The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom fends off Street Fighter 6 to retain No.1 | UK Boxed Charts
Tears of the Kingdom beats Ocarina of Time in UK
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom scores its fourth straight No.1 in the UK boxed charts.
In boxed sales alone, it is now the third best-selling Zelda game in UK charts history, and has now overtaken the N64 release of Ocarina of Time from 1998. It sits behind 2017's Breath of the Wild and 2006's Twilight Princess.
Globally, Nintendo announced 10 million sales in one weekend, which means we know it's already the second best-selling Zelda game of all time behind its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. Nintendo's data includes digital.
It comfortably holds off competition from Street Fight 6, which debuts at No.2 in the UK charts. It's not a strong physical showing for the Capcom game, certainly when compared to the popularity of its Resident Evil games at boxed retail. However, the vast majority of its sales will come via digital channels, and so its boxed performance won't tell us a great deal on how the game has truly done.
79% of its boxed sales were on PS5, 13% on Xbox and 8% on PS4. When digital comes in, expect Xbox's share to be a little better.
Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending June 3, 2023:
This Week | Title | |
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1 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | |
2 | Street Fighter 6 | |
3 | FIFA 23 | |
4 | Hogwarts Legacy | |
5 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe | |
6 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | |
7 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | |
8 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | |
9 | Grand Theft Auto 5 | |
10 | Nintendo Switch Sports |