The Order: 1886 – number one despite the reviews

PS4 exclusive The Order: 1886 has debuted at number one in the UK charts, as the week’s other new releases fail to make an impact.

Despite making it to number one Chart-Track has given no hint as to exactly how well The Order: 1886 sold, but it must have been pretty well if it managed to knock the multiformat Evolve from the top of the all formats chart.

Evolve’s 66 per cent drop from its first week sales seems precipitous, but it’s actually pretty standard, and slightly better than the 70 per cent drop for Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and 68 per cent for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.



The Order certainly had little competition from the week’s other new releases, although Total War: Attila’s debut at number 17 in the individual formats charts (21 in the all formats) does not take into account its digital sales.


Total War: Attila – you can’t tell how well it did from the charts

A game like Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round would expect to see the majority of its sales at retail though, and it only managed to get to number 27 in the all formats chart. The PlayStation 4 version was the only one to reach the individual formats top 40, at number 33.

That meant that again most of the other chart movement was due to retailer promotions, with Far Cry 4 sales increasing 28 per cent this week. However, Chart-Track puts Minecraft’s 27 per cent boost down to the fact that it was half term last week.

Next week is also likely to see a new number one, with the delayed retail release of Dying Light. The fact that it’s been available digitally for a month now may impact it’s long term performance but it’s popularity still makes a number one debut likely.

Dragon Ball XenoVerse should do well too though, and will almost certainly crack the top 10.

UK individual formats chart – 21 February

1 (-) The Order: 1886 (PS4)

2 (2) Evolve (XO)

3 (3) Evolve (PS4)

4 (1) The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (3DS)

5 (5) Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4)

6 (7) Far Cry 4 (PS4)

7 (6) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)

8 (12)Minecraft (360/XO)

9 (8) Grand Theft Auto V (XO)

10(10)Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (XO)

UK all formats chart – 21 February

1 (-) The Order: 1886 (PS4)

2 (3) Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)

3 (1) Evolve (XO/PS4/PC)

4 (7) Far Cry 4 (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)

5 (5) Grand Theft Auto V (360/PS3/XO/PS4)

6 (6) FIFA 15 (Wii/360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC/3DS/PSV)

7 (8) Minecraft (360/XO)

8 (2) The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (3DS)

9 (11)Minecraft (PS3/PS4/PSV)

10(10)Destiny (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)

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