Heavy FIFA 18 Switch Discount Sends The Footie Franchise to Number One in The UK Charts

Bayonetta 2 and Kingdom Come Deliverance both did better than I was expecting, though I knew neither would make it to number 1 in the UK.

Nice to hear, good news for Nintendo and third party partners is ultimately good news for us going forward.

This week's full UK Top 40 charts.

Individual Formats

Individual Formats

https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110015

Bayonetta 2 placed at #3 and at #5 in the UK Individual and All Formats Charts respectively. That's a great debut. There's a few things to take into consideration though. It was the only notable new entry besides Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Also, FIFA 18 prevented it from debuting one place higher because the game is on sale at less than half price. The game took top spot in the All Formats chart helped by the Switch version that reappeared for the first time since its debut to sit at the lofty position of #9 in the Individual Charts. There was no delay in posting the charts this week, I wonder why.

@StormtheFrontier Kingdom Come: Deliverance did reach #1 in the Individual Chart and if not for FIFA 18 being less than half price right now on Switch it would be #1 in the All Formats chart too. It also prevented Bayonetta 2 from reaching #2 in the Individual Charts. It threw a right spanner in the charts.

I'm tempted to go get FIFA physical at Argos, £21.99, not heavily into FIFA but the on the go and split joycon options makes for good multiplayer especially for the more casual Fifa player, no question if I was a mega fan I'd obviously already have a PS4/Xbox one since Fifa has been non existent on Nintendo for years not counting 3ds

FIFA has a home on switch going forward no doubt.

Now just need Konami to get on board with PES

I kinda wish I didn't get bayonetta first time around, I'm not going to double dip especially with one being downloadable, but bayonetta on the go is pretty awesome especially for those who didn't get the wiiu, the attention to detail with Easter eggs are great even more so in 2 , I think I preferred the challenge of the first one, felt like a achievement just to beat it on normal lol, 2 was more vibrant looked great and still dose,

Hope Bayonetta holds for awhile

@SLIGEACH_EIRE

Have I missed the staff here taking a sworn oath to always report the UK game charts every week?

You clearly have no problem finding the charts yourself so why the constant, endless whinging?!

Wow you guys got this weeks charts out surprisingly fast. What gives ?

Bayonetta 2 was pretty much sold out in my town. I found out the hard way...
Ordered a copy from Amazon though, which arrived yesterday.
Can’t wait to get stuck in after work today .

Now for w101 sequel, not fussed for a port of the first because it may miss some of the gamepad features, that said I played 90/95% with pro controller so could be done, I'd maybe buy a 1+2 collection if they improved performance, wasn't unplayable but did suffer, still in my top 5 . Glad I took a chance after not being impressed by demo, heard so many things that were good I took a chance.
Another franchise I'd like on switch is vanquish they could do with that what they did with bayonetta, platinum are action gods lol, mad world could make a comeback motion controller and all

"with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe slipping two places to the precarious number nine slot."

It's only precarious if you just post the top 10 games.

@SBandy Have I missed your comment on the story or do you just want to whinge? Just because I see the news before most doesn't mean everyone should miss out.

All the other Nintendo sites post them on Monday morning every week. They don't say to themselves, "you know, I'm not going to post the charts this week because I don't like how Nintendo are doing". They take the good with the bad.

How much is Fifa on the eShop currently? I can't access my console right now, but I'm assuming it's only discounted in Europe, right?

So, at least EA can see how wonderful Nintendo Switch is.
With FIFA 18 on Switch.
And for the next project, EA SHOULD Consider The Sims 4 for Switch.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE

Irony indeed.

@Videocookies These sales are coming from the game being less than half price in the shops. The game was discounted by 33% on the European and US eShop at Christmas but that's over. You can buy cheap digital codes from the link below:

http://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-fifa-18-nintendo-switch-compare-prices/

@Grawlog You should get new material.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/02/splatoon_2s_pearl_and_marina_are_getting_their_own_amiibo_and_theyre_off_the_hook#comment4338956

That's a much better debut for Bayonetta than I was expecting. Slowly, but surely, Nintendo are making traction in the UK.

I bought my copy for £49.99 back in December as I wanted a football game, and I wanted to show support for third parties.

