BATTLEFIELD V Launch Sales Down More Than 63% Compared With BATTLEFIELD 1 In The UK

This year's weaker than usual Black Friday sales is not the only problem Electronic Arts has to deal with right now, as Battlefield V got off to a rough start with launch sales down more than 63 percent compared with 2016's Battlefield 1 in the United Kingdom. Battlefield V also had to settle for No. 4 last week, behind EA’s own FIFA 19, Call of Duty: Black Ops IV and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Every cloud's got a silver lining, as Battlefield V did manage to perform better in its launch week that big-budget titles such as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Bethesda Softworks' panned Fallout 76. As a reminder, Fallout 76's physical sales are in fact down 82% from Fallout 4 in the UK, but you should remember that retail sales aren't saying much about overall performance in this day and age.

Interestingly enough, Battlefield V is the game that sold best on Xbox One, as Microsoft's console accounted for 50 per cent of the game's sales. Considering that the Battlefield series is known as a PC-friendly franchise, that's quite an achievement. What might have affected the game's sales was EA's mind-boggling decision to give Battlefield V different release dates for different gaming systems.

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