UK Charts 25/11/16 – Pokémon Sun & Moon Break Sales Records

Black Friday sales have pushed FIFA 17 back to the summit of the charts, denying Pokémon a chart topping debut. However, if you combine the sales of Sun and Moon then Nintendo’s latest would have easily beaten FIFA, and they have a set a new sales record for Nintendo. They not only sold more than double of the last entries, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, but have become Nintendo’s best ever UK game launch, selling more than Wii Fit managed back in 2008.

Sony’s massive promotion of PlayStation bundles has paid off with over 140,000 consoles sold, the highest weekly sales since the console’s launch, and that also means we have re-entries for Driveclub, Ratchet & Clank, and The Last of Us in the top 40. According to GamesIndustry.biz sources, this was 50,000 more units than the Xbox One managed.

Overall, it was a good week for the games industry, after a bad few weeks. 1.93 million games were sold, up from 1.7 million last year, while Watch Dogs 2 sold better in its second week than its first (despite dropping down the charts), and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare overtook Battlefield 1 in sales, thanks to some discounts taking it below £30.

Source: UKIE, GamesIndustry.biz