[Physical] UK Sales Chart Week Ending March 4, Wo Long Sells 96% on PlayStation Platforms

[Unchained]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/hogwa...-metroid-prime-remastered-no1-uk-boxed-charts

Hogwarts Legacy narrowly holds onto No.1 for a fourth consecutive week in the UK.

The game's retains the top spot in the physical retail charts despite a 30% drop in sales week-on-week.

Its biggest challenger this week is Metroid Prime Remastered from Nintendo, which misses out on No.1 by just 1,000 units. Metroid Prime Remastered was a surprise digital launch back in early February, and has been available as a download for nearly a month. Even so, this is the fourth biggest physical Metroid game launch of all time, and sales of this boxed version are only 45% lower than what the original managed to do back in 2002.

Metroid Prime Remastered is the second biggest physical release of the year so far, ahead of the Dead Space remake and Fire Emblem Engage.

Also new this week is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty from Koei Tecmo, which debuts at No.8. 96% of physical retail sales were on PlayStation platforms, although boxed sales of the game are low. We'll have a better idea of its performance once the digital data comes in.

In terms of the rest of the Top Five, FIFA 23 drops to No.3 despite a 6% sales increase, while God of War Ragnarok -- which remains a popular PS5 bundle -- holds No.4 with a 4% sales improvement. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is still at No.5, and that game also saw a rise in sales of 8%.

Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending March 4, 2023:

	Rank	Title
	1	Hogwarts Legacy
	2	Metroid Prime Remastered
	3	FIFA 23
	4	God of War: Ragnarok
	5	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
	6	Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe
	7	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
	8	Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
	9	Minecraft: Switch Edition
	10	Grand Theft Auto 5

 

[Bryank75]

Pretty good week, like to see a mix of games up near the top for a change instead of the few usuals.

 

[Gediminas]

Wo Long, 96% on Playstation.

The power of xbox marketing and power of gamepass, how Phil said - gamepass helps sell games.

 

[Hezekiah]

No surprises on Wo Long. Koei Temco will surely have ensured that the MS check surpasses realistic sales on the platform.

 

[Bodycount611]

Nioh really turned Team Ninja into a PlayStation-first brand.

Should be very easy for Sony to lock down a hypothetical Dead or Alive 7 or Ninja Gaiden 4.

Team Ninja hasn't really supported xbox since the vanilla NG games on xb/360... nearly 15-20 years ago...

Looks like an uphill battle for MS here. 4% just isn't enough.

 

[Airbus]

God damnit 96% on playstation

Xbox are so dead dude

 

[Lord Mittens]

Wo Long was excellent. Yup played it through gamepass but bought it and the season pass after completing the story.

 

[Umar]

Lol 96% that is way more than a bloodbath. That is complete annihilation

 

[Gediminas]

Lol 96% that is way more than a bloodbath. That is complete annihilation

don't worry, LULU is one the case to reason how ABK should now be allowed to pass through

 

[Deleted member 417]

96% physical sales on the PS5. I wonder what the ratio of digital sales is between xbox and PS5.

That 96% could be that no xbox owners are interested in physical, or that the vast, vast majority or xbox owners have a Series S (no disc drive) or that most xbox users played it on gamepass and didn't purchase it. Any of those scenarios are bad for gaming.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Oh Long Johnson selling on the platform where people buy games and not selling on the platform nobody owns or buys games for is VERY shocking news!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Starfield numbers are going to be juicy.

 

[Deleted member 417]

Starfield numbers are going to be juicy.

Is that number of sales or number of players reached?

 

[Dabaus]

Nioh really turned Team Ninja into a PlayStation-first brand.

Should be very easy for Sony to lock down a hypothetical Dead or Alive 7 or Ninja Gaiden 4.

Team Ninja hasn't really supported xbox since the vanilla NG games on xb/360... nearly 15-20 years ago...

Looks like an uphill battle for MS here. 4% just isn't enough.

Well, according to xbox zealots sony using their market share position to lock down games is illegal so im not so sure. Obviously companies should have to make games where 4 percent of their sales come from because we need competition. Xbox 3rd party exclusive's dont count.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Is that number of sales or number of players reached?

several numbers

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Lol 96% that is way more than a bloodbath. That is complete annihilation

and this is why the deal is going to be approved

 

[64bitmodels]

no wonder when the pc port is that abysmal. i hope it gets fixed soon

 

[Loy310]

God damnit 96% on playstation

Xbox are so dead dude

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Nioh really turned Team Ninja into a PlayStation-first brand.

Should be very easy for Sony to lock down a hypothetical Dead or Alive 7 or Ninja Gaiden 4.

Team Ninja hasn't really supported xbox since the vanilla NG games on xb/360... nearly 15-20 years ago...

Looks like an uphill battle for MS here. 4% just isn't enough.

They already have exclusive game with TN.

 

[Deleted member 417]

several numbers

Number of planets visited and % of people who didn't bother downloading the game?