This week's UK boxed charts are in and it has once again been a tight competition at the top of the pack.
Despite picking up the silver medal in its debut chart appearance, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has managed to jump ahead of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 this time around and lands in first place. As word continues to spread, we can see the Flower Kingdom's latest sticking around in the charts for a while.
Elsewhere, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 has snuck into the charts at number four, with the majority of sales coming from the PS5 (74%) compared to the Switch and Xbox Series (19% and 7% respectively). Sonic Superstars has slowed down considerably this week, dropping from fourth to 15th, though the sales continue to fall in favour of the Switch (Nintendo takes 55%, PS5 on 27%, Xbox Series gets 11% and PS4 with 6%).
Finally, those curious to see how the latest from the world of Pokémon is doing will find themselves having to scroll a fair bit, as Detective Pikachu Returns continues to drop in the rankings and this time winds up at number 38 — oof.
With that chit-chat out of the way, let's take a look at the UK's top 40 in full...
Last Week | This Week | Game |
---|---|---|
2 |
1 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
1 |
2 |
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 |
3 |
3 |
EA Sports FC 24 |
- |
4 | Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 |
5 |
5 |
Assassin's Creed Mirage |
6 |
6 |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
- |
7 |
EA Sports UFC 5 |
8 |
8 | Hogwarts Legacy |
10 |
9 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
9 |
10 |
Minecraft |
16 |
11 | Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate |
12 |
12 | Grand Theft Auto V |
19 |
13 | Street Fighter 6 |
17 |
14 |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
4 |
15 | Sonic Superstars |
25 |
16 | Resident Evil 4 |
15 |
17 |
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
- |
18 | Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures |
7 |
19 | Red Dead Redemption |
13 |
20 | The Witcher III: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition |
14 |
21 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II |
28 |
22 |
LEGO Harry Potter Collection |
11 |
23 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
23 |
24 | The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition |
22 |
25 | It Takes Two |
20 |
26 | The Grinch: Christmas Adventures |
21 |
27 |
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle |
- |
28 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
24 |
29 | Fortnite Transformers Pack |
30 |
30 |
Mortal Kombat 1 |
- |
31 | Sonic Origins Plus |
39 |
32 | 30 in 1 Game Collection Vol. 1 |
- |
33 | Dead Island 2 |
34 |
34 | Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy |
29 |
35 | The Crew Motorfest |
- |
36 | Just Dance 2024 Edition |
31 |
37 | F1 23 |
26 |
38 |
Detective Pikachu Returns |
- |
39 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge |
- |
40 | Gotham Knights |
[Compiled by GfK]
Did you grab any of this week's new releases? Let us know what you make of the latest charts in the comments below.
Comments 40
Wahoooo.A long haul stayer. I know some people were a bit 'is that all?" from the first week, but Mario games tend to live on the charts for years.
Great to see Mario Wonder #1. I beat it Saturday night and it's such a great game.
Just like last week, could you provide the retail sales split for the different versions of EA Sports FC 24 as well?
This was an absolute cert for week 2 👌 Great to see Mario at Wonder One 🙃
Really enjoying MW and well deserved being in top spot.
Very happy for Mario. The game just wants you to have fun. I am also enjoying Detective Pikachu Returns alot. And Sonic Superstars was a good time.
Hopefully Sonic sold enough. I like 2D Sonic.
Question, do they count the dual platform Xbox One/Series releases as Xbox Series? Since I'm playing Sonic Superstars on my Xbox One.
Not surprising at all but still, love to see it and absolutely deserved in my opinion as I've just completed World 2 and so far Wonder is really, really good!
Well, at least Spider-Man 2 was game of the year for a week.
Unsurprisingly, Mario has LEGS. Not even a pair of arachnids could out-leg our portly neighbourhood plumber man.
I imagine he’ll be merrily bounding around the Top 5 until at least Christmas.
Sonic’s legs, however…
Well, unfortunately he didn’t quite attain these towering heights.
Awesome I think this will probably hold up, like NSMBWii, I think Wonder will probably be a big game for Black Friday and Christmas.
Plus the usual evergreen sales for being Mario.
