UK Charts: Mario Wonder Takes Bronze As Call Of Duty Makes Its Mark

Ooof. I wonder how many of these CoD players were on the "BotW is just DLC" train...as MW3 is literally MW2 DLC. Which is why there isn't a plat trophy, lol.

This will be the first time i will skip a call of duty entry.
Still busy with MWII, love that game. This entry came way too fast and really feels like it should have been DLC, i would have bought it day 1.
I hope after this merge, it finally changes.

@LikelySatan b-but you don't understand! It has muh movement, red dot minimap and maps from 14 years ago! They brought back the classic perk system! I will never play MW2 again! GOAT TIER COD SLEDGEHAMMER W!!!!!!!

This is obviously sarcasm but the sad thing is, there are actually a good majority of people in the COD community that actually justify paying 70 dollars for this game because of what I said

Honestly, I was expecting a bigger drop for Modern Warfare III, but it's not impossible that the PS5 bundles kind of softened it in the end.

Also, would it be possible to share the platform splits for FC 24 for this week?

Wait, PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night suddenly on number 16 ?? 😃

These decreases means there's a real possibility that CoD only lasts 1 week at the #1 spot given this week's releases. Hopefully it's Super Mario RPG that takes the #1 spot and not HL.

@HaroGenkide I figured it was a cynical move from ABK to release something obviously substandard so they can stop making campaigns, go full CoD as a Platform, and blame poor reception. Sounds like them. But who knows. The games have never been for me besides maybe the first MW, when it was new and I was running a Game Crazy.

People are buying CODMW 3.
It really is just DLC and not very good DLC either

Starfield doing well still

It is interesting that sales of COD are down by a quarter, and it still takes top spot.

I wonder if that makes it a success or not, sales wise?
I guess it will depend on if it continues to sell or not.

Hold on, EA FC 24 is on the list twice!

Are there two different versions that count as seperate entries?

Don't worry Mario, your mustache is much better 🤣

@Alpha008 I’m sure they’ve still made a ridiculous amount of money on it. Making a ton of money isn’t enough for companies like Activision though- they have to make more on the new game than the ridiculous amount they made on the last game or it’s a failure to them. Then instead of going back to the drawing board and figuring out how they can make a series appeal to more people again they’ll just lay off a load of staff

@Alpha008 The lower ranked one is meant to be EA Sports UFC 24.

CoD and not-Fifa on the top of the list, yeah.. you don't have to Wonder where that list is coming from.

Detective Pikachu Returns climbing up a little bit, makes me happy.

Wario Ware out of the picture entirely, wow.

They should make Mario Ware next, have Mario start making micro games and everybody stops buying Wario’s games because Mario is more popular. Story about Wario and co. trying to take down Mario and get back on top. Would probably sell loads more because of Mario on the box and they could have plenty of meta fun with Wario complaining that Mario’s games only sell better because it’s Mario

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it not buy COD. Terrible single player campaign, maps already pulled from online due to spawning issues, £70 price tag when it was origionally supposed to be DLC for MWII and people still buy it.

@Kidfunkadelic83 I had no idea it was supposed to just be an expansion to MW2. What a joke!

@gamerswereamistake I’d settle for a Shake It remaster at this point 😔

CoD number 1 and Star Ocean drops out of the top 40.
I hate it here.

@larryisaman I mean….. isn’t that Mario Party? I wish Nintendo would revive Street Pass….those were awesome mini games….

Star Ocean and WarioWare only in the top 40 for a single week, just painful. I know there's a lot of competition this year, but ouch. Some great games are being slept on

Amazing how shovelware entry Barbie sold better than Star Ocean: Second Story R, Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1, Diablo IV, Starfield, Elden Ring, Horizon: Forbidden West, Nickelodeon Kart Racer, Detective Pikachu Returns, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Final Fantasy XVI, Batman Arkham Collection, The Last of Us remake, all the Resident Evil remakes, Final Fantasy VII Intergrade, and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection despite being an old release.

Oof. That's gonna be a lot of disappointed players for MW3.
Oh, who am I kidding, COD players have no standards.

@LikelySatan I don’t think most cod players knew or cared about totk. That was mainly just people who were worried about the game pre-launch

@Olliemar28 Thank you as always for your availability! The Switch version keeps on increasing its share of overall retail sales week-over-week; not the first time it has happened but interesting to see this pattern repeating itself even with a non-Legacy Edition, close to fully featured, full price (although still cheaper than the PS5 / PS4 / Xbox versions).

@dribLS no? People still say that TotK is DLC, and a lot of people that play CoD play other games. Especially if those other games are part of the cultural zeitgeist.

I still enjoy some of the older CoD games, with the newest one I own being WWII. Never been a fanatic about the series, but they're good for a laugh now and again and still have active online communities. The reviews for this latest one though... Ouch!

Well, probably not a popular opinion but I hope everyone who bought COD is happy with their purchase.
I haven't bought a Call of Duty game since the original MW1 (which was amazing to be fair) but I have a few friends who love the franchise. And honestly...I am happy for them.
Also: Seeing Minecraft in the Top 10 is really making me feel old...

@LikelySatan all recent CoDs are basically just DLC at this point. I’ve fallen for the trap two different times, Cold War being the last one, it makes Madden look innovative.

@HalloHerrNoob there’s people who will buy it every year. If you like it, then go enjoy it. CoD is basically like hitting the snooze button on my alarm.

@JohnnyC the 2011 MW3 was my last favorite one. Along with Advanced Warfare.

@progx Enjoyed Survival mode on that one a lot, before Zombies became the go-to equivalent. Haven't finished Advanced Warfare. Back in the day when the campaigns were fun.

i stop playing cod because the franchise itself has become so stale plus got tired of dealing with kids throwing tantrums will even some adults did the same too and all the nasty trash talk got out of hand along with cheaters too.

@progx you get annoyed at the stupid waking world and then are annoyed again next time it comes around? Yeah. Seems apt.

@progx but this one is actually, for reals, in reality just DLC.

You can't stop mario kart and I don't know how

UK charts haven't really evolved over time. These days it's about Call of Duty and Fifa. Used to be Medal of Honor and Pro Evolution Soccer. Before that, Commando and Match Day.
The UK loves pretending to be soldiers and football. Oh and stealing cars

@DiamondCore Now you know that won't happen. COD is a money-maker and Microsoft wants a piece of that pie.

Nice to read from the hardest Nintendo trolls, trash talking about a game they cannot play on their Switch.
And why even bothering about a sales place?!
MW3 is a great game, so everything is fine.

Isn’t MW3 just a dlc?? Seriously. The campaign is super short then guess what, it’s a multiplayer with different maps. When something becomes a yearly release, to me that’s a dlc, nothing new.

I bought that Grinch game on PS4 for the trophies!