LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga found itself at the top of the charts for the second week running thanks to some heavily discounted PS5 bundles. At retailers such as Currys, customers could bag a brand new PS5 console with the game included at a price of £399.99, though it appears that this discount is now no longer valid at the time of writing, so it'll be interesting to see where Lego Star Wars winds up next week.
Switch maintains a strong showing this week, with FIFA 23, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all taking the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th spot respectively. FIFA 23 sold the most on the Switch this week, making up 40% of the overall console split. Pikmin 4 also moves up a spot to land in the 8th position, which is nice.
Otherwise, it's pretty standard stuff this week with only one new release in the form of Atlas Fallen at position 22. Curiously, digital copies of legacy Call of Duty games have been making waves recently thanks to the revived multiplayer compatibility on Xbox, but given that boxed copies of these titles are no longer being produced, they won't show up here. So that's yer lot!
Here's this week's UK top forty in full:
| Last Week | This Week | Game |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
1 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga |
|
2 |
2 | FIFA 23 |
|
3 |
3 |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
|
5 |
4 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
|
10 |
5 |
Grand Theft Auto V |
|
4 |
6 |
Hogwarts Legacy |
|
11 |
7 |
Minecraft |
|
9 |
8 | Pikmin 4 |
|
14 |
9 | Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate |
|
8 |
10 |
Gran Turismo 7 |
|
7 |
11 | Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales |
|
15 |
12 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
|
19 |
13 | Street Fighter 6 |
|
6 |
14 |
God of War Ragnarok |
|
18 |
15 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II |
|
36 |
16 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
|
20 |
17 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
|
12 |
18 | Forspoken |
|
22 |
19 | Saints Row |
|
17 |
20 | Diablo IV |
|
28 |
21 | Pokémon Violet |
|
NEW |
22 |
Atlas Fallen |
|
30 |
23 | Grant Theft Auto: The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition |
|
29 |
24 | Super Mario Odyssey |
|
24 |
25 | Resident Evil 4 |
|
23 |
26 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe |
|
26 |
27 |
Lego Harry Potter Collection |
|
31 |
28 | Mario Party Superstars |
|
21 |
29 | Sonic Origins Plus |
|
32 |
30 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury |
|
35 |
31 | Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle |
|
27 |
32 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
|
25 |
33 | The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition |
|
38 |
34 | WWE 2K23 |
|
16 |
35 | The Witcher III: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition |
|
37 |
36 | Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy |
|
- |
37 | Pokémon Scarlet |
|
- |
38 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
|
- |
39 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach |
|
39 |
40 | Dark Souls Trilogy |
[Compiled by GfK]
Did you pick up any new titles this week? Let us know your thoughts on the charts in the comments below.
Comments 26
Pikmin 4 still in the charts is great to see, such a great game and never expected to have such fun playing the game, definitely in my top three games of the year so far.
Strange to see fifa 23 still selling well since the new game is one month away.
@UltimateOtaku91 Probably because it's been heavily reduced.
Love to see other than the usual suspects Pikmin 4 still in the top 10 and except for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe all Switch exclusives are higher this week!
I prefer vanilla PS5 bundle without any games attached on its cover.
I don't even like any popular games that attached on PS5 bundle.
Last week I sold my physical Fifa 23 for £20 and bought the eShop one for £6 (including a couple of quid of gold points), I am part of the 40% muhahahaha
How is saints row still in the top 20 lol
Bruh srsly how is saints row above diablo 4
Such sales reports confuse me greatly. I noticed it a long time ago, but it seem that once a game's quality surpasses a certain point, it becomes less enticing to the general public, and the sales drop. Which is why 7/10 games sell best.
Now I must find the reason and do something with it. The fate of the gaming industry lies on my shoulders. Cheer for me, fellow gamers.
No love for Final Fantasy...
Lego Star Wars is great, I have it for my Series X, too many compromises on the Switch version.
I loved that game. Wish they’d re release the originals too like they did the Lego Harry games. And throw in LOTR while they’re at it. Lol.
It is utterly fascinating to see that Forspoken is in the top 20, yet FFXVI is now nowhere to be seen.
Isn't that 4 weeks in the top 10 for Pikmin 4. Great success!!
@Aelynn it's because Forspoken was one of the free/bundled PS5 console + game options from multiple retailers during the promotion.
@BenMCR as far as I know Nintendo still don't reveal eShop sales numbers, so they're not included in these charts.
Wow Final Fantasy XVI is nowhere in the chart, guess the Japanese aren't the only ones that doesn't like the game.
Nintendolife said, last week, that they wouldn't be surprised if Pikmin 4 wasn't in the top 10 this week.
I wonder how surprised they were hahah
@jco83 Was it? I was keeping an eye on the bundles available, but I didn't notice it. I guess that would make sense then.
Dang. Poor Final Fantasy XVI is already out of the Top 40, while stuff such as Forspoken and the Saints Row Reboot, or much older games like Hogwarts Legacy, Animal Crossing and Red Dead Redemption 2 are still in.
This is how it happened. This is how Final Fantasy died.
Pikmin 4 remains in the Top 10. Awesome! Such is the Power of Dandori!
@Aelynn yeh I was watchin it all unfold on HotUKDeals It was crazy how many PS5 console deals were being posted!
GAME had Forspoken as one of the free game options with the console (£399.99), Saints Row was another one of the options. These were also included in their £299.99 console trade-in offer (£299.99 was the price when trading-in a PS4 Slim 500GB or Xbox One S 500GB/1TB. Other console trade-in prices varied).
Currys had Lego Star Wars for free with PS5 (£399), they also had + Forspoken for £409, or + Miles Morales for £419, or + Gran Turismo for £429. So that could perhaps be why those games are also in the chart.
So PS5 gets a price cut deal, yet Switch still carries on regardless. Switch will have a final (another lol) hooray if it ever sees one! Mind you, isn't it a little bit worrying that the PS5 is having one so soon? Or is it usual and the Switch is simply that strong. I...I don't know anymore lol.
What is up with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle charting constantly in the top 40? Is there something I'm missing, like constant discounts or something?
40% buying FIFA 23 on Switch? Are these people quite well?
@SmileMan64 Technically Final Fantasy is already dead like 2001 ago, these no name action RPGs/MMORPGs just so happen to use its name for milking and marketing reason. The true Final Fantasy died with Squaresoft, these Square Enix RPGs are not Final Fantasy, they are just action RPGs or MMORPGs with Final Fantasy title and references in them.
@HammerGalladeBro It's often included in console bundles at retailers like GAME.
@Pupuplatter Because it's on sale for really cheap probably.
@UltimateOtaku91 I'm really impressed with Pikmin 4. It is fun, creative, somewhat challenging and looks amazing for the Switch.
@Serpenterror Dang, I'm so jaded regarding Final Fantasy I can't disagree much with you.
Poor Final Fantasy. The old days were great. Now... well, it could be better.
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