The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA) has released the sales charts for the first week of October. Australia and New Zealand are all about sport this week. Four of the top 10 overall in both countries are sports games.
FIFA 18 and NBA 2K18 took the top two spots in both countries. Forza 7 and Project CARS 2 both feature in the top 10 lists, though Project CARS is slightly higher in NZ.
Amazingly, Grand Theft Auto V is still in the top 10 in both countries. It came in fifth in Australia and sixth in NZ. Nintendo’s only title to crack the top 10 was Pokken Tournament DX for Switch. It came in at ninth in Australia.
Destiny 2’s sales remain strong, coming in third in both countries. Activision features three times in both countries lists with Destiny 2, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in NZ and Black Ops III in Australia.
It should be noted that these charts are from physical sales only. No digital sales are included in the lists. You can see the full list for both Australia and NZ below.
Australia
1. FIFA 18, (Electronic Arts)
2. NBA 2K18, (Take 2)
3. Destiny 2, (Activision Blizzard)
4. Forza Motorsport 7, (Microsoft)
5. Grand Theft Auto V, (Take 2)
6. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, (Ubisoft)
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, (Activision Blizzard)
8. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy, (Activision Blizzard)
9. Pokken Tournament DX, (Nintendo)
10. Project Cars 2, (Bandai Namco Games)
New Zealand
1. FIFA 18, (Electronic Arts)
2. NBA 2K18, (Take 2)
3. Destiny 2, (Activision Blizzard)
4. Forza Motorsport 7, (Microsoft)
5. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy, (Activision Blizzard)
6. Grand Theft Auto V, (Take 2)
7. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, (Activision Blizzard)
8. Project Cars 2, (Bandai Namco)
9. Battlefield 1, (Electronic Arts)
10. Minecraft, (Microsoft)
These numbers are up until October 1. In the last week, we’ve seen Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen released. They may make their way into the charts next time.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War is out tomorrow and The Evil Within 2 and South Park: The Fractured But Whole are out next week.
