Death Stranding lost to Days Gone in terms of initial sales in British retail

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Currently, Death Stranding is the second launch of the year among new IP. And also the second among exclusives. Despite the great excitement around the brainchild of Hideo Kojima, the first place is still occupied by Days Gone from Bend Studio. The game was released in April and turned out to be the best-selling title of the year in the UK. She managed to surpass Mortal Kombat 11 and Resident Evil 2 — however, her ratings in the press were not so high.

In the UK retail sales chart, Kojima’s novelty lost to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The latter has been topping this list for three weeks and is 26% ahead in sales of its predecessor, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.

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Important: digital sales are not taken into account in the rating.

UK chart for November 3-9:

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
2. Death Stranding;
3. FIFA 20;
4. Luigi’s Mansion 3;
5. Need for Speed Heat;
6. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe;
7. Fortnite: Darkfire Bundle;
8. Mario & Sonic At The Tokyo Olympic Games 2020;
9. Minecraft;
10. Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

As Gamesindustry additionally notes.biz:

• due to the release of Death Stranding, Luigi’s Mansion 3, the last released game for Switch, dropped down the chart;
• The debut sales of Need for Speed: Heat are 41% lower than those of Need for Speed: Payback (2017);
• for Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the fourth week in the chart turned out to be better than the release; this is a rare case for British retail.

Also on the topic:

• NPD: In April, Mortal Kombat 11 became the bestseller of the US market on all platforms