UK Charts: Mafia: The Old Country Whacks Mario Kart World Down A Peg

Eat gabagool Mario.

I definitely want to start up Mafia when I get the chance. Looks like something that’s up my alley.

Honestly surprising but good to see as a fan of the series. My guess is that the Switch 2 doesn’t quite have the bottomless audience that the first one did in the UK, you kept wondering who didn’t already own Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Such tenderness on this, the day of my daughter's wedding.

One day, we'll know what happened with the report for Week 31, that never came to be (at least publicily, since the "last week" placements are not related to the Week 29 Top 40 from a quick cross-check)

Also, if I'm allowed to bring up something that should be added: since WWE 2K25 is also on Switch 2, the console splits breakdown for that game is missing

DK and Mario Kart have legs, and that's good to see.

Not surprising to see the Switch 2 heavy hitters still charting well. Personally, I find it more surprising that Botw and Totk Switch 1 versions are selling better then the Switch 2 ones 🤣.

Guess now we know why MKWorld is $80 - the plumber had to pay his dues to the mob.

NintenDOOMED

Just launch hype, Mario Kart will climb back in no time

It was a inside job. Has anyone seen Luigi?

They better be careful, or they might wake up with a Yoshi head in their bed.

Wow, an almost 50/50 split between Switch 1 and Switch 2 for TOTK

“Look how they massacred my boy!”

Who's ready for Mario Kart to be at the top next week and Mafia to go down to like 7th

Good to see DK hang in the top 5. It deserves to stay there for a long time in my opinion!

@Fighting_Game_Loser I reckon you can read my mind and the future!

I for one have held back on mafia after the lukewarm reviews. Can defo see it dropping quick anyway.

You get 2 copies of "Mafia: The Old Country" for the price of one Mario Kart World.

This is how low priced this Mafia game is.

I'm hoping they port it to Switch 2

Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game at #8? I thought it smelled of disappointment around here lately.

The UK Charts, whatever happened there.

Mafia: Were number 1 Mario, forget about it!
Mario: I’ll be back…

@ShieldHero It shouldn't be very surprising, they probably run better on Switch 2 without any update since it automatically makes Switch 1 games run better. And the zelda upgrades come free with the online with expansion pack membership so it's cheaper just to buy the Switch versions if you have that already.

Mario got pegged

This is a little known fact, but the Mafia are actually the good guys.

It’s the Wafia you want to watch out for. Bunch of money-grabbing, garlic-guzzling, purple-nosed, yellow-clothed stinky swindlers.

@fenlix "WAHOO!"

I don't wanna make every article about game key cards, but notice the difference in sales between S1 and S2 in these key card releases:
Hogwarts Legacy = 53% vs 2%
Sonic & Shadow Generations = 34% vs 9%

To get a sense of what the install base discrepancy contributes to this:
SMP Jamboree = 64% vs 36%
TOTK = 51% vs 49%
THPS 3 & 4 (both code in box) = 21% vs 16%
BOTW = 57% vs 43%

I don't think they really need a survey.

I saw on Atari's web site that MK Kollection is $60 on Switch 2 (full game on card) but $50 on every other console. So it seems the cost difference rounds to $10. I think many gamers are fine with an extra $10 for it to be on the card.

@Fiergala Do we now? And what's your opinion on something like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (France)? And what about Rockstar North and its little known GTA games (England)? Or maybe even the Horizon games made by Guerrilla (Netherlands)? Or perhaps all that bad taste in Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk (Poland)?

Sit this one out. You have no clue what you're talking about.

@Spedfrom Rockstar North is Scottish not English. Don't talk to me about not knowing things and then call Scots English. E: Also you didn't even list the Crysis games which are some of the best games to come from Europe lmao. Learn to take a joke.

@Fiergala Predictably, nothing but deflection. You were proven wrong on your bitter anti-European tirade, but all of a sudden it’s a joke. Learn to take the L and go.

@Spedfrom Sure bro, the region that unironically mapped Jump to Up on the D-pad for decades, and used droplets of water as a favorite enemy, is an internationally well-known quality hotspot of game development. E: Also Poland and their game developers are unironically based but saying anything more than that would be a political discussion requiring nuance. I would imagine since you're the expert on the EU, you know that treating the body as a monolith is just as stupid as doing that with the US.

@Fiergala Oh so first it was Europe, now it’s the EU. Do you even know the difference between Europe and the EU? And he talks about nuance. 😂

Go back to whatever backwater hole you crawled out of.

@Fiergala Americans? Surely you mean USians. America is a rather large continent subdivided intro 3 main parts. And I have nothing but pity for USians and their current self-inflicted plight.

@Spedfrom Man I bet you're fun at parties.