FIFA 16 Holds Off LEGO Dimensions Despite 74% Drop in Sales

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Here’s an interesting stat that illustrates the popularity of FIFA.​

LEGO Dimensions launched on a Tuesday in the UK last week and sales were strong. Week one sales of the toys-to-life game “comfortably” outstripped the equivalent sales of both the highly popular Disney Infinity 3.0 and Skylanders Superchargers, yet still it wasn’t enough to beat FIFA 16, which has now been out for two weeks.​

FIFA is insanely popular.​

NBA 2K16 also enjoyed a strong debut, with week one sales a whopping 53 per cent up on the week one sales of last year’s game. We’re not sure if Spike Lee’s ludicrous MyCAREER storyline had any impact on that at all, but it was front and centre in the marketing. And besides, this year’s game is ace. You can read Rich’s review here.​

Thanks to the new entries, a couple of big games fall out of the all-formats top three. Destiny: The Taken King (a 20 per cent drop in sales) and Forza Motorsport 6 (a 32 per cent in sales) are down to fourth and fifth respectively. You can find the full, platform-specific charts below.​

XBOX 360 UK RETAIL TOP 20​

Last Week | This Week | Title | Weeks on Chart​

1 1 FIFA 16 ELECTRONIC ARTS (2)​

- 2 LEGO DIMENSIONS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE (1)​

3 3 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT (119)​

2 4 SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (2)​

4 5 DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS (6)​

5 6 LEGO JURASSIC WORLD WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE (17)​

10 7 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 HB STUDIOS (5)​

7 8 GRAND THEFT AUTO V TAKE 2 (107)​

6 9 DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (3)​

9 10 TERRARIA 505 GAMES (76)​

8 11 DISNEY INFINITY 2.0 DISNEY INFINITY (55)​

- 12 NBA 2K16 TAKE 2 (1)​

12 13 LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE (47)​

13 14 SKATE 3 ELECTRONIC ARTS (174)​

23 15 FAST & FURIOUS: SHOWDOWN ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (7)​

- 16 BATTLEFIELD 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS (52)​

11 17 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 KONAMI (3)​

17 18 FARMING SIMULATOR 15 FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE (20)​

15 19 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN KONAMI (5)​

19 20 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (48)​

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XBOX ONE UK RETAIL TOP 20​

Last Week | This Week | Title | Weeks on Chart​

1 1 FIFA 16 ELECTRONIC ARTS (2)​

2 2 FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 MICROSOFT (3)​

- 3 NBA 2K16 TAKE 2 (1)​

- 4 LEGO DIMENSIONS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE (1)​

3 5 DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (3)​

5 6 GEARS OF WAR: ULTIMATE EDITION MICROSOFT (6)​

4 7 CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (74)​

6 8 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN KONAMI (5)​

9 9 GRAND THEFT AUTO V TAKE 2 (46)​

- 10 TONY HAWK PRO SKATER 5 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (1)​

7 11 TITANFALL ELECTRONIC ARTS (75)​

8 12 MAD MAX WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE (5)​

12 13 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT (45)​

15 14 RARE REPLAY MICROSOFT (9)​

14 15 DYING LIGHT WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE (32)​

27 16 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 UBISOFT (4)​

10 17 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 KONAMI (3)​

21 18 HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION MICROSOFT (47)​

18 19 THE WITCHER III: WILD HUNT BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT (20)​

11 20 SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (2)​