UK Charts: Mario Kart And Zelda: TOTK Hold Strong In A Week Of Tough Competition

Interesting, Final Fantasy XVI is coming back. Is it a phoenix after all?

I wonder if Bethesda will re-release Starfield as often as they did Skyrim.
DLC's,Special Edition,available on every device possible,etc.
I am not into space related games so it's a pass for me.

Impressive that Starfield launched at number one in the physical chart, as my understanding was that there's a heavier leaning towards digital on Xbox and PC.

Considering Pikmin 4 has been out nearly 2 months, it's doing well to be in 18th place. The series used to be so niche and it's great to see it grow from leaf to flower in popularity.

Glad all the PS and Xbox players are finally getting some games to play, must be nice for a change. Mwahaha

@Wheatly
Ah ok, that explains everything, thanks. So it is more about selling the ashes of a series.

I hope the next entry returns to have some class again.

@Jhena interesting, just out of curiosity, have you played it? I'm 40 hours in and apart from some poor side missions I'd say it's a brilliant entry. Story is epic with some great characters and engaging combat. An 87 on metacritic, the same as pikmin4 means its one of the highest rated final fantasy games. Best in the series, no. But I love the new direction personally.

@Serialsid
No, I do not plan to get the game. They went in the wrong direction with this entry. I saw the demo and to me, this is degeneration. I do not support the downfall of a series, which had class.

But please enjoy the game if you like it.

Where is the brilliant SAMBA DE AMIGO new Switch game?! Poor thing really deserves more love, it is excellent fun!!

"seriously, who doesn't have this game by now?"
That's an easy one, MK8D sold 55.46m, Switch stands at 129.53m. So, plenty of folks.

Starfield doing extremely well for a game that can be played “for free”. Also, won’t ever stop being amazed at Mario Karts dominance.

Pretty much played starfield all weekend. I am hooked. Gonna be hanging around space for a long time. I am trying to decide if I should hang on to game pass or just buy Starfield outright especially since I would buy it twice eventually (need PC version for mods).

@Tharsman the most interesting sales chart for the rest of 2023 (to me) will be on October 23. That will show whether they saw a big spike in gamepass subs or not. That will show how successful Starfield really is (or isn't) and will likely dictate the future of the xbox.

@Jhena to you a degeneration, to many millions a great new direction. But hey, some amazing games out this year on all platforms so plenty to play for everyone. And thanks, I am enjoying it. Need to finish it so I can get stuck into Starfield!

@Serialsid
Yes, I am sure alot of people like it. And yes, thankfully there is much cool stuff this year, so everyone can find something nice to play.

I hope you will have a good time with Starfield too.

@Cashews I don’t see why that arbitrary date will make a difference. This was a successful launch for them. They sold out on their $300 limited edition and sold a ton of $100 early access copies. Both the $99 and $30 upgrades charted on the top 2 spots during the early access window on Xbox’s own digital storefront. I’m pretty sure MS is confident with their direction at this point.

That aside, this being a Nintendo site… I wonder if Nintendo’s next switch will try to release a new Mario Kart, an upgrade to this one, or simply double down on DLC.

@Tharsman I know the game is a hit - in more ways than one. MS financial report is endlessly more important that a sales list of barely relevant UK boxed sales.

The quarterly shows a clean picture without the emotions of always overly emotional gamers.

This list would be the very definition of arbitrary. The bottom 20 are in the literal 100s of units.

There is no way the next Switch won't have a brand new Kart.

@Cashews Ah you were referring to the quarterly reports. For a bit there thought you implied that date due to other high profile releases in October. Seen the sentiment in other places that should the game not be charting in a month it will be proof of a failure and that Xbox will call it quits or what not extremes.

But yea I would not be shocked if we get our first game pass numbers then, but they will likely be inflated by the rebranding of XBox Live Gold to Game Pass Core.

As for Mario Kart... would not be shocked if the "next entry" ends up just being a conversion of 8 Deluxe into a service game with continued updates. There is simply no way they ever will manage to match the Kart 8 Deluxe success ever again.

@Tharsman I do think if MS doesn't see a significant spike in subs that captures Starfield they might possibly re-evaluate the xbox in some way. They paid a tremendous amount of money for these studios and I know they expect a return.

@Cashews The only thing I see them changing, if they didn't see GP growth, is standardize the early access pass scheme they used with Starfield.

Although honestly, they are in a "Cant lose" situation. Either subs go up, or they sell more copies for up-front cash. Well, the third possibility is them shipping a flop of a game but that's a separate issue (see Redfall).

@Tharsman It may portend of what is to come with the much larger price tag of ABK though. If they don't get a significant bump with their biggest release in years will ABK, however they release games, really move the needle either? i think it wouldn't - unless they went extreme and stuck it to Sony. Then it could matter.

I believe they will put the screws to the playstation concerning Call of Duty.

For those wondering why Baldur's Gate 3 is nowhere on the chart even though the PS5 port is already out, know that the game is digital only. This chart doesn't cover digital only title.

Sigh ... Starfield is factually NOT an exclusive, it's a 3rd party multiplatform game and that's a fact the gaming community needs to stop denying. Xbox hasn't released an exclusive since 2015, Phil Spencer took the brand 3rd party in 2017, and has gone on record numerous times to confirm all Bethesda games would remain multiplatform moving forward. It doesn't matter what the games are or are not releasing on, only that the games are factually releasing on more than Xbox, which Starfield has. As far as it being competition, Bethesda hasn't made a game worth playing since FallOut 3.

@Cashews They already did, they took Xbox 3rd party. The only reason they're buying these studios is to hold a monopoly over the industry. This has been proven by MS already despite the ignorant naysayers cries. Before Phil Spencer started taking Xbox 3rd party, MS was ready to sell it off. I wonder how many of you still naively believe Nintendo and MS were "working together" 🤣. Just Phil going 3rd party to save Xbox, that's it.

Starfield won't be up there long with how much of an overrated stinker that is.