{"id":34299,"date":"2022-08-03T14:15:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-uks-biggest-physical-launch-for-the-series\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T14:15:50","slug":"xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-uks-biggest-physical-launch-for-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-uks-biggest-physical-launch-for-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is UK&#8217;s &#8220;Biggest&#8221; Physical Launch For The Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already heard last weekend how Xenoblade Chronicles 3 had shot to the top of the Switch eShop charts across all regions, so it&#8217;s no surprise to hear physical sales are doing just as well.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, it seems the third outing in Monolith Soft&#8217;s epic RPG series has become the &#8220;biggest&#8221; <em>ever<\/em> Xenoblade physical launch.  According to GfK data, this puts it ahead of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and the Definitive Edition re-release of the original game on the Nintendo Switch.  It&#8217;s even ahead of the Xenosaga series!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rundown courtesy of Head of GamesIndustry.biz Chris Dring (no sales figures are attached).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">The biggest Xenoblade launches in the UK (GfK physical data):<\/p>\n<p>1. Xenoblade Chronicles 3<br \/>2. Xenoblade Chronicles 2<br \/>3. Xenoblade Chronicles: DE <br \/>4. Xenoblade Chronicles X<br \/>5. Xenoblade Chronicles Wii<br \/>6. Xenoblade Chronicles 3DS<br \/>7. Xenosaga Episode 2<br \/>8. Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Turning<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chris_Dring\/status\/1554505605112528898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It certainly seems like an amazing start for the third entry so far.  The previous game Xenoblade Chronicles 2 sold over 2 million copies, and the Definitive Edition of the original game on Switch has shifted more than 1.5 million copies.<\/p>\n<p>Have you contributed to Xenoblade Chronicles 3&#8217;s physical or digital sales? <em>Tell us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale.  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In the UK, it seems the third outing in Monolith Soft&#8217;s epic RPG series has become the &#8220;biggest&#8221; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xenoblade-chronicles-3-is-uks-biggest-physical-launch-for-the-series\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is UK&#8217;s &#8220;Biggest&#8221; Physical Launch For The Series<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[571,1284,4270],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34496,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uk-charts-xenoblade-chronicles-3-soars-to-number-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":34299,"position":0},"title":"UK Charts: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Soars To Number One","date":"August 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Image: Nintendo \/ Monolith SoftJRPG fans in the UK have something to celebrate this week. 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