Love the game. So easy to pick up and play for just 20-30 minutes at a time if you're at a loose end.

The moment I saw it at £24.99 in GAME on Friday, I went and bought another copy for my brother-in-law for his birthday in a couple of weeks, as I can't see it staying at the £20 mark for very long.

It does seem to be reduced at different prices all over the place, and I think it all started when Amazon had it for £22 for a couple of days last week. Since then it's just shot down in price in retail everywhere lol.

For anyone hesitant about this version, I'm not a football fan WHATSOEVER (I can't stress that enough), except for the World and Euro Cup, so perhaps I'm a bit easier satisfied, but I personally think the Switch version is more than adequate, especially at just around the £20 mark if you think £50 is too much.

Always someone online to have a game with which runs pretty darn smooth, and offline the game runs as smooth as butter and looks very impressive, especially docked obviously.

As far as I'm Aware nintendolife are under no obligation to report the UK charts in the first place. Especially since you can find that information elsewhere but can you blame a website (particularly) a Nintendo orientated website for speaking about them and releasing the article quick when it has good news? No. Didn't think so.

Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 are charting on the NA eShop, which is pretty cool. I'm glad more people will get to play Bayonetta 2 now that it's on Switch. Don't read too much into that, adding a game to another system will almost always mean more people get to play a game.

A few points:

Even though FIFA is trailing the PS4 version, its impressive that it is holding on! I remember reading the initial sales figures, and thinking “well, there goes EA’s support (I’m not a fan of EA, but I recognize their importance).”

-I’m so glad that I ended up skipping Bayonetta 1 and 2 on Wii U. I’ll be picking this up on Switch next week!

-I would love for Platinum to band together with Capcom and FINALLY make Viewtiful Joe 3! That series deserves a second life!

I finally bought FIFA18 for the Switch and the most important part for me is: It's not that bad. I'm having a great time with it. But I have to admit, that I'm not a big FIFA gamer and I don't know how Ultimate Team and such should really work. So if those (and other parts) are only reduced for the Switch version I'm in the nice position to not even notice.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I have to say, mate, it truly baffles me how much you find to complain about. It doesn't particularly bother me but I've been roaming this site for a couple of years now, scrolling articles and comments, and your name just pops up constantly and it only ever acts as an indicator for negativity and smugness. It's really quite tiresome.

I don't know why you feel the world owes you everything or even why you feel the world needs/wants to see you crying about the Switch getting ports or NintendoLife staff not running the site exactly as you'd want them to. This site is far from perfect and Nintendo and third parties often make questionable moves. You know what I do? I either move on or, in the case of Nintendo, show my views with my wallet. The last thing I think to do is log on to a website and post a little whiney comment that achieves nothing and just makes you look bad - especially when you're always whinging about a console you don't even own!

I know you have metal skin, or at least like to convey yourself that way, but why don't you, for just one second, realise that not everyone in the world is looking out for you and that, if you weren't so pessimistic literally all of the time, not everybody is out to get you either. Every comment seems loaded with a readiness for resistance and it just seems so pithy. All I'm suggesting is to get a hobby that will perhaps yield more productivity. There are better ways to be spending your time than moaning about everything you can and provoking people that can actually find joy in things.

@MajorasLapdog For someone that claims to not be bothered, you seem to be bothered.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Don’t know why you get as much stick as you do. I’d miss half the games coming to Switch if it wasn’t for your posts in the forums & your posts are always informative.

I just realised I left a sentence in there from my first post which I copied and pasted from the forums. Sorry, that shouldn't have been there and I see now why some people are a bit narky.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I can't understand when some don't but I appreciate the charts

I noticed that even cr*p games get to the top when publishers slashed the price drastically. It's a good strategy to sell your cr*p at a high price, doesn't matter if anyone buys them... just wait a month then do a 70% discount and people will buy it. Consumers wouldnt want to missed out on a good deal even if it's a cr*p game.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE also worth pointing out that Eurogamer reports that it sold less then on it's Wii U debut. Now obviously digital sales will make a difference as the fact it's a port of an older game but a solid start non the less.

