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noshten · Jul 3, 2017

Biggest single format launch this year

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UK Charts: Crash Bandicoot is the biggest single-format release of the year

Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy has narrowly beaten Horizon: Zero Dawn to become the UK's biggest single-format boxed release of the year.

In fact, the only game to have enjoyed a bigger Week One was Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, which was released across multiple platforms.

The popularity of Activision's remake follows similar success for Wipeout: Omega Collection, which also topped the charts last month. Like Wipeout, this is the first time Crash Bandicoot has been at the top of the UK physical retail charts.

Crash is now the 24th best-selling video game franchise at UK boxed retail, according to GfK.

Overall, UK boxed game sales are up 93% week-on-week to 331,000 games sold.

Daffy Duck · Jul 3, 2017

No surprise really, lots of people have an affinity with Crash from back in the day.

Every shop round this small part of the world had sold out Friday.

clarknova156 · Jul 3, 2017

That's both incredibly sad and incredibly amazing. Missing out on Horizon should be a sin. Its such a well crafted and amazing game.

Jarod McChicken · Jul 3, 2017

Holy fucking mother of god. Amazon charts wins again.

Hektor · Jul 3, 2017

But nobody cares about crash bandicunt games that were never good in the first place

Dynomutt · Jul 3, 2017

noshten said:
Biggest single format launch this year

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Kudos to VV! And they said nostalgia for Crash was unwarranted.

CTR incoming...

? how will this game be published since this is presumed to be a multi-plat?

Ivan 3414 · Jul 3, 2017

Daffy Duck said:
No surprise really, lots of people have an affinity with Crash from back in the day.

Every shop round this small part of the world had sold out Friday.

Oh it's a surprise alright. At least according to GAF.

Loris146 · Jul 3, 2017

This is insane.

dc89 · Jul 3, 2017

Wow. The nostalgia is strong!
I will pick up the collection for sure in the future.

cw_sasuke · Jul 3, 2017

To be fair Horizon launch against/around Zelda...so that probably had some impact on its performance - it still did great though and continued with it legs.

Daffy Duck said:
No surprise really, lots of people have an affinity with Crash from back in the day.

Every shop round this small part of the world had sold out Friday.

Would you have said the same thing earlier this year ? Crash being the top seller in 2017 is a surprise.

CryptiK · Jul 3, 2017

vsaintlo said:
Kudos to VV! And they said nostalgia for Crash was unwarranted.

CTR incoming...

? how will this game be published since this is presumed to be a multi-plat?

Nothing is multiplat atm. And for CTR no it wouldnt be at all, Sony have part ownership of CTR.

Kenzodielocke · Jul 3, 2017

I take it we don't have any first week numbers for Horizon?

OrbitalBeard · Jul 3, 2017

Awesome. It's one of the best collections ever released.

Bruno MB · Jul 3, 2017

I doubt any Mario platformer debuted selling over 100,000 units in the UK.

I will check Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, they are the only one that could have debuted selling over 100,000 units.

Rellik · Jul 3, 2017

Not a surprise at all. I feel like a broken record at this point always pointing out how big Crash is. As I always say, the originals are still outselling everything on PSN including GTA and Final Fantasy. Of course it was going to sell.

Only on GAF do you find people who don't think Crash is a big deal.

Theblackrain · Jul 3, 2017

"Youll have things like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Horizon Zero Dawn thatll come out, and theyll do really well, but they dont have the same impact that they used to have because the big service-based games are capturing such a large amount of the audience"
- Phil Spencer

So out of touch.

Congrats to the team behind the remake, they did a fantastic job. Well deserved.

bombshell · Jul 3, 2017

Jarod McChicken said:
Holy fucking mother of god. Amazon charts wins again.

I made the Amazon thread, but not really. It's two different things.

The chart that I posted is about Crash selling more on Amazon in first 2 days than, say, Horizon in second place has sold in total since its release more than 4 months ago.

This thread is not really saying that.

Rymuth · Jul 3, 2017

Hope the salt doesn't flow too much in this thread like the last one.

Well deserved, it's a great package that's priced perfectly. PlayStation keeps killing it SW-wise

FeenixRising · Jul 3, 2017

jmartoine · Jul 3, 2017

Sold out on Amazon until later this week.

Succinct Verbosity · Jul 3, 2017

It's the new super Mario bros effect in action. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

samar11 · Jul 3, 2017

Isn't crash significantly cheaper then horizon? still good to see it doing well!

Wollan · Jul 3, 2017

Well deserved sales. Lots of value in this package and really fun & colorful pick up and play platforming.

jmartoine · Jul 3, 2017

Rymuth said:
Well deserved, it's a great package that's priced perfectly. PlayStation keeps killing it SW-wise

First world problems that there is too much to play on PS4.

silva1991 · Jul 3, 2017

Well, someone will be sadder by this news.

Congrats King.

StWilson85 · Jul 3, 2017

Franchise with built in audience through years of nostalgia and a cheaper game outsells new franchise. I'm shocked.

tolkir · Jul 3, 2017

clarknova156 said:
That's both incredibly sad and incredibly amazing. Missing out on Horizon should be a sin. Its such a well crafted and amazing game.