Very well deserved!
Both games are great but 2D Mario really needed a win.😅
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventure was on number 18 ?? 😯
That was a great surprise to see Barbie franchise is still a thing in UK. 😀
How the heck do ye get the 1st 10 Purple Coin in Robbird Cove?! 🤣
Well Done Mario, we know your the king!!
No shock here. Nintendo flagship titles are defined by their evergreen sales. 80% of games sales generally happen in the first 3 months and sales generally drop to nothing in around 6 unless you have you first big sale or release your refresh patch / DLC. Nintendo flagship games sell strong all though their first year, and the occasional small 33% or so sale ensure strong sales for years to come.
So this is just a normal AAA game doing what normal AAA games do, and a Nintendo game doing what Nintendo games do.
Spider-Man had its chance, now move over for the TRUE Game Of The Year
@MarcoP90 Sure thing! Splits for FC 24 this week are PS5 - 45%, PS4 - 24%, Switch - 16%, Xbox Series - 15% 😁
@AmplifyMJ hint, there's a pipe...
@Scarko I couldn’t get in it! 😅 I’ve now figured it out, thank you 😊
Mario your number one.
Wahoooo
Mario!!!! Absolutely loving the game.
@EaglyBird yeah! They managed to cut the frame rate of a PS2 game in half! Imagine the, eh, imagine the miracles they'll work w ..MGS...4...oof
That was tiring.
Well we said nintendo games have legs compared to Sony games but it didn't take long to prove out did it lol
Great result for Mario Wonder.
I can see the top spot being shared between SMB Wonder, SM2, COD, and EA FC from now til Christmas. Maybe the Switch version of Hogwards Leagacy will see that title hit no.1 again for a week too.
This will only become more drastic over time, aside from when Sony is flogging bundle deals. Super Mario Wonder will sell like brand new for full years while Spider-Man 2 will need to keep rapidly dropping in price to maintain a fraction of its initial attention. Nintendo games occupy a curious space in the market compared to the competition.
@JimNorman Thank you for your kindness!
Looks like the Switch version witnessed a w-o-w split increase again (from 13% to 16%)
EA Sports FC 24!
** shakes fists **
What a terrible title. 😆
@EaglyBird That's just self-care, lol. Don't let Konami hurt you.
Unsurprising how UK got tired of Sonic Superstars already. Goes to show not everyone is a fan of the multiplayer aspect of a Sonic game. Sega should really just make Sonic Adventure 3 like what the fans want or had Headcannon return to make Sonic Mania 2 cause it looks like continue throwing random ideas for a Sonic game doesn't work anymore.
@Maxz it's a real shame. Whilst I always preferred the likes of Mario, Sonic was a close rival back in the day. Sega haven't looked after their mascot that well.
@EaglyBird it's tempting for me too. I'm one of the weirdos who love the crazy controls after a while. I'm not sure how new players will respond though. No gyro apparently either.
I love Spider-Man 2, I'm around halfway thru the story (pre-ordered) but I purchased Wonder a few days ago and SM2 has taken a temporary back seat.
Mario Wonder is fun and wacky. I like Mario Maker 1 and 2 but I'd rather play a whole game of levels created by the Mario dev team.
SM2=10/10
Wonder=10/10
Lets-a-gooo!!
@NinjaNicky it's either a hidden collectible or you didn't make it to the top of the flagpole
I'm more surprised by barbie dream house personally.
Just as I guessed it would be: SM2 will go down a little week after week and SMW might occupy the first places for quite a long time
Great news for Super Mario Wonder, it gets to number one 😀
Interesting to see the FC 24 split too, Switch selling more than the Xbox version... 😁
Oh no Pikachu . Not fan of the spin off but its always sad when our little yellow friend isn't doing too well
@EaglyBird it's my favorite. Specifically BECAUSE the story is not finished. The other games are great but damn they can stfu.
Mario Wonder is a great game but it's just too easy when compared to previous 2D Marios, even for me because I suck sometimes. I like my 2D Mario to be hard and Wonder just isn't, like at ALL.
I think Spider-Man 2 will take the top spot again but we'll see.
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