Metal Gear Survive – about as popular as expected

Konami will not be happy with the sales of their new game, which are dwarfed by Metal Gear Rising – let alone Metal Gear Solid V.

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Despite releasing on an extremely quiet week, the first Metal Gear game since Hideo Kojima left Konami has made little impact on the UK charts, debuting only at number six in the all formats chart.

The PlayStation 4 version only made it as far as number 13 in the individual formats chart and accounted for 68% of all sales, a legacy of the franchise still being closely associated with the PlayStation brand. The Xbox One version only got as high as 33.



By comparison, the last Metal Gear spin-off, PlatinumGames’ Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance from 2013, sold 85% more copies in its first week. Chart-Track has not revealed how much 2015’s Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain sold in comparison.


The only other new entry of the week was Bandai’s Namco’s anime tie-in Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, which debuted at number 37 in the all formats chart but failed to enter the individual format top 40.

Instead of new entries the charts were still dominated by older titles, with FIFA 18 earning its sixth week at the top of all the all formats chart and Uncharted 1 and 2 re-entering the top 40 due to retailer promotions. Shadow Of The Colossus also managed to hold on impressively well for what is generally regarded as a niche title.

Last week’s new entries Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Bayonetta 2 are nowhere to be seen in either top 10 though, with drops in sales of 80% and 71%, respectively.

As always, the Chart-Track charts do not include digital sales, which has meant that the retail charts have for a long time been giving an increasingly lopsided view of what games are really selling the best. A combined digital and physical chart is planned for the UK next year, although it still won’t include data from every publisher.

Not that it really matters at the moment though, as this week is even worse for new releases – with the closest thing to a major launch being off-road racer Gravel tomorrow. Friday marks the nadir for the new year release schedules though, and after that things begin to ramp up for Easter.

UK individual formats chart – 24 February 1 (2) FIFA 18 (PS4)

2 (5) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)

3 (4) Shadow Of The Colossus (PS4)

4 (10)Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)

5 (14)Call Of Duty: WWII (PS4)

6 (9) FIFA 18 (NS)

7 (13)Super Mario Odyssey (NS)

8 (8) Monster Hunter: World (PS4)

9 (12)Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PS4)

10(6)Grand Theft Auto V (XO)

UK all formats chart – 24 February 1 (1) FIFA 18 (PS4/NS/XO/360/PS3)

2 (3) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4/XO/360/PS3/PC)

3 (8) Call Of Duty: WWII (PS4/XO/PC)

4 (4) Monster Hunter: World (PS4/XO)

5 (6) EA UFC 3 (PS4/XO)

6 (-) Metal Gear Survive (PS4/XO)

7 (7) Shadow Of The Colossus (PS4)

8 (9) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)

9 (12)Super Mario Odyssey (NS)

10(10)Assassin’s Creed Origins (PS4/XO)

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