Ratchet & Clank has got off to an interstellar start in the UK sales charts, securing the series' first ever number one by outselling Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time by a factor of three. The colourful platformer has been hovering around the British best sellers list for almost 15 years, but Insomniac Games' critically acclaimed remake has ripped the roster a new one this time.
The game outsold Dark Souls III, which it pushed into second position. Star Wars Battlefront rebounded on the back of The Force Awakens in third, as Tom Clancy's The Division was nudged down into fourth. EA Sports UFC 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, FIFA 16, and DiRT Rally rounded out the remainder of the top ten – with a couple of Wii U and Xbox One exclusives making up the numbers.
Elsewhere, the officially licensed UEFA Euro 2016 edition of Pro Evolution Soccer entered in 23rd place, as Bloodborne held its spot in the Top 40 following its re-emergence last week. Are you happy to see Ratchet & Clank perform so strongly? Do you think that this marks the start of a comeback for the Lombax? Collect all of the Holocards in the comments section below.
UK Sales Charts: Week ending 23rd April, 2016
- Ratchet & Clank
- Dark Souls III
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Tom Clancy's The Division
- EA Sports UFC 2
- Star Fox Zero
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- FIFA 16
- Quantum Break
- DiRT Rally
[source chart-track.co.uk]
Comments 36
Achieved without Uncharted 4 level of marketing, a success indeed.
It's lovely to see Ratchet & Clank and Dark Souls 3 at the top of the game charts!
Genuinely surprised and delighted. I finished up my first playthrough last night and it was a joy from start to finish. Random question though, I encountered 3-4 total crashes whilst playing, which was the first time in a long time. Anyone else have any teething issues?
Thoroughly deserved and possibly the most fun I've had on any PS4 game, hopefully this will encourage some sequels. It's been a nice change playing something so colourful and imaginative with some of the best weapons in any game, Groovitron, Sheepinator and Pixeliser. I'm almost done with my first play through but can't wait for New game+ and seeing how the weapons upgrade further, all this with arguably the best graphics on PS4 and some stunning lighting effects and set at a budget price, I'd have paid full price for this. Yes I like this game 😃
@AhabSpampurse I haven't had any crashes with this game but my console has crashed more since the last update and it never seems to be tied to a particular game
I am not surprised its hit number 1. There hasn't been many 'big' games this year so far and the timing of release has certainly helped. I would imagine it has 'broader' appeal than Dark Souls 3 - a game you either love or hate and its price point is good too. It may not have had the 'marketing' of many AAA games but I doubt many PS4 owners weren't aware of it.
That is fantastic good games should be stupid.
Got a digital copy. Pretty good but more story driven to tie in with the movie. So less freedom . hopefully there's more sequals .
Well deserved. Awesome.
WOW. Well done Insomniac. And it's a great game too. Applause
Ordered Ratchet and Starfox 0 yesterday. Nice to see both here. Foxes and Lombaxes.
Insomniacs is most definitely staying home with Ratchet and Clank after this. They hadn't had a Hit game in seven years.
Yes! I'm happy to say I'm one of them, even though I won't get around to playing it till late May. Hope to see this kickstart remakes for Sly, Jak & co.
Good. Hopefully it has a strong North American showing as well. As has been mentioned before, all this without Sony doing a damn thing to help. Hopefully this means we'll see more R&C in the not too distant future. I can't recommend this R&C game enough. I'm on my third playthrough. It's just pure fun and it's quite the looker as well.
Where's BLPs and all his platformers on PS4 are doomed negativity?
@MadAussieBloke
But if the movie isn't successful it doesn't really do much for the game. Sony should've pushed this game harder and used it as a way to the promote the movie not the other way around. If it can spend the stupid amounts of money it cost to secure and advertise the incredibly lazy and half-assed Street Fighter V, surely it could've done a better job pushing R&C. Just goes to tell me the people inside Sony wouldn't know a good game if it smacked them all right in their faces. How a company can have a game like R&C and nobody there realize it's great is beyond me.
