Xbox One sales almost double in the UK due to Titanfall release

Saqib Shah

March 17, 2014

Titanfall has claimed the top spot in the UK game charts since its launch on Friday, claiming the title for best-selling opening weekend of 2014 so far.

According to the GfK Chart-Track, the release of the highly anticipated mech-action shooter also contributed to a massive upswing in sales of the Xbox One itself, with sales virtually doubling thanks to the Titanfall Xbox One bundle: 70 percent of Xbox One sales overall were the bundle, and console sales were up just over 96 percent in total.

Dark Souls II landed in second, boasting a 20 percent increase in opening weekend sales over the original.

South Park: The Stick of Truth, last week’s number one, drops to third.

The rest of the top 10 was rounded out by The Lego Movie Videogame, Thief, FIFA 14,Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, and Battlefield 4.

Yoshi’s New Island, Nintendo’s latest 3DS platformer, debuted in 12.

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Saqib Shah

Tech/gaming journalist for What Mobile magazine and website. Interests include film, digital media and foreign affairs.

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