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God of War is a smash hit in UK chart 2nd biggest week 1 sales so far this year

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nad2dare:
God of War has done the business for Sony, debuting at top spot in the UK video game chart.

The PlayStation 4 exclusive enjoyed the second biggest week one release so far this year behind Far Cry 5, based on physical sales only (Chart-Track doesn't include download sales in its data).  God of War, which came out on Friday, is the fastest-selling entry in the franchise in the UK, as far as physical sales are concerned.

The game has already overtaken Shadow of the Colossus, this year’s other first-party exclusive. God of War managed to sell 35% more units at retail in its first week than God of War 3, the previous record-holder, despite the strength of digital today compared to when the latter launched.



God of War is also the new week one best-seller for the franchise, beating the previous record held by God of War 3, which came out on PS3 in 2010. (The first God of War launched on PS2 back in 2005, the second on PS2 in 2007.)

Elsewhere, Sega's PS4 game Yakuza 6 debuted at number three with the biggest week one sales for the franchise (the previous best was 2017's Yakuza Kiwami, a PS4 remake of the original Yakuza).

Here's this week's top 10:

1)God of War
2)Far Cry 5
3)Yakuza 6
4)FIFA 18
5)Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6)Super Mario Odyssey
7)Fallout 4
8)PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
9)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
10)Grand Theft Auto 5

Chilli Sundog:
Bought it on a whim on Friday, as a GOW noob I have to say its a great game, has seen me pump 15 hours or so into it over the weekend....really enjoying it.

UKCowboy74:
Still Never played a God of War game might pick it up when it's cheap got plenty to play in the meantime

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