UK Charts: Detective Pikachu Returns Can't Outsmart EA Sports FC And Assassin's Creed

I didn’t even know it was out

What no more Fifa? (yes I know it has a new name )

Did anyone expect it to? Up against two massive multiplatform games.

Will be an interesting week when Mario wonder and spider man 2 land on exactly the same Friday.

These low quality pikachu images should be formatted for memes or something… they look so poor, but they’d do some funny things for jokes

I've been enjoying Detective Pikachu Returns but there was no way it was going to stack up to an EA and Ubisoft title in the same week. The game is just as enduring as the original, even if the visuals can be a tough hang at times.

@OldGamer999

Yep that is the proper heavyweight fight.

The Fury v Usyk of sales weeks.

My gut tells me Spiderman 2 pips Wonder to no.1 because there hasn't been much else on PS5 the last while when it comes to exclusives.

But equally I wouldn't be surprised if Wonder pips Spiderman 2.

If the rumors are true of the Switch 2 having a digital-only model and Nintendo pushing for more digital adoption, but then they still don't publish digital sales, they would just be conceding the charts to their competitors. Nintendon't what everyone else does.

Did this game have any marketing after the initial trailer?

@SBandy1
If it’s physical only then I think Mario wonder might nab it because of the console install base.
I see a lot digital PS5 being sold so their digital media won’t be included.

@OldGamer999 @SBandy1 You think it would be a close fight but Wonder will come out on top quite easily. Wonder is on a console with 130 million sales whilst spiderman 2 is on a console with 40 million sales (it's PlayStation 5 only), so wonder has 3 times the amount of potential buyers. I also believe Mario is the bigger franchise between the two so will be more popular especially with more fans gained due to the success of the film.

To be fair, I think Detective Pikachu Returns did better than I expected, I bought the game and am enjoying it, but I didn't expect it to be as high as 3rd place on the UK charts, so not too bad really. Though I expect that to drop significantly next week.

@SBandy1 - Gotta also factor in the legs of each. Sony jas a habit of dropping prices immediately 6+ months or so, so there will be a few who noticed that pattern and decide to wait.

Whereas Nintendo has no such track record. So the sales will, more or less, be when the consumer sees it as convenient to finally pick it up.

@Thomystic if "Nintendon't what everyone else does", why humour the notion of them literally copying a rival's recent distribution model in the first place?

@OldGamer999 Spiderman 2 is surely going to flatten Mario in the first week at least. One's aimed squarely at the young-men-with-disposable-income-and-poor-impulse-control crowd and the other's likely going to rely on traditional Nintendo longevity in sales as parents pick it up for their kids as and when they can get round to it.

@Rooty
Well we will find out in a few weeks.
Interesting and fun.

@UltimateOtaku91
That’s what I was saying about console base sales.
Will be interesting and fun, more so week two, three and four.

it really shouldnt be that high

@OldGamer999

I still think Spiderman 2 will nab it as it is Spiderman after all and the PS gamers have been waiting years for it. Wonder was only announced a few months back.

Over time Wonder will probably outsell Spidey 2 though.

@UltimateOtaku91

To be fair I am only talking about the launch numbers in the UK physical charts here.

Spidey 2 to get number 1 but Wonder will likely outsell it worldwide in the end.

@Paraka

Oh Wonder will have the better legs for certain. It is what Nintendo first party games do!

@nhSnork I sure hope they don't and don't expect them to for the reasons I put on that Talking Point article. Money talks though.

In seems that in the US, they barely even printed enough copies of Detective Pikachu Returns to cover pre-orders. I can’t find it on any store shelves. That might have something to do with its low sales.

@SBandy1
Ok it’s UK charts physical only, week one.
Dam, I can’t decide. One minute I have good reasons for Mario Wonder, then spider man 2 😂
Definitely a tough one.
Would help if we new UK console sales total to date for PS5 and Switch.

Honestly, this was better performance for Detective Pikachu than I was expecting, given the mediocre reviews and the fact that the movie was released 4.5 years ago. The game is basically selling off of the strength of fhe Pikachu name alone.

@UltimateOtaku91
Spiderman 2 is also arguably Sony's biggest game of this generation. It will be close, but I would bet Spiderman beats Wonder out.

As long as Zelda TOTK outsells GTA V, it is a good week

I would say Wonder wins with the Mario movie that came out this year but we also had across the spider verse come out so Idek. My gut says Wonder tho bc of all the previews marketing and good reviews