UK Charts: Metal Gear Solid 3 And Gears Of War Shake Up The Top Ten

BLUEY is BACK, on number 40. 😁

Snake Eater with a 93% split in favour of PS5. I kinda really wonder that the Xbox is still around...

Those Xbox Snake Eater sales are abysmal, and I don't want to hear it's because Xbox is more digital focused when over 90% of PS5 game sales are digital. To me that just shows the majority of Xbox owners are purely there for gamepass games.

This is like the first week in ages where totk outsold botw 🤣

Great to see the Birdman still hanging in at #10…! Would hope the sales revenue can justify a THUG remake - or even better, a completely new entry..?

Is a code in a box (CIAB) classed as a boxed game / physical?

If so, I wonder how many units LRG have shifted of shinobi, as opposed to CIAB... or even are they lumped together, or do LRG not count for some very specific reason?

It's a very strange thing seeing a relatively well reviewed cheap game being so low, at least to me anyway; though I understand some are waiting on Silksong etc...

@CJD87 I was one of those as I bought 3+4 on ps5 to play alongside kirby upgrade, whilst I wait for BL3. Loving what im playing so far, though I keep forgetting that the controls feel slightly archaic even after playing 1+2 🤣

It's mad to see a game like Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, in the UK top 10.

Debating picking up the Kirby upgrade... It just seems like something which can be finished in 2/3 hours... Is it worth it?

Microsoft have given so many reasons to not buy an Xbox or games on their platforms.

Madness.

@SBandy1
Being honest even though a day one switch 2 owner.
I still get on my series x with GPU for those games that I want to play, like Doom dark ages and Outerworlds 2 and Ninja G 4.
It has its uses as my switch 2 will not touch these games and even if released for switch 2, nowhere near the performance of a series x.

@Anti-Matter I was so pleased to see your old pal Bluey back 😆

Excited to see Silksong join the list next week! Hopefully the sales data of the game is actually reported

I just woke up from a 19 year coma. Time to check the latest videogames news...

@Slideaway1983 I assume this must include Code in a Box sales, as Shinobi on Switch didn’t get a proper physical release in the UK did it? Checking Amazon UK, I only see the code option for Switch. Also, as these are the UK charts, this won’t be the LRG release of Shinobi as LRG don’t release games in the UK. It looks like in the UK Sega released Shinobi.

I generally like old games better because they're old and so am I. These days everything has to be a 50+ hour open world game and I feel like I'll just never finish them unless I play it every day for a straight month. I don't have the free time or attention span for that. Games are just too damn long and involved lately.

@Truegamer79 8-12 (up to 20hrs is okay for me) is my perfect game length. The odd one here and there that is longer, BOTW or 3D mario for example, but I prefer a shorter game. If I love it I can replay one day. I recently played through Arkham Asylum and Bioshock 2 again, took 8 hours and 7hours respectively, I had two great memorable adventures and it only took 15hours. I don't bother with a number of releases after seeing how big they are, even if I have a genuine interest in them, too much time and i'll tire of them before they finish

@DennyCrane
I usually take more time to finish games than most people. Probably my OCD where I feel like I have to collect every collectible or find every secret. You said Arkham took you 8 hours. For me it would be more like 15. I want to like the open world games and I used to play alot of them. I just don't get that much time to sit down and enjoy a game for as long as those take. Plus all the side tasks will drive me insane. 🤪

@GravyThief good point. Forgot it was only 1 territory- thanks for reminding me.

And me seeing it as a CIAB on amazon was my exact reason for asking the question; even though I confused myself in the process 🤣

@Truegamer79 I just run through main game with Arkham now and don't worry about all riddles on repeat playthroughs. First time though, probably about 15.
But, side stuff, using BOTW for example, I did everything, was compelled too. I mean how can I say I finished the game otherwise!!
Open-world games are very demanding and are getting bigger and bigger and I simply dont, time permitting or not, want to invest so much time into something that extensive and consuming. Using the Arkham games as I commented on Asylum already, it's sequel, City, is a 10-12hr game for just the main quest and add on say another 5-10 depending for all bits and pieces, for an open world game that is just about right and I wish newer games would be this sort of time frame. But, you know, got to be 50-200hrs or its not worth it......

Two of the best games in history in my opinion. Glad to see others enjoying them

I got three hours into Snake Eater last Wednesday and nearly reached the end of the game. I might know it a bit too well…

Give us more Metal Gear on Nintendo!

What do those two games have to do with Nintendo?

I see lots of comments about Snake Eater heavily favouring PS5, but im not seeing anything next to the entry. Can anyone explain why?

@The_Nintendo_Pedant He's gonna need a bigger box