WWE 2K22 launch sales are more than double WWE 2K20's | UK Digital Charts
Christopher Dring
Head of Games B2B
Friday 18th March 2022
Elden Ring maintains its No.1 position in the GSD digital charts, despite dropping in sales 43% week-on-week.
The RPG comes in ahead of WWE 2K22, which was the second most downloaded game in the UK last week.
It was a strong debut for 2K Games' wrestling title. Digital launch sales are 390% higher for this entry than 2019's WWE 2K20 (WWE 2K21 was never released) and, as a result, the game's overall sales (physical + digital) are more than double what the previous game achieved.
72% of WWE 2K22's sales are digital, whereas under 30% of WWE 2K20's sales were digital.
As a result of WWE, last week's No.2 -- Gran Turismo 7 by Sony -- drops to third place after a 70% drop in digital sales week-on-week.
Elsewhere, pricing activity and special offers sees a number of classic games -- including a number of Assassin's Creed titles -- re-enter the Top Ten.
Here is the GSD UK Digital Top Ten (week ending March 12th):
GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Big Ben Interactive, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, Konami, Microids, Microsoft, Milestone, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Strelka, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and Bethesda are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.
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