UK Charts: Mario Wonder Narrowly Makes The Top Five As New Releases Fight For Gold

I wonder why kids games are still being released on every platform under the sun. Bluey: The Videogame having 90% of its sales on Switch is certainly not a surprise.

@JohnnyMind
This might interest you.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318204/top-ranked-video-games-sales-europe-platform/
So CoD yes, but note that FIFA is the best selling game in each country

@imadeanaccount
Because people who have consoles possibly have children who are of an age to play video games?

Wreckfest is surprising. Deep sale or something?

@Daniel36 that's what I was wondering. I keep pulling that game up on the eshop, seeing it for $59.99 with none of the DLC, and nope out. The digital PS5 version is also selling with no DLC for $39.99. It's one of those games that I always forget is monetized to hell. Shame. It looks fun, but every time I look into it my blinders come up because I don't want to be screwed over.
I looked into it, and have no idea why it is charting right now, unless it's because the PS5 digital upgrade is discounted?

@LikelySatan It does loik fun. Wasn't aware of any monetization so that makes the price point a double nope.

@Daniel36 Yeah. It's funny. The PS4 has a complete version with all DLC currently @ $49.99, which can be upgraded to the PS5 version ($39.99, no DLC) for $10. I don't know if the PS4 DLC transfers. If not, both "seasons" of DLC is another $25 on PS5. It's a really interesting mirror maze they've created to screw us over, which is why I am never buying the game.

@somnambulance The Lost Crown is incredible. I wish it was at least as pretty as Dread, but it moves so well and is so fluid I'm good.

Welp, Infinite Wealth in 2:nd place.
I guess we can expect more NG+ behind paywall because clearly the market is fine with it.

Fairly typical UK top 5

@LikelySatan First of all, these are retail-only charts so any contribution coming from digital storefronts is absent.
But also, from what I can see, in the last few weeks Wreckfest has been kind of given away for free with PS5 / other PS5 soft-bundles purchases at currys. The deals look to be still available as well.

@Daniel36 I have it on Switch. It was given to me as a present with all the dlc. I’m not sure if the “giver” paid extra for the dlc but I somehow doubt it. The game is absolutely excellent. I 100%’d it without spending even 1 penny and I wasn’t even aware of any monetisation.
Am glad to see it in top 40, as far as I’m concerned it deserves every sale it gets!

Ah I wish like a dragon was number one

I wasn't a huge fan of Wonder. The novelty of the seeds wore off really quick. I understand it was aimed more at a younger audience but the game had no challenge to it. The only time I died was a misplaced jump, the enemies just seem too tired to care what you're doing

Love Wonder. Only gripe, bosses could have been better (though it is a 2D Mario game) but that is like wanting Pokemon to not hand hold me almost every game. Obviously, more time was spent on stages which is fine. Love when the new voice actor for Mario says, "Wonderful" every time he gets the McGuffin it puts a smile on my face and I kept shouting it every time

@JohnnyMind In those charts there are 12 Switch exclusives, 7 multiplatform games that sold best on Switch for the week and several other multiplatform games where the Switch has a decent share of the sales…I’ve never understood the stigma of the UK not being into Nintendo, their home consoles have typically been much less popular than the competition but their handhelds have always been huge here

Nice to see Tekken 8 and Infinite Wealth at the top. Do we have sales split for platforms on those two?

And in addition to the European breakdown for 2022, here is the best selling games worldwide for 2022
https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Best-selling_video_games_of_2022
At no. 3 is... CoD, with FIFA at no.5
So the chart being "typical for the UK", it's actually pretty typical of any video game chart.

@MarcoP90 I don't know what a "currys" is, but I'm assuming a box store. Thanks.

I remember when I was growing up, Nintendo, bar Mario kart or maybe a Mario platformer, would make the UK multi-platform charts. Since the Wii though (obviously the Wii U there weren't so many) but Nintendo have really smashed here in the UK. Considering it was classed as PlayStation territory, that's really good for them. I'm very happy that month in, month out, Nintendo titles are doing well here. Those dark days of waiting almost a full year after America are over (I know they've been over for a while now, but I still remember them very well).

Glad to see Prince of Persia Lost Crown in there, deserves to be higher.

I am enjoying it more than Dread, I really didn't enjoy Dread, it was ok but those Emmi sections were just annoying more than fun imo.
Anyway, PoPTLC is worth every cent.
I'm playing it on hard and it is excellent, just about found everything and finished it.
One of my favourite Switch games ever.

@NinjaNicky Did you complete it though? The special stages and beyond are quite tough. The final final stage took me 2 days.

@NintendoWife no not yet. I keep going on and turning it off after a couple of levels. Might jump on it tonight and push through to see how it goes. Perseverance is key I guess.

@JohnnyMind
I think what is happening is something like this (although I may be totally wrong!): the only real charts that I have seen published are for UK, Japan, and USA, because of the English-speakimg demographics for UK and US, and, well, it's Japan.
These three do seem to have a bit of disparity between them due to cultural differences. An easy one is that FIFA isn't going to be a dead cert big seller in the US, but American football games are.

So it is true that having FIFA at the top the UK charts is typical, and if one is only going by the three I have mentioned then it appears that all charts, and therefore all countries are different. However, with the additional data, it shows that the UK is very similar to most European countries, and, moreover, most countries have sizable numbers of gamers with tastes that are comparable with gamers in other countries.