The biggest game launches of September 2020 were Marvel's Avengers, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 + 2.Īlmost 220,000 games consoles were sold in the UK for the four weeks ending October 2nd, according to the latest panel data from GfK Entertainment.Īll three major platforms were responsible for the growth.

Nintendo also doesn't share digital data, so it's possible Warioware would also have placed further up. Bethesda doesn't share digital data with the charts, so the game may well have charted higher. Other new games that didn't make the Top 20 include Hot Wheels Unleashed (No.26), Sonic Colors: Ultimate (No.30), and Warioware: Get It Together (No.32).ĭeathloop was the big PS5 exclusive of the month at No.16. Other key new releases in September included NBA 2K22 (sales down 29% over last year's version), Tales of Arise, Diablo II: Resurrected, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Death Stranding: Director's Cut, Deathloop and Life Is Strange: True Colors. This is due to the fact FIFA launched in September this year, but was an October game in 2020. Therefore its sales performance was a little more staggered than normal last year.ģ.36 million games were sold in the UK during September 2021 (2.26 million digital and 1.1 million physical), which is a 25% jump on September 2020. It's worth highlighting that FIFA 21 launched during a console transition window, which saw PS4 and Xbox One replaced by PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. By the end of its first year, FIFA 21's sales were 52% digital. That number did shrink over time, however. FIFA 21 was the first time more copies of a FIFA game was downloaded over being bought in a box (at launch). Last year, 62% of FIFA 21's sales were downloads. Overall, 77% of FIFA 22's opening week sales were via digital stores.ĮA has been heavily pushing the download version of the game, with the Ultimate Edition - which allows players to access the game early - only available via digital stores. The latest data from GSD reveals that FIFA 22's physical boxed sales dropped 34% compared with last year's game. FIFA 22 dominated the UK September charts after one week on shelves, with launch sales up 10% over FIFA 21.

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