Probably Horizon still wins most earned value.

WrenchNinja · Jul 3, 2017

Wish Cindi Mayweather wasn't banned, I imagine the reaction from her do to all of the postive Crash news would be very entertaining

black070 · Jul 3, 2017

I did my part.

faridmon · Jul 3, 2017

Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Hope we get more remakes of older game. I would pay full price for Sly Raccoon Remake.

clarknova156 said:
That's both incredibly sad and incredibly amazing. Missing out on Horizon should be a sin. Its such a well crafted and amazing game.

Shocking that people have different taste and not many might not be interested in the game regardless of the quality.

Croash · Jul 3, 2017

Deserves it. Congratulations, Vicarious Visions!

So, is it now realistic to hope for Crash Team Racing or Crash Bandicoot 4 (or even Wrath of Cortex improved)? ^^

I wonder if Vicarious Visions would work on a Spyro remake if it gets greenlighted. I kinda expect Activision to have them stick to the Crash franchise while it's hot and let other developers handle Spyro.

Bits N Pieces · Jul 3, 2017

3 games for £30 and loads of people picking up on the nostalgia trip.

Well done to Acti and Sony - nailed it!

Sidewinder · Jul 3, 2017

Damn, I knew it had many fans, just a look at PS1 classics sales on PSN is enough to realize it, but this is impressive.

CTR pretty much a done deal I'd say and hopefully a new Crash down the road too.

oti · Jul 3, 2017

clarknova156 said:
That's both incredibly sad and incredibly amazing. Missing out on Horizon should be a sin. Its such a well crafted and amazing game.

Horizon: new IP, full price
Crash: tons of nostalgia, budget price

It's not rocket science.

Laplasakos · Jul 3, 2017

Congrats to Activision, Sony and Vicarious Visions.

_Rob_ · Jul 3, 2017

dc89 said:
Wow. The nostalgia is strong!

Thankfully not just that. A kid with his mum asked me in a GAME shop whether he would like it after overhearing my conversation with a friend about playing it over the weekend. I explained what it was and his mum bought him a copy no questions. Bring in the new generation too I say!

Primethius · Jul 3, 2017

StWilson85 said:
Franchise with built in audience through years of nostalgia and a cheaper game outsells new franchise. I'm shocked.

Yea, if only game sales were that simple...

Crash outselling Horizon should be surprising. Even if built on Nostalgia, a game debuting to more than 100k sales in one week is insane, especially a remake.

It's not just that it sold well, it's that it sold so damn incredibly well.

nubbe · Jul 3, 2017

thats messed up

clarknova156 · Jul 3, 2017

faridmon said:
Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Hope we get more remakes of older game. I would pay full price for Sly Raccoon Remake.

Shocking that people have different taste and not many might not be interested in the game regardless of the quality.

You might want a towel to wipe up all that sarcasm. Yes we all have different tastes and opinions but Horizon really is a top game. Its sad that the UK doesn't feel that way though according to sales but I wish Crash remastered all the success possible. I'm not pushing a slight against either game just saying Horizon should do as well as Crash is doing.

Zedark · Jul 3, 2017

Kenzodielocke said:
I take it we don't have any first week numbers for Horizon?

Don't think we ever got any further than >103k (above No Man's Sky) and <192k (below UC4).

notaskwid · Jul 3, 2017

Crash 4 deserves to be made.

Floody · Jul 3, 2017

Really impressive, Crash is still huge after all this time. Now Activision, Sony (whoever's decision it is) give me CTR Remake.
Though kinda surprised Horizon was the former biggest (single-format) launch game this year, thought Wildlands would've been that.

The Last Lombax · Jul 3, 2017

Loris146 said:
This is N.sane.

fixed*

Yautja_Warrior · Jul 3, 2017

Do not underestimate the power of the Bandicoot.

Loris146 · Jul 3, 2017

clarknova156 said:
You might want a towel to wipe up all that sarcasm. Yes we all have different tastes and opinions but Horizon really is a top game. Its sad that the UK doesn't feel that way though according to sales but I wish Crash remastered all the success possible. I'm not pushing a slight against either game just saying Horizon should do as well as Crash is doing.

Horizon had an amazing first week in UK.

black070 · Jul 3, 2017

CTR should be a lock, I wouldn't be surprised if it was simply released as an 'expansion'.

tolkir · Jul 3, 2017

notaskwid said:
Crash 4 deserves to be made.

ramparter · Jul 3, 2017

Would have bought it too if I had a PS4. Can't get enough 90s remasters / remakes.

edit
And yeah really good pricing, 3 games and not even full price.

Guymelef · Jul 3, 2017

clarknova156 said:
You might want a towel to wipe up all that sarcasm. Yes we all have different tastes and opinions but Horizon really is a top game. Its sad that the UK doesn't feel that way though according to sales but I wish Crash remastered all the success possible. I'm not pushing a slight against either game just saying Horizon should do as well as Crash is doing.

Horizon UK launch was really good and with good legs.

Mafro · Jul 3, 2017

Nostalgia is a hell of a thing.

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