UK Charts: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Hits The Brakes As Stellar Blade Speeds Into View

Outselling an almost 10 year old game... what an achievement!

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that this generation there really haven't been major new games. Especially on XBOX Series or PS5. Nintendo has some major titles on the Switch, but the others are really just disappointment upon disappointment.

@sanderev As someone who much prefers indies and smaller titles, lots of games for me this year. So all good.

@somnambulance FF7 Rebirth is just a remake of a once awesome game, Indiana Jones is a licensed game and will be just as bad as those usually are.

I haven't seen a game on the PS5 or XBOX Series (or even XBOX One for that matter) that I would want to play in 20+ years time.

And that is my main issue, sure most of these games are decent. Some are even good. But none of them really (re)define the gaming industry like, Super Mario, Mario 64, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy 7, LoZ Ocarina of Time* or many others of those did. Not even their newer releases are in that level.

*) Except maybe Breath of the Wild, which honestly changed Zelda forever.

And from the next generation, starting with the Switch 2, I will start rating games not just on their quality but also on their ability to be a long lasting change in gaming. Which means most of my scores will become lower.

New IP selling this well is great for an industry built on franchises.

@sanderev I wouldn't know. I play games at random. I stopped mostly AAA gaming years ago when Ubisoft (barf) became the blueprint for every other generic open world title to follow.

I skipped last gen and this gen. I would get a ps5 but the only games I want on there are from Team Ico.

I miss weird games from the PS2 and PS3 Days.

@jedgamesguy Yes, and Steller Blade itself will become a new franchise.

That's how it usually goes. A new IP enters the scene, that IP becomes a franchise, That franchise keeps going till it can't anymore, then the cycle repeats.

Hopefully we see TTYD top these. An absolute must-have, I say this as someone who loved the original and hyped for the remake.

Also Mario Kart is a beast. Always gonna sell well. Mario Kart is very fun, well deserved!

Bummer that Sand Land had a weak debut. But it's also criminal that the game isn't on Nintendo Switch, probably the platform that it would do best on

@sanderev Yeah, I've noticed that too. And if there IS something new, like Stellar Blade, it's another generic over-the-top JRPG with ''hyper realistic'' graphics.. This generation of games is easily the worst there's been. There's just not enough new games to keep everyone entertained, though open world/jrpg/remaster fans can eat their heart out :/.

This is why I stopped supporting Sony. They don't have anything interesting anymore that I actually want.

@sanderev actually Sony already said that there are not really big games for this year (at least first party). I feel like PS5 was launched before it should because it barely had big first party releases in these years, which is a bit sad.

Pretty cool seeing Stellar Blade making an impact. A bit into it and it’s pretty good thus far, especially after they fixed the input delay.

@Olrun Yeah, I feel like the jump was too soon. But nothing first part outside a few Nintendo games has impressed me at all this gen.

I wish innovation wasn't so hard, because we could use some AAA games that are unconventional.

Amazing to see Kart 8 DX still going strong! If only they'd done a better job of Hogwart's Legacy on the Switch. I'd only play Stellar Blade on a hybrid portable Switch 2, but it's. Sony owned franchise, I take it. Makes me want to fire up Stella Glow again on the 3DS (which is an entirely different game o' course), lol.

Good for Stellar Blade. Have it loaded up myself, but am waiting to finish FFVII Rebirth before I dive in.

On the Switch front it's good to see Princess Peach: Showtime holding onto a top ten spot about a month in, and I'm looking forward to TTYD in a few weeks.

@somnambulance Even then by all accounts Rebirth badly underperformed and Square seems to have lost a ton of money on it.

I would like to bake some yummie cakes with Peach again. Those were the sweetest sweets I have ever seen in a game.

I Want Stellar Blade on Switch!!!!!

Wait, Sand Land is already out?

@sanderev Im puzzled at the idea of FF7 re-defining gaming. What it did manage to due was steal the dominance from Nintendo, and could be classified for it's time as a AAA game.

But it's nowhere on the same level as Mario 64, or Half - life which were truly innovate, and influential for years to come.

Some of those platform splits hurt to look at lol.

Showtime is doing way better than I expected. Just started it, loving it so far.

@sanderev Im kind of disapointed by this generation ps and xbox, but at the same time there have been a lot of great multiplats that ive enjoyed. My biggest gripe with this generation and switch is all the remakes. Im so tired off it. Love seeing Stellar Blade on top because its a really good game.

@Quiet2down For a while it defined the PlayStation as the platform to be for J-RPGs. Which only with the Wii and the Switch started to go back to Nintendo.

@sanderev Let's not undersell Indiana Jones, man. Disney has made good decisions on who to license LucasArts properties to. I'm not too excited for it, but even I can understand how much effort is being put into it compared to the old movie tie-ins and product placement titles

Considering the type of controversy Stella Blade received from certain “gAMes JouRNaLisTs”, I’m glad to see it at the top of the charts and hope it continues for a while.

Just wish it was on PC so I could support too.
Though, it’s a shame about the lying and censorship.

@sanderev I think the industry has lost a lot of its character and soul for sure. Even Nintendo has lost some of its charm….

@Znake It’s a Sony.

@Samalik There is a difference in effort, quality and lasting power.

For example take games like Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order / Survival. Those are actually good games especially for EA games.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle also looks really good. But I have no doubt it won't be a game I would want to play in 10 years time. Which is very unlike other games from Bethesda, like Skyrim or Fallout.

@rockodoodle Indeed, but I do feel like Nintendo's limitations are more technical than others. And I do hope the Switch 2 will at least fix some of those issues.

I'll eventually pick-up Stellar Blade once it gets a PC release. Now what the heck is that 30 in 1 Game Collection suppose to be?

#freestellarblade