Titanfall 2 fails to beat Titanfall sales in UK

Titanfall 2 launch sales failed to match up to those of its predecessor in the UK.

Chart-Track, which tracks physical sales only, said Titanfall 2 didn't match the launch sales of the original game.

Titanfall came out on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC, although its physical sales on PC were negligible. Titanfall 2 launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, and again, physical sales were negligible.

Respawn's shooter entered the UK chart in 4th place - a disappointing launch for a game that has been critically acclaimed. Edwin was full of praise in Eurogamer's Titanfall 2 review. While digital sales were not included in the data, it's unlikely they made up the shortfall.

So what went wrong? Perhaps publisher EA's launch window for Titanfall 2 did the game no favours. Titanfall 2 came out last week sandwiched between the release of EA's own Battlefield 1 and Activision's Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. That's a tough ask for any game.

Talking of Battlefield 1, DICE's shooter is number one for a second week running with a drop off of 39 per cent in sales. Chart-Track said that beat the drop off of 54 per cent both Battlefield 3 and 4 saw during week two.

Here's the top 10:

1. Battlefield 1
2. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition
3. FIFA 17
4. Titanfall 2
5. Farming Simulator 17
6. Mafia 3
7. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
8. Gears of War 4
9. Grand Theft Auto 5
10. Forza Horizon 3

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Why in the hell did EA release this critically acclaimed game between two of the most popular shooter franchises is just beyond me. They shot themselves in the foot with this stupid move ....like wtf they were thinking. *sighs*

Maybe it was for dragging down the upcoming CoD ... whatever their plan was, it backfired.

Thoughts?

Not surprising. Ps4 killed the franchise

Them stupid cows :P

EA isn't dumb. They don't simply release a game like this because why the hell not. The reason why Titanfall2 comes out in the middle of two major shooters is to help BF1 dominate sales. BF1 being excellent will sell a lot of copies on its own and the CoD dudebros that aren't into BF1 have Titanfall2, the kind of twitch shooter shit they're into. CoD is at its weakest so EA decided to "gank" it with Titanfall/BF1, two games that offer everything you'd want in an online shooter. If Activision didn't offer the CoD4 remaster, they'd be in some bigass trouble sales wise.

EA at its dumbest.

how come a complete package fail to beat incomplete MP only game?

i don't thing it'll work out good for them. The thing is those CoD dudebros still prefer CoD and they're hyped to dive into the next installment ... so it's not that much of a thoughtful strategy imo

i just don't like the way they sacrificed such a great game.

@ghosts4ever: because the "complete package" has a generic tacked on single player and a multiplayer that isn't as good as the first game with less modes

That's what you get when you sandwich your game between two of the top-selling franchises.

Supposedly a game with a good campaign and awesome MP flops in sales ....sad.

No way it's "tacked on" , it's gotten a lotta praise for its campaign ....it's not Doom but still it's a good campaign for a game which mainly focuses on MP.

this game is sandwiched inbetween cod and battlefield and it looks like cash grab doesn't look like it changes anything for the better from titanfall 1

Shame. All I've read seems to indicate they improved on the 1st game quite a bit.

I'm interested in trying it, I just need the money first. Right now my top games I wanna get when I have the money are Gears 4, Battlefield 1, and Titanfall 2. Might hold off on those until Black Friday / Cyber Monday or pre-Christmas sales to get em dirt cheap.

Any hard numbers? I notice they always list sales rankings in UK but that's all qualitative data, there's no actual quantitative data when it comes to sales. Anyhow, a bit upset with Respawn for not being a part of EA's Access benefits like 10% discount, early access demo. I was also worried they've changed this game too much, listened too much on the Sony fanboys ragging on the first game, who didn't actually play it, they were just looking for an excuse to rip on it so gamers at large wouldn't go out and buy Xbox Ones. And, that's who they actually listened to. My Gawd!! Stay off the GAF guys, it's not a group of industry insiders forming an intelligentsia, it's a Sony fanboy safe space for closet case fanboys in the industry and media.

Not surprised...Xbox killed the franchise before it even got started.

If the first game was on PS4 it would have gotten more attention with more ppl playing it. As it stands...the first just seemed to fade off like all the other Xbox "exclusives" nobody cares to remember.

Like SF5 you mean.

SFV is a shitty game made by a greedy company.

PS4 didn't have anything to do with that.

@mr_huggles_dog: TF1 sold better than SFV

PS4 owners don't care about the game because the first was console exclusive to Xbox and now Xbox fanboys don't care about TF2 because it is not console exclusive. Screwed on both sides.

Easy decision for me to buy Battlefield now because Titanfall 2 will be dead by January.

