Last week was another busy one with more major new releases hitting store shelves, a couple of which have found their way into the latest weekly charts for physical software sales in the UK. As shared by GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, WWE 2K24 had a strong debut, taking the top spot in its first week on sale, with physical launch sales in the UK being 26 percent higher than what its predecessor managed in the region upon its release last year.
Fellow new release, Vanillaware and Atlus’ Unicorn Overlord, also debuted in the top 10, finding itself in the No. 7 position. Vanillaware-developed titles haven’t generally been the biggest, most mass market sellers, so a debut in seventh place may have been a decent one for the fantasy tactics RPG. 60 percent of its physical launch week sales came on the Nintendo Switch, 34 percent on PS5, and 5 percent on Xbox Series X.
Meanwhile, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which saw a somewhat underwhelming physical launch debut last week, fell down to No. 2, with its sales dropping 89 percent week-on-week. Though a second-week drop is far from unusual, Dring says an 89 percent drop is “on the higher side of normal.” The action RPG also saw a relatively weaker launch in Japan last week, by the series’ usually high standards.
Unicorn Overlord is No.7 in the UK boxed charts. Granted, it doesn’t take much to get in there these days. But still!
WWE 2K24 is No.1, with launch sales up 26% on the debut of WWE 2K23. Nice!
FF7: Rebirth is down to No.2 with an 89% drop week-on-week.
All physical data.
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 10, 2024
It’s on the higher side of normal
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 10, 2024
60% Switch. 34% PS5. 5% Xbox. But digital differences between those could explain that
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 10, 2024
