at that time in terms of week one sales and also lifetime sales for this franchise," said Bloch. "In 2018, God of War ranked at No.5 by units and revenue on Sony formats."
The PS4 games in 2018 that sold better than God of War (2018) includes FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and Marvel’s Spider-Man.
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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Wonderful news!!
Well deserved as its a great sequel.
What chapter you in?
wow! Absolutely fantastic for a game that's not even one of the top 5 most anticipated of the year, right!?
( https://www.vgchartz.com/article/452220/most-anticipated-game-of-2022/ )
Sarcasm aside, and not wanting to further point out the massive bias and favoritism of the above article ( Bayonetta 3 above Gow Ragnarok?! Realy!? lol, unbelievable!!)
I have to say.... Congratulations to the developers at Sony Santa Monica, your game is set to be a major hit! The most anticipated game of the year, alongside Elden Ring, is here.
This website leans more on Nintendo fans, has done for years. Don't be surprised.
When it come to the long term yes, but the most interesting thing is watching how and the amount that the numbers/ engagement levels tend to move up and down depending on how well each particular factions console is doing during that gen, take X box during the PS4's heyday its like the 360 fans hunkered down in their winter dens waiting for the tide to turn leaving a few stout hearted souls hold the line.
With Nintendo while there was a drop off at the end of the Wii gen it was smaller with Nintendo pretty much using their success and Sony's failure in the handheld space to maintain the status quo.
Sony was the odd one while the PS4 saw the base rise it seemed to shrink toward the back end of the gen even though the PS4 was still going well .
Its most likely that the Switch's success coming in the middle of the PS4 gen and the increase Switch VGChartz news and a corresponding decrease in the percentage of PS4 articles saw lesser engagement and drop off.
I only just read that article. How was bayonetta 3 more anticipated than ragnarok I've got no idea lol. Sure Nintendo fans might like bayo 3 more but overall?
I took his word for it to be honest, never read whatever was linked.
Runner up starfield LMAO
It's literally a personal list and the article says as much. I would have put Starfield above everything.
I'm not crying any manly tears over it. Stop being so fragile.
Sure, the switch is smashing everything in it's path and there is a significant increase in direct competition from xbox but....
Oh. Oh ok.
I see.
Carry on.
Ok sweety, carry on.
Could be Sony's biggest launch ever worldwide.
And that is based on box sales alone if I'm not mistaken :o If you'd include digital it would exceed even more.
If there is a similar trend in other countries it would mean that God of War Ragnarok is the best selling playstation game after the first weekend (and that after 1 day).
The last of us part 2 did around 4m first 3 days. This might do 5 to 6m. Gonna get mine as well this weekend.
Yes it is only physical, and likely digital is more representative now than it was for 2018.
Mine just arrived, can't wait to get started!
Quite outstanding.
I'm having a blast with it up until now.
Wow launch week is gonna be a blood bath
Ragnarok did benefit from that 100+ mil PS4 port,
Plus an additional 20 mil plus ps5
While the 2018 only had 50 to 60 mil PS4 consoles?
99% of ps5 owners most likely owned a ps4. And ps4 is almost a decade old not everyone still uses their ps4 they just want to move on to next gen
£39.99 on steam for the original, hell no. I only £20 max, I'll wait till Xmas and may get lucky.
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