The Division 2 physical launch sales just 20% of Division 1's

Sum of all fears.

News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

Updated on March 18, 2019

The Division 2 sold far fewer physical copies during its launch week than the series' first entry, back in 2016.

Ubisoft's latest Tom Clancy-'em-up shifted just 20 per cent of the boxed copies of its predecessor. As ever, UK numbers do not include digital sales.

So why the huge plummet? Well, Division 1 launched on a Tuesday in the UK, compared to Division 2's Friday arrival. The first game had a little longer to rack up numbers.

And more people now download games digitally than they did three years ago, which will deflate boxed sales.

But neither of these things will come close to making up the difference.

Regardless, The Division 2 still sold more boxed copies than any other game last week, leaving it top of the chart. 60 per cent of physical copies were sold on PlayStation 4, with 40 per cent on Xbox One.