SP has always been important to FPS more than MP. and when you sell MP game for full price. its a rip off. thus incomplete game.

They went after the Playstation audience. This was made clear the moment they replaced the animation of getting into your Titan with a cutscene.

You're comparing a good game to a shit game.

Of course it sold more.

Cows have standards.

cod also gonna sell more on PS4 :P

Then why does TF2 still have more players on Xbox despite having half as many consoles out there?

Playing the Beta was all we needed to know the game hardly change and releasing it right after Battlefield 1 was a mistake to that regard. I love the first game but Titanfall 2 beta didn't sunk me in as I hope it would and will wait for Gold Edition, just like I did it for the first game.

Buying Battlefield 1 over Titanfall for me was the logical choice!

Their COD killer got stomped by EA own Battlefield only a moron would put Titanfall next to battlefield or COD,i think EA sabotaged the game so that in the future when EA and Respawn are not in bed any more the game is already ruin.

I don't see any other logic Titanfall 2 on March this year would have sold much better.

The same shit happen with Rise of the Tomb raider last year.

Made 0 sense to release this game now with Gears our, along with Battlfefield and COD. Too many shooters and people will not want to play all of them. Gears was for the Xbox only crowd so they have that marker which Titanfall had with the 1st game, Battlefield had everyone's interest since it's in a different era out of all the shooters this holiday and CoD is CoD, the loyal will always buy that. Titanfall should have been a January or Feb game, period. Sales was doomed when EA is holding firm releasing it this holiday.

@mjorh: Because BF1 owned by EA, releasing a game that is similar to CoD BEFORE CoD being released will draw even more potential gamers to buy another EA title.

Timing is not great, hopefully the game will have legs. I got it on day 1, played it during the weekend and little but kept going back to Gears 4 horde. These games will keep me busy until 2017, no worries.

Game is pure SciFi and Im loving it so far. This kind of story, exploring the bond between machine and pilot....its the kind of stuff I cannot pass up. Reminded me a little if the Isaac Asimov novels. Looking forward to playing more

I'm interested in playing Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and the new COD. But I'm most excited about Titanfall 2. The campaign looks great. I'm going to pick it up today. I'll consider getting the other two down the line when they are cheaper.

@PredatorRules: @sts106mat: Yeah it makes sense but i'm worried that the game will not get the attention it deserves, which it hasn't so far ... if it gains traction down the line, then that'd be great

Poor marketing.

EA put all their focus into BF1

True that, they should've waited for a better window.

However, i just hope it gains momentum down the line because it deserves higher sales.

Well then what happened to Bloodborne and Uncharted 4 sales then? With 40+ million consoles out there, Cows seem to only play Destiny, COD, GTA V and sports games.

You know this will be ignored.

Its def. Crammed but out of all the games im looking forward to TF2 multiplayer the most, so im glad its out now. The other thing, holiday sales and deals are around the corner that can boost sales in the next three months. In the states you can pick up all three games for targets buy 2 get 1 free deal. November 4 starts free game with any new xbox console/bundle. Im sure Sony will do the same with ps4/pro deals.

It may have decent sales numbers as time goes on, but it was severely handicapped releasing it now. Everyone wants to get that black Friday holiday money but it's not always good for a game. Dying Light was the great example on how to release a game. It was suppose to come out that holiday and they pushed it into a January or Feb release, I don't remember which month and it sold big.

A remaster of a 5 year old game took 2nd place. And people wonder why this gen is remasters after remasters...

The human stupidity knows no bounds...

Farming Simulator 17 lol

Shame, Titanfall 1 is as much fun, if not more fun than the first one.

It definitely deserves good sales. And seeing as it's on 3 different platforms now (excluding Xbox 360 the previous time), it should do better.

Believe the hype.

Not as good as the first, that is how.

With BF1, COD, and DBZ im not surprised.

too much come petition for a not so big franchise

@GoldenElementXL: Bloodborne sold better then expected, so no idea why you brought that up. UC4 is closing in on 5 million games so I'm not really seeing what your point is overall?

If I didn't love Battlefield, I definitely would have chosen Titanfall 2 over CoD, so I guess it's not a completely illogical decision.

Yeah, I'd also like some of the maps from TF1 to make it over, as some were just absolutely brilliant.

Still, I think it's too soon to decide whether or not these maps are as good as the first or not. You can't just play them once and go: it's good or it's bad. Like you said: the beauty from titanfall 1 maps came from playing them several times.

I've had a few maps in TF2 where I thought: meh. But then I played them in a different game mode and I loved them.

My favourite map from Titanfall 1 has to be Angel City.

It was the map from the beta and it's what sold me on the game. You could play it so many times and it ended up great every time.