Crackdown 3 fails to crack the Top Ten
This was a weird week for the UK Charts, which saw numerous titles make high entries, despite so-so physical sales, whilst some “big-name” releases, such as beleaguered sequelCrackdown 3, failed to even break the Top Ten, debuting at number 13.
Ubisoft’sFar Cry New Dawndebuted at the number one slot, just beating out Deep Silver’s underground, overground creeper,Metro Exodus. Also managing to make the Top Five was not-very-good anime fighterJump Force, which grabbed the number four slot. There are, however, disclaimers to many of these achievements.
Far Cry New Dawnmay be the top of the pops, but it sells at a lower price point than the titles it fought off. In physical sales, the spin-off title didn’t come remotely close to the launch numbers of the originalFar Cry 5,selling around 13% of its parent title’s sales.Nor did it match the launch forFar Cry 4’sown spin-off,Primal, withNew Dawnselling just a quarter ofPrimal’sinitial numbers.As noted by Eurogamer, a rise in digital sales will account forsomeof this deficit, but not all of it.
As we push on into 2019, physical sales continue to struggle. While it makes for a great soundbite for a new release to hit that number one spot, it simply doesn’t carry the prestige or security that it used to. Indeed, THQ recently announcedthat they are delighted with the sales fromDarksiders 3, a game that didn’t even break the Top 20. While here,New Dawnrules the roost, but the numbers are, in actuality, ahugeslump on previous releases. The high street is in real trouble.
U.K. video game sales chartw/e: July 08, 2025(Chart reflects in-store sales only)
- Far Cry New Dawn –Ubisoft2.Metro Exodus– Deep Silver3.Red Dead Redemption 2– Take 24. Jump Force– Bandai Namco5.FIFA 19 –Electronic Arts6.Resident Evil 2– Capcom7.New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe– Nintendo8.Kingdom Hearts 3 –Square Enix9.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe– Nintendo10.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4– ActivisionU.K. video game charts[GFK Chart-Track]
