Watch Dogs enjoys record-breaking launch week

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Watch Dogs has broken a number of week one sales records to become the UK's new all-format number one.

The open-world hacking game is the best-selling new franchise since LA Noire back in 2011, outselling Rockstar's crime thriller by 58%.

Enjoying the 17th best launch week of all time, the game's week one sales are behind only to new titles in the FIFA, Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield series.

Watch Dogs is also Ubisoft's biggest UK launch, outperforming previous record-breaker Assassin's Creed 3 by 17%.

It contributed to a 94% weekly boost in PS4 hardware sales, with 53% of PS4 console buyers purchasing the Watch Dogs bundle.

It comfortably beats fellow new entry Mario Kart 8 into second, although the Wii U release also enjoyed a healthy first week.

Nintendo's latest racer is the best-selling week one Wii U game and the second biggest-selling Mario Kart at launch.

Its release boosted week-to-week Wii U console sales by 666%. 82% of new buyers purchased the Mario Kart 8 bundle.

Elsewhere, Wolfenstein: The New Order drops to third, above FIFA 14 and Minecraft PS3 Edition.

At the tail-end of the chart, the PlayStation Vita edition of Borderlands 2 is a new entry at 18.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
2. (-) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
3. (1) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
4. (3) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
5. (2) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
6. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
7. (4) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
8. (7) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
9. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
10. (10) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (13) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
12. (12) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (9) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
14. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
15. (14) Assassin's Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
16. (16) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
17. (8) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
18. (-) Borderlands 2 (2K Games)
19. (17) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
20. (-) Skate 3 (Electronic Arts)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.