UK | Week 32, 2023 | top 40

[sugarbetik]

Top 40 UK, this week

UK | Week 32, 2023 | Retail | GFK

Last Week	This Week	Game
1	1	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
2	2	FIFA 23
3	3	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5	4	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
10	5	Grand Theft Auto V
4	6	Hogwarts Legacy
11	7	Minecraft
9	8	Pikmin 4
14	9	Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
8	10	Gran Turismo 7
7	11	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
15	12	Nintendo Switch Sports
19	13	Street Fighter 6
6	14	God of War Ragnarok
18	15	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
36	16	Red Dead Redemption 2
20	17	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
12	18	Forspoken
22	19	Saints Row
17	20	Diablo IV
28	21	Pokémon Violet
NEW	22	Atlas Fallen
30	23	Grant Theft Auto: The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition
29	24	Super Mario Odyssey
24	25	Resident Evil 4
23	26	New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
26	27	Lego Harry Potter Collection
31	28	Mario Party Superstars
21	29	Sonic Origins Plus
32	30	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
35	31	Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
27	32	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
25	33	The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition
38	34	WWE 2K23
16	35	The Witcher III: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition
37	36	Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy
-	37	Pokémon Scarlet
-	38	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
-	39	Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
39	40	Dark Souls Trilogy

 

[Johnic]

Look at that flopped Forsoken there. Thought it was a failure. Love all those PS games on there.

I also love how you made the thread just to piss on XVI, while posting a list with a lot of PS games on there. Nice try, though.

 

[Sircaw]

Hogwarts still doing well, and Forspoken beating Diablo4, FFS Blizzard!

 

[Dabaus]

Genuinely surprised ff16 is out of the top 40, like thats extremely concerning to me as a fan of the franchise.

 

[MaxParrish]

Is Forspoken deeply discounted in the UK these days ? And what's the deal with Lego SW ? It's a game with a couple of years on its back and, while it sold quite well, it didn't struck me like an evergreen a la GTAV.. why it's now number one again ?

 

[Danja]

And Forespoken is still standing

 

[Darth Vader]

Is Forspoken deeply discounted in the UK these days ? And what's the deal with Lego SW ? It's a game with a couple of years on its back and, while it sold quite well, it didn't struck me like an evergreen a la GTAV.. why it's now number one again ?

Not really.

Forspoken

Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia

www.game.co.uk

50 quid

 

[Airbus]

A ff16 thread

Bro @ethomaz

Its time to shine

 

[Gediminas]

It's