UK software sales for October 2016
Posted on November 10, 2016 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U
The latest issue of MCV has a listing of the best-selling games in the UK for the month of October. The results are posted below, based on data collected between October 2 and October 29.
As far as physical software sales by platform goes, here are the results:
01 (01) PlayStation 4 – 1,114,993 (46.8%)
02 (02) Xbox One – 957,750 (40.2%)
03 (03) Xbox 360 – 92,916 (3.9%)
04 (04) Nintendo 3DS – 73,856 (3.1%)
05 (05) PlayStation 3 – 52,414 (2.2%)
06 (06) Nintendo Wii U – 40,502 (1.7%)
07 (07) PC Software – 38,119 (1.6%)
08 (08) PlayStation Vita – 7,147 (0.3%)
09 (09) Nintendo Wii – 4,765 (0.2%)
10 (10) Nintendo DS – 2,382 (0.1%)
And now for the platform rankings in terms of revenue:
01 (01) PlayStation 4 – £43,328,000 (48.1%)
02 (02) Xbox One – £37,664,000 (42.8%)
03 (03) Xbox 360 – £2,464,000 (2.8%)
04 (04) Nintendo 3DS – £1,760,000 (2%)
05 (05) PlayStation 3 – £1,408,000 (1.6%)
06 (06) PC Software – £1,056,000 (1.2%)
07 (07) Nintendo Wii U – £1,056,000 (1.2%)
08 (08) PlayStation Vita – £176,000 (0.2%)
09 (09) Nintendo Wii – £88,000 (0.1%)
10 (10) Nintendo DS – (0%)
Regarding software, Skylanders Imaginators came in at the 15th position. Paper Mario: Color Splash charted at the 37th spot. Lastly, Wii U sold 3,500 units for the month.
