Borderlands 3 just launched and already became this year's best retail launch in the United Kingdom, according to the Gfk/UKIE data GamesIndustry published today, surpassing Sony's PlayStation 4 exclusive game Days Gone.
The game sold less than half retail copies compared to Borderlands 2, but that was to be expected since back then retail was much stronger than it is now. These days, the digital market is on the rise and another example of that can be seen with this week's second-place taker Gears 5, which apparently sold only 25% compared to Gears of War 4.
The third spot sees another newcomer, eFootball PES 2020, which actually saw an uptick in sales (18.5%) compared to last year's PES 2019. The last new entry in this week's UK Top 10 is GreedFall, the RPG made by Spiders.
Last Week This Week Title New Entry 1 Borderlands 3 New Entry 2 Gears 5 New Entry 3 eFootball PES 2020 1 4 NBA 2K20 New Entry 5 Greedfall 4 6 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe 2 7 Spyro Reignited Trilogy 12 8 Grand Theft Auto V 5 9 Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled 7 10 Super Mario Maker 2
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
