Despite an awful reputation among gamers, Metal Gear Survive has debuted at No.6 in the latest UK chart. It's possible that the bad press or simply the name 'Metal Gear' have spurred on sales. While this isn't the highest debut, it's likely higher than most people were expecting.
FIFA 18 maintains its place atop the chart for another week, while Call of Duty: WWII jumps back up into third place. Monster Hunter: World continues to sell steadily as it remains at No.4, and Shadow of the Colossus is still gripping onto seventh. Unfortunately, after an incredibly strong No.2 debut, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has fallen to 12th place.
Here's this week's top 10. Have a quick look, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 24th February, 2018
- FIFA 18
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Monster Hunter: World
- EA Sports UFC 3
- Metal Gear Survive
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Assassin's Creed Origins
[source ukie.org.uk]
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@3MonthBeef Told you it wouldnt reach top 5. MGS fans are a huge part of the franchise. Konami have messed up.
Just waiting for Ni No Kuni now....
Yay for monhun & shadow of the colossus
I'm surprised to see MHW and SOTC still doing well.
At least UK is supporting Shadow of the Colossus.
Monster Hunter has done incredibly well for itself. I wonder how long it can stay in the top 10?
As for Metal Gear, have to imagine that its numbers aren't actually that impressive. If you look at the games that it's above, you get the feeling that it hasn't had to do too much in order to debut in sixth. Wouldn't be at all surprised if it dropped like a rock next week — can't exactly see it being a prolonged hit given its reputation.
Who keeps buying GTAV? Do GTA fans keep losing their copies or something?
@Matroska
Or having it stolen along with their car
I'd probably rather see Survive in the top 3 over FIFA and COD but that's just me!
@kyleforrester87 You monster.
A new Metal Gear title debuts at number 6 during a slow sales season. Push Square spins that into a positive performance. That's almost Nintendolife levels of misdirecting headlines.
@ShogunRok well if they are all cynical cash grabs, I'd at least favour the one that isn't doing it annually..!
@Mahe But... It is in the top 10?
F**k Konami
And of course, GTA is never leaving that list.
Not bad for a game that is hated as much as Survive.
Nice to see GTAV still sitting high up there on the chart, well deserves it’s place even at almost 5 years since it released. At this rate it’ll most likely sell over 100 million copies!
Metal Gear Survive doesn’t even deserve to debut in the top 50, let alone the top 10. After playing the beta and the criticism it rightly deserves, I wouldn’t even rent it.
@ShogunRok Fortifies its position? And the whole news item?
It's fair to say that Survive debuted poorly and it's precisely because nobody seems to know why this game even exists, not even Konami.
@Mahe Well, I mean, "fortifies its position" is clearly a reference to the title's gameplay loop. We do stuff like this all the time with headlines.
To be fair to Kingdom Come: Deliverance seems to have been sold out most places all week.
Even 6th is too high for MG Survive. Disgusting...
Most people probably don't know about the Kojima situation I feel. Of course the people on the internet do, but that's the same people that can't believe how GTA5 remains in the top 10.
Still, I think these sales will disappoint Konami. In a week where no new games were released, it only mentioned to get 6th spot? Ouch. I don't think the name "Metal Gear" sells as well as Konami might have hoped. People want Tactical Espionage and this ain't got none of that.
@Kidfried Survive sold only a fraction of what MGS5 opened with, and 85 % less than MG Rising. It's a huge flop.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-02-26-metal-gear-survive-flops
@Mahe I wonder what lesson Konami will learn from this, if any.
@Kidfried Konami right now is too far gone to care.
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