@MadAussieBloke
I hope it's popular enough to have a hit movie. If it is and the game sells well enough maybe the franchise can a little of a revival. I'd love another R&C on PS4.
Mr. Zurkon does not fear Dark Souls. Dark Souls fears Mr. Zurkon.
Not because it's great and people like me still like 3D platformers but because of the "substantial marketing campaign", according to Nintendo Life's article about Ratchet & Clank and Star Fox Zero in the UK sales chart.
@Gamer83 Of course Sony knew R&C was great but it can't heavily market every single exclusive it has, if the game was full priced then they might have done but considering the movie is the biggest marketing tool it has so let that do the work. Sony have to back games that sell systems, hence the 3rd party games and Uncharted getting more coverage.
@adf86
Well, can't blame them. SF V has been a real winner.
They clearly did something right marketing this new Ratchet & Clank as its launched with more sales than any of its predecessors in the UK.
Price point was probably a smart move in the end.
@hi_drnick Haha, good point. Paging @BLPs now.
@Gamer83 Everyone keeps complaining about Street Fighter but it doesn't change the fact that the latest installment in one of the most iconic franchises of all time is a console exclusive. Why wouldn't Sony jump at that opportunity when it was gifted?
But it's typical of some commenters on here that a good news story has to be turned into a "Sony is bad" angle, oh and SFV is the biggest evil in the known universe.
@hi_drnick Hahhahaah @BLPs
@get2sammyb @Sanquine @hi_drnick
I admit I was wrong and this is impressive. I was basing it on previous trends and comments from various developers such as Naughty Dog saying this stuff isn't big anymore. But hey, everyone can be wrong. I shall now eat my hat among other things.
@BLPs Haha, it's all good. It's done better than I expected, too.
Wow, I'm impressed. Also happy. I wasn't expecting R&C to be on top of any sales, but I'm actually glad it has, and this is coming from someone who doesn't care about sales.
Here's hoping America has a similar outing, but us Americans are stupid, so I doubt it.
Wow, that's brilliant to see. How has the series become mainstream so suddenly? It deserves it, though, long time waiting. It's a big shame to see that Trackmania Turbo's not in the top 10 though, that game is one of the most fun I've played in a while, deserves more attention than DiRT Rally at least.
What's a shame to see is that bland games like Star Wars Battlefront, The Division and EA Sports UFC 2 are above Star Fox Zero.
@BLPs Awesome reply
Glad to hear. The reboot was brilliantly done. Having recently replayed the first 3, it still felt like a new game. They did everything right with this, and it looks GORGEOUS.
Really happy to see R&C do well. I'll pick it up after I've finushed Uncharted 4.
@get2sammyb "@hi_drnick Haha, good point. Paging @BLPs now."
Man the nostalgia has gone through the roof, the last time I used a pager was ten years ago!
it's SO much fun! currently playing challenge mode...they deserve this success!
Can't wait to play it Half way through playing MGSV which is a massive game so will probably play it in a few weeks time and then play Uncharted 4 WOW, 3 amazing games in a row then for me PS4LiFE
@adf86
It's not a 'Sony is bad angle.' I should've saved the snark and stated my real problem with the whole thing. I've given Sony's marketing team plenty of credit for selling the PS4 itself but on the games front, they leave a lot to be desired. The truly great games should get attention as opposed to getting thrown aside like they're nothing. At this point there's no single game that is going to push PS4 hardware because the marketing was so strong for the console it's basically sold itself. Now it's time to hype up the library which is starting to mature. Uncharted, right now, is Sony's single biggest first party property and it's made by the best in-house developer, so I have zero problem with that taking the spotlight. But games like inFamous: Second Son, Bloodborne, MLB The Show and now Ratchet & Clank are all great games that haven't been given the proper attention. SF V may be a game in the most iconic fighting series but it's a half-assed game and it bothers me seeing a company with so many great first and second party games advertise that over its own games.
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...