Sekiro tops the UK charts and reminds us that retail PC games are on life support

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice so far seems to be living up to its hype as the latest from title from Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki. Scores are good, Steam player numbers are substantial, and the latest report on UK retail sales put the game at the top spot for the week. The sales breakdown across platforms suggests dismal performance on PC - but it looks like this is just another reminder that retail isn’t the place for computer games anymore. From Software’s latest just barely sold more The Division 2 this week, claiming the top spot by fewer than 800 copies, as GamesIndustry.biz reports. 80% of those sales were on PS4, 20% on Xbox One, and around 1% on PC. Again, these are physical retail numbers - and if the player counts reported on Steam Charts are anything to go by, the game’s having no trouble on PC. Maybe the more interesting comparisons come through From’s previous games. Sekiro sold around half the copies Dark Souls 3 did, and sales were even down 30% from Bloodborne - which was a PS4 exclusive. You can attribute a big chunk of the difference in both cases to the change in the retail market over the past handful of years.