At some point though some of these third party games (well one which doesn't have Mario or is funded by Nintendo at least) are going to have to set the charts alight or the Switch is in danger of becoming a first party/indie games only console in the long term.

Massively discounted on Switch and still can't come close to ps4 version. Nyoro~n :3c

Nice debut for Bayonetta, though, might pick them up at some point.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Thanks for the full charts, as usual, and don't mind the whiners.

I’m happy to see Bayonetta getting some love here in the UK. Hopefully it lays the groundwork for 3 doing well.

I said this when it first came out. Price FIFA on Switch as a handheld game and it will sell. Hopefully EA will rethink the pricing moving forward. Price the Switch cut down version cheaper than the full experience home console version.

Nice to see Bayonetta up there and Shadow of the Colossus having a great 2nd week. Old games but well priced or added value for the price. This is how you do old games.

We want new games.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-02-19-bayonetta-2-physical-switch-sales-down-on-wii-u

Just when I brushed off the digital dust off my FIFA copy. Hopefully this means more people online, because I bought the game at launch, and have yet to play a single online match despite me putting in the most lenient of settings and clubs...

As for Bayonetta, well the Brits finally got some taste Brilliant debut, maybe because it's a mature title I guess?

@Yasaal

What is your NAT setting because I have never had an issue playing people online in Fifa. If you NAT is at C or D that may be your issue.

Can we just focus on the charts themselves instead of arguing back and forth about who's whining the most?

@gcunit
Bayonetta 2 launch sales on Switch were indeed lower than that on Wii U, but not by much. If digital sales were tracked, it's very likely the Switch SKU would come out on top.

@Videocookies FIFA is back on the eShop top 15 and was selling for £29.99, but it's back up to £54.99 now digitally.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE yes because this “news” you surf your phone for every second of the day must make you proud and feel like you have accomplished something in your life! Maybe you will get mentioned in an article again! Yay!

@SBandy NAT? This is the first I've heard of it... If you're talking about matchmaking settings I always opt for the most lenient option like "expand".

@Yasaal I find an online match quickly on FIFA Every single time.

@kobashi100 Then you're lucky. Since launch I've had zero online matches...

@Yasaal

Check your internet settings on the Switch. Do an internet test and it will tell you your NAT. Essentially A and B are more open and C and D are more restrictive and harms your chances of playing someone online.

If you are C or D speak to your internet people.

@SBandy Ok I'll check it then. Thanks!

@electrolite77 yep... What path they take? Is the question. I still think a full featured Switch version would sell at full price on Switch.

But not 100% on EA court. Online play/chat is plug and play on PS4 and X1 for 3rd party at this point. Nintendo needs to get that resolved also.

Yeah - some good examples on how to bring back older games - not a cash grab. Lets hope this also the case with Dark Souls.

I received the Bayonetta 1 and 2 Special edition as a birthday present yesterday, it's one of the smallest special editions i've ever seen ! lol but brilliant all the same, the steel-book is lush, glad to see it doing fairly well in the UK, some of us do have good taste haha

@Toadie 👍😊

@SLIGEACH_EIRE technically he got double the amount of likes the second time he said it. Maybe saying the same thing repeatedly works, I mean, it helped Trump.

I’m pretty sure they’re slashing FIFAs price because they’ll launch a Fifa World Cup.

I do wish they would do the same for North America. I’d buy it in a heartbeat for 20 or so dollars.

EA should see there's profit if she put some effort into it. I just hope that Fifa 2019 wont be just a reskin of 2018 (but i don't get my hopes up)

Nintendo is doing pretty good in the UK.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE As usual thanks for the charts.

I really want to pick up FIFA 18 soon but still have Doom to get real soon then Skyrim followed by XC2 and now Bayonetta 2........wow this year my wallet will surely suffer..

So I checked the NA eShop and it was 40 per cent off. Naturally I bought it. Only played one game so far, but it’s pretty decent. Will check online play tomorrow.

Bayonetta 2 sold 10,000 copies at launch in Spain, which means the game sold more in Spain than in the UK. Mind you that the Switch has sold ~350,000 units in Spain vs ~720,000 units in the UK.

It's pretty clear that you cannot judge the success of a game based on its sales in the UK and Japan alone.