UK Sales Chart: Just Cause 3, Rainbow Six Siege Debut Outside the Top 3

It was a tough week for new releases, with both Just Cause 3 and Rainbow Six Siege placing outside the top 3, debuting in 4th and 6th, respectively.

Taking a closer look at those two new games, Just Cause 3’s week 1 was 46% higher than Just Cause 2. For a platform breakdown, 55% of sales were on PlayStation 4, 43% on Xbox One, and 2% on PC.

As for Rainbow Six Siege, it actually performed better on Xbox One, with 53% of sales on Microsoft’s platform, 47% on PS4, and 0% on PC.

The other new release this week, Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U, placed in 28th but managed to increase launch week sales 73% over the original Xenoblade Chronicles.

Here’s the top 20 selling retail games in the UK for the week ending December 5, 2015, according to GfK Chart-Track:

1. FIFA 16 (down 41%)
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (down 32%)
3. Star Wars Battlefront (down 34%)
4. Just Cause 3
5. Fallout 4 (down 27%)
6. Rainbow Six Siege
7. Minecraft: Story Mode (up 16%)
8. Grand Theft Auto V (down 20%)
9. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (down 36%)
10. WWE 2K16 (up 35%)
11. Halo 5: Guardians
12. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
13. LEGO Dimensions
14. Rise of the Tomb Raider
15. Disney Infinity 3.0
16. Forza Motorsport 6
17. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
18. LEGO Jurassic World
19. Just Dance 2016
20. Need for Speed

Are you surprised by the launches of Just Cause 3 and Rainbow Six Siege?

[Source: GfK Chart-Track (1), (2), VideoGamer]