MONSTER HUNTER TOP OF THE WORLD
29/Jan/2018
It's been exactly a year since Capcom scored a No1 on the All Formats Entertainment Software Chart (Resident Evil 7: Biohazard) and the publisher does it again, with the first simultaneous worldwide release for a Monster Hunter title - 'Monster Hunter: World' for PS4/Xbox One debuts at No1 with far higher week 1 sales in the UK than any other Monster Hunter release.
The series dates back to 2005's 'Monster Hunter' for PS2 and the title that charted highest until now was 2016's 3DS 'Monster Hunter Generations' which debuted at No3 in week 28, 2016. It's not just Capcom that can celebrate this week, as Bandai Namco's long-running 'Dragon Ball' franchise also makes a return to the charts and also sets a new record in terms of chart position, debuting at No2 with 'Dragon Ball Fighterz' for PS4/Xbox One - 2015's 'Dragon Ball Xenoverse' sold around the same units on PS4/Xbox One and previously held the best chart debut at No3 back in week 9, 2015. Outside of a new Top 2 it's the same 3 titles below with Activision Blizzard's 'Call of Duty: WWII' at No3, EA's 'FIFA18' at No4 and Rockstar/Take 2's 'GTA V' at No5. Other new releases this week include Sony's PS4 VR-required 'The Inpatient' debuting at No10 and Nintendo's 3DS box digital release of 'Pokemon Crystal Version' at No12.
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE, WEEK ENDING 27 January 2018
29/Jan/2018
It's been exactly a year since Capcom scored a No1 on the All Formats Entertainment Software Chart (Resident Evil 7: Biohazard) and the publisher does it again, with the first simultaneous worldwide release for a Monster Hunter title - 'Monster Hunter: World' for PS4/Xbox One debuts at No1 with far higher week 1 sales in the UK than any other Monster Hunter release.
The series dates back to 2005's 'Monster Hunter' for PS2 and the title that charted highest until now was 2016's 3DS 'Monster Hunter Generations' which debuted at No3 in week 28, 2016. It's not just Capcom that can celebrate this week, as Bandai Namco's long-running 'Dragon Ball' franchise also makes a return to the charts and also sets a new record in terms of chart position, debuting at No2 with 'Dragon Ball Fighterz' for PS4/Xbox One - 2015's 'Dragon Ball Xenoverse' sold around the same units on PS4/Xbox One and previously held the best chart debut at No3 back in week 9, 2015. Outside of a new Top 2 it's the same 3 titles below with Activision Blizzard's 'Call of Duty: WWII' at No3, EA's 'FIFA18' at No4 and Rockstar/Take 2's 'GTA V' at No5. Other new releases this week include Sony's PS4 VR-required 'The Inpatient' debuting at No10 and Nintendo's 3DS box digital release of 'Pokemon Crystal Version' at No12.
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE, WEEK ENDING 27 January 2018
| LW | TW | Title | Developer | Label | Publisher | |||
| - |  | 1 | MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| - | | 2 | DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ | ARC SYSTEM WORKS | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT | ||
| 1 |  | 3 | CALL OF DUTY: WWII | SLEDGEHAMMER GAMES | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 2 | | 4 | FIFA 18 | EA CANADA | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 3 | | 5 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | ROCKSTAR NORTH | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 4 | | 6 | MARIO KART 8 DELUXE | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 5 | | 7 | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 6 | | 8 | PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | BLUEHOLE STUDIO | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 14 |  | 9 | ROCKET LEAGUE: COLLECTORS EDITION | PSYONIX | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| - | | 10 | THE INPATIENT | SUPERMASSIVE GAMES | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 7 | | 11 | ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS | UBISOFT (MONTREAL) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| - | | 12 | POKEMON CRYSTAL VERSION | GAME FREAK | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 18 | | 13 | GRAN TURISMO: SPORT | POLYPHONY DIGITAL | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 20 | | 14 | CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY | VICARIOUS VISIONS | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 13 | | 15 | FORZA HORIZON 3 | PLAYGROUND GAMES | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 8 | | 16 | SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 17 |  | 17 | TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE | UBISOFT (MONTREAL) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 12 | | 18 | THE SIMS 4 | THE SIMS STUDIO | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 11 | | 19 | LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 | TRAVELLER'S TALES | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 33 | | 20 | CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE | INFINITY WARD | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 28 | | 21 | FALLOUT 4 | BETHESDA | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 16 | | 22 | LEGO WORLDS | TRAVELLER'S TALES | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 26 | | 23 | RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| 9 | | 24 | STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II | DIGITAL ILLUSIONS | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 15 | | 25 | JUST DANCE 2018 | UBISOFT (FRANCE) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 29 | | 26 | MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION | 4J STUDIOS | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 24 | | 27 | SONIC FORCES | SONIC TEAM | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| - | | 28 | WWE 2K18 | YUKE'S/VISUAL CONCEPTS | 2K | TAKE 2 | ||
| 30 | | 29 | DOOM | ID SOFTWARE | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| - | | 30 | STREET FIGHTER V ARCADE EDITION | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| 23 | | 31 | 1-2 SWITCH | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 21 | | 32 | SPLATOON 2 | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 22 | | 33 | PREY | ARKANE AUSTIN | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 36 | | 34 | THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME | TRAVELLER'S TALES | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| - | | 35 | MARIO + RABBIDS KINGDOM BATTLE | UBISOFT (FRANCE) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| - | | 36 | MADDEN NFL 18 | EA TIBURON | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | | 37 | DESTINY 2 | BUNGIE | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 35 | | 38 | MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION | 4J STUDIOS | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 19 | | 39 | MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF WAR | MONOLITH | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| - | | 40 | ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED | STUDIO WILDCARD | STUDIO WILDCARD | STUDIO WILDCARD |
