Breath Of The Wild Slashes Its Way Back Into The UK Charts Top Ten

So glad to see Yakuza 6 break into the top three, didn't thought it would do very well with GoW round the corner.

Is Fallout 4 on a continuous sale or something? It's a 5 year old game and not even a good Fallout game. Unless the charts are about the VR version from last year.

And people complain about Switch getting "old" games...

Mario Kart charting above Zelda never ceases to amuses me.

@EvilLucario It's the only first party game charting on the eShop. At #14. Kirby is at #15, and will be gone pretty fast.

Compare to numerous first party games charting digitally in other territories...it doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Plus MK8D was the first Nintendo UK #1 since Pokemon White in 2011. It speaks volumes.

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GOW deserves that spot - didn't stop playing all weekend, they did a great job. Also, super happy for Yakuza 6 - not only did it chart but it broke sales record for the series in the UK. Next PS4 game on my list after GOW for sure.

Same old for the Switch - But we finally get Battle Chasers on May 15th. Hope it does ok on Switch.

@YummyHappyPills I get why it sells. It doesn't make it any less amusing.

@Zuljaras Bethesda is probably already considering it for the Switch. But sorry, to me Fallout is not Fallout unless there's number 13 on the outfit
And that crafting stuff sounds like heresy.

@EvilLucario We get it why it sells, shame its the only thing that seems to sell XD

You’d never see a fan site for another format report a game’s re-emergence back into the upper echelons of a sales chart, which means to me that it’s such a shock Nintendo is doing so well. I still have to kick myself, it seems...

Also, referring to the Switch as a ‘handheld’ is totally opposed to where Nintendo are with their marketing

God of War & Yakuza 6 in the top 3 warms my heart . It’s a shame Yakuza is only just started to see franchise growth, when it’s all done.

@SmaggTheSmug It’s on sale pretty much every other month. You can get a brand new copy for £10 so it makes for a ‘good’ supplementary purchase to new console owners.

Wouldn’t a Hyrulian be a Hylian??

@Agramonte Same here. In my opinion, God of War is the best straightforward action game to come out on the market since Bayonetta 2.

Good to see 3 Nintendo switch games in that top ten. They are probably the games that everyone buys when they first get the system. Would be nice to get some new switch titles in that chart

@Anti-Matter What?

Those're some strong legs. Particularly for UK.

What's crazy is Mario Kart 8 still being 5th.

It's a testament to it's Game Of The Year 2017 status.

@SmaggTheSmug Fallout New Vegas has an equippable Vault 13 jumpsuit 😁
It's also much closer dialoguewise to Fallout 1 and 2.

People in the UK will never get enough of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and FIFA.

Great list apart from the overrated GoW remake.

Happy to see BotW get a little more attention

I'm impressed to see how well Splatoon continues to sell. I recall the game not even being in the Top 40 in the charts a few months ago.

@20wonders for sure - and he is the best grumpy dad ever! I get back on the boat just to see if I get another crappy story from him. I never thought I would LOL in a GOW game.

Y'know, back when BotW released and I beat the main game, I considered it a major disappointment. Yet it grew on me in a way I couldn't have dreamed. Here I am a year later still pouring more hours into it than I ever have with any other game. And I'm having a blast.

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@Alikan I've not played NV yet, but this confirms that it's one of the good ones, like I've been hearing.
Now i need a real life Vault 13 hip flask

@SmaggTheSmug Yeah, NV is a great game, just keep in mind that they went a bit overambitious with scripting, pushing the engine to its limits, so it can get buggy at times (unofficial patches help a lot). And don't forget to pick the Wacky Wasteland trait for Fallout 2 style humour.

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@Agramonte Me too! Kratos totally has the dad body too. xD

@Yasaal Have you even played the new God of War? It's not a remake. In fact, it should have been called God of War 4 because it takes place many years after GoW 3. Also, as someone who typically likes what Nintendo puts out, GoW might become my GOTY. The only thing I could see topping it is Smash or if Bayo 3 or Metroid Prime 4 came out this year and I doubt that either one will.

@SmaggTheSmug Umm it's a 2 year old game dude. 2 and half. I mean yeah, it's certainly not new, but it isn't quite that old yet.

People starting to tire of GTA V I see maybe?

Bring on the Switch port... XD

@Heavyarms55 I got confused by dates and thought 2015 was 5 years ago. But it's still not a good Fallout

@SmaggTheSmug Lol I have a friend like you. He sometimes thinks things from last year were 10 years ago and things 10 years ago were last month.

@20wonders I'm ashamed to call that game a God of War game though. Since there's not too many games that are actually GOTY worthy this year obviously this game will get the award. No surprise there.

On another note, I doubt Smash could ever be a GOTY title, it's a great game, just not enough to make all those irrelevant "critics" like IGN fawn all over it cause no graphics

I'm not so sure of Bayo and MP4 coming out this year though, and even if they do, the same thing applies to those games, although MP4 might win an award or two.

Since the awards for GOTY are decided by these irrelevant critics I won't be surprised if this overblown game wins. Why do I sound triggered? It's because the game is a disappointment... Speaking as a GoW fan.

@ottospooky Nintendo can market all they want, it's still a handheld system with the ability to "cast" the content to the TV and increase performance of the content. Still an amazing product though

@Yasaal I'll be honest with you. The new God of War is my first experience with the series. I think that it is so good that I want to play the rest of the series afterwards. I am aware that it plays differently from the old games but the setting, lore, character design, and simple but refined gameplay of the new one just feels so right to me. If anything, I know more GoW fans who were disappointed by Ascension than this new one. But hey, it's all personal preference.

As for the critics, I think that biases are absolutely prevalent in review culture and perhaps some people are swayed by money in some occasions but I think the reviews for God of War are genuine. I don't think GOTY goes solely to those with the "best graphics". If that were the case, Horizon probably would have won at the GOTY Awards last year. I'm so glad Zelda won just because of how solid and how different they managed to make it from the other series.

@20wonders I'm happy that you're enjoying the 2018 God of War because I certainly didn't. It was pretty sub-par to me compared to the previous nature of the games and it abandoned a lot of it's previous principles and instead cloned Last of Us. Now cloning isn't a bad thing, but that certainly de-legitimizes the reviews that praise it for being "something new".

As for the Awards, it's pretty amazing to see Zelda win especially considering how biased (and dare I say it and how big of a sellout) the critics are. I was pleasantly surprised on that regard (and unsurprised because Zelda ) but I doubt I'll be seeing any such good choices. How can I say that? In last year's awards itself PUBG was nominated for GOTY, and that wasn't even out yet at the time (only a beta was available) and that game is practically dead now XD

Goes to show the lengths of how far these "critics" go. Yet, all's well that ends well, Zelda won in 2017, and that's all that matters for now

@Yasaal Oh believe me, I was put off by PUBG's nomination too. All I was saying is that graphics aren't the only reason why games are nominated for GOTY.

@20wonders I sure do hope so. God knows why PUBG was nominated