The latest UK charts are now in, and it's a big win for Sony and the PlayStation 5. Last week's big winner, and new release, Gran Turismo 7, has maintained its 1st place position. Take 2's WWE 2K22 — the newcomer of the week — bulldogs into 2nd, elbowing Elden Ring down into 3rd. Incidentally, their PS5 versions have all sold the best, making up 68%, 43%, and 58% of total sales respectively.
What about Nintendo, then? Last week's new release Triangle Strategy has been forced to retreat out of the top 20 entirely at 24th, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus has also dropped few places further into 5th — which is still pretty strong for a game that's been out for around for a month-and-a-half.
Mario Party Superstars, however, has delivered itself back into 10th, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe holds firm in 6th. Given that the Booster Course Pass is out at the end of the week, we imagine that we'll carry on seeing Mario Kart 8 for a long, long time. We already have!
FIFA 22's Switch port is still hanging in tough, too. Though the game has slipped down to 7th, the PS4 version makes up 37% of the total sales, the Switch version is at 32%. Even if it's the same as last year's version, a bit of footie on the go as the weather gets nice seems, perfect, doesn't it?
Here's a proper look at this week's top ten all formats chart:
Last Week | This Week | Title |
---|---|---|
1 |
1 | Gran Turismo 7 |
- |
2 | WWE 2K22 |
2 |
3 | Elden Ring |
4 |
4 | |
3 |
5 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus |
6 |
6 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
5 |
7 |
FIFA 22 |
8 |
8 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
10 |
9 | |
12 |
10 | Mario Party Superstars |
[Compiled by GFK]
Did you pick up any of these chart-topping games this week? Let us know down below.
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It always amazes me to see charts sometimes. I don't know anyone that buys most racing, sports, or wrestling games. But clearly, I'm out of touch with what casual audiences throw money at
Ultra realistic racing games always look boring for me.
I prefer cartoonish racing games with Mario Kart style.
Picking up Gran Turismo 7 at the weekend. Between that and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Wave 1 dlc, gonna be a good weekend for both kinds of racing for me.
Needing the Internet to play a Single Player game is absurd to say the very least. When that was first announced people lost their minds now all of a sudden because it got good Reviews everybody is suddenly A ok with it. Gran Turismo is extremely boring going by personal experience with past games and this one doesn't look any better.
@Anti-Matter Agreed. It looks like a Petrolhead Simulator.
@JohnnyC Hope you enjoy GT7, I have been playing a few hours per day and loving it. My brother has the Online Expansion Pack so I'll be playing the new courses with him. Great time for people who like racing games.
Bloody hell, it's the week of speed, isn't it? Gran Turismo 7 to start then Mario Kart DLC at the weekend. Exciting times all around!
Vrooom vroooom vroooooooom
@ShadowofTwilight22 if you like the more hard-core racing games then I'd definitely recommend it. I'm about 20 hours in, and loving it so far.
But the further you go in the campaign the more you need to learn about tuning and setup to do well in the races. Do you upgrade for max bhp, or make the car lighter and handle better. And with the dynamic weather, too much power is a nightmare in the rain.
It's rewarding though with some great racing, and on ps5, the dualsense is brilliant.
Surprised to see WWE so high given all the issues that game series has been having for the past few years.
@Mando44646 you really think that GT7 is for casual players?? Its a sim!
@icomma I see nothing of the sort. I see people giving their opinions but way to be a hypocrite with that statement. What you think of it personally is your opinion but there are those that don't like it and that includes me.
I love sport games. Love games for competition. We need moooooooreeeeeee
I have 256 hours Fire Pro Wrestling (xbox 360) using my avatars. I think I´ll buy WWE 2K22 because this kind of game is pretty fun!
@icomma It's fine but be careful how you word something. Also by Petrolhead Simulator I mean it's suitable for people who are into cars. I don't like it but I recognise the work that went into making the game.
@icomma I'm usually critical of Nintendo and even I've gotta say I've got problems with Gran Turismo. For starters, the Sony price hike isn't worth it.. especially since the game is only marginally more powerful than the PS4 counterpart...so they're charging more for a resolution and framerate bump? Watch out PC gamers...
And secondly, the always online thing cannot be ignored. If this decision isn't reversed then someday when the servers go offline your game will be entirely useless, wether you bought it digital or physical. One can only hope that down the line Sony will remove this restriction but just imagine if you couldn't go back to say, Gran Turismo 4 just because the servers weren't on anymore.
Good on 2K and Visual Concepts for finally turning a corner with WWE2K22. It actually looks good this year. I’m getting this soon. Mario Party also looks like it has some legs for the Switch, don’t be surprised if it becomes a best seller.
@Ryu_Niiyama
Because of the issues, the next game had a really low bar to clear in quality, but thankfully, 22 appears to sail over it, with a re-vamped engine and better single player content. It’s a good foundation for future games as well.
Was expected for PLA. It has been hanging around for awhile in these charts. Sucks for Triangle Strategy big drop, but was already above expectations that it got 7th when it launched to begin with.
@1UP_MARIO I understood that reference. It’s a low key great song.
@RubyCarbuncle How is ‘Petrolhead simulator’ not a insult to people that like racing games?
That’s like saying anyone who plays Pokémon is playing a ‘animal fight to near death & mug people for money simulator’.
@ATaco GT is known as the ‘real driving simulator’. The reason GT sport is always online & similarly GT7 as it’s based on its framework is because it’s FIA approved. You can earn a real motorsport licence if you’re good enough.
It needs to be online as otherwise people can hack their saves & mess up scoreboards. It’s not the same as the comparison you’re trying to make.
https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/gran-turismo-sport-will-let-you-earn-a-real-racing/1100-6441292/
I was going to hold off on Arceus, as I’m playing Elden Ring, but with the Arceus & Darkrai event for BD/SP I’ll probably give in.
Also got my eye on Triangle strategy I’ll probably wait for it to get cheaper.
Make sense
Gen 9 probably slowing Legends sales a bit and it is out for other a month now
@Fight_Teza_Fight Surely you've heard of the term Petrolhead or when somebody says "oh you''re a Petrolhead" if not well Idk. I did not mean it as an insult to anyone that likes it and your comparison to Pokèmon is just bizarre tbh.
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