Persona 5 Tops UK Sales Charts with the Series’ Biggest Launch Yet

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Persona 5 was released in the West last Tuesday, on April 4th, and it has debuted at the number 1 spot in UK sales charts for the past week.

According to market research company GfK Chart-Track:

It is the first J-RPG (Japanese RPG) to debut at the top of the All Formats Chart since ‘Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch’ back in W5 2013 (‘Final Fantasy XV’ launched at No2, but it had to contend with ‘FIFA 17’). It is by far the biggest launch for a ‘Persona’ title and the first ever All Formats No1 for developer and publisher Atlus.

Persona 5 represents Atlus’ most successful launch in the UK to date, and the most successful launch in the region for the Persona series.

The split between platform sales in the UK was a 97% share for the PS4, and a 3% share for the PS3.

This follows the news that Persona 5 has shipped more than 1.5 million copies worldwide since its initial release on September 15, 2016.

The full chart by UK Interactive Entertainment can be seen below:

Top 40 Entertainment Software — Week 14 Year 2017 (Ending 8th April)

LWTWTitleAge RatingPublisher
1PERSONA 5PEGI 16+ATLUS
22TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: WILDLANDSPEGI 18+UBISOFT
33LEGO WORLDSPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
54GRAND THEFT AUTO VPEGI 18+ROCKSTAR
15MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDAPEGI 16+EA GAMES
76FIFA 17PEGI 3+EA SPORTS
87THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILDPEGI 12+NINTENDO
8LEGO CITY UNDERCOVERPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
109CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFAREPEGI 18+ACTIVISION
1410OVERWATCHPEGI 12+BLIZZARD
911ROCKET LEAGUEPEGI 3+505 GAMES
612HORIZON ZERO DAWNPEGI 16+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1913WWE 2K17PEGI 16+2K
1214BATTLEFIELD 1PEGI 18+EA GAMES
1115FORZA HORIZON 3PEGI 3+MICROSOFT
416KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 REMIXPEGI 12+SQUARE ENIX
1317FOR HONORPEGI 18+UBISOFT
16181-2 SWITCHPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2419DESTINY: THE COLLECTIONPEGI 16+ACTIVISION
1720WATCH DOGS 2PEGI 18+UBISOFT
2621NBA 2K17PEGI 3+2K
1522MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITIONPEGI 7+MICROSOFT
23BULLETSTORM: FULL CLIP EDITIONPEGI 18+GEARBOX PUBLISHING
2824MAFIA IIIPEGI 18+2K
2525TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW 6: SIEGEPEGI 18+UBISOFT
3326HITMAN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASONPEGI 18+SQUARE ENIX
2327SNIPER ELITE 4PEGI 16+SOLD OUT SALES & MARKETING
2728POKEMON SUNPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2229THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM SPECIAL ED.PEGI 18+BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
2130RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARDPEGI 18+CAPCOM
3131LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENSPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3632STEEPPEGI 12+UBISOFT
3433JUST DANCE 2017PEGI 3+UBISOFT
3534MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITIONPEGI 7+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
35FINAL FANTASY XVPEGI 16+SQUARE ENIX
36YO-KAI WATCH 2: BONY SPIRITSPEGI 7+NINTENDO
37FARMING SIMULATOR 17PEGI 3+FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE
38RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER: 20 YEAR EDITIONPEGI 18+SQUARE ENIX
4039LEGO MARVEL AVENGERSPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3940MARIO KART 7PEGI 3+NINTENDO

Persona 5 was released for the PS3 and PS4 in Japan on September 15, 2016. It was released for the PS4 in Traditional Chinese on March 23, 2017. It released in North America and Europe on April 4th, 2017, and will release in Korean in 2017.

— GfK Chart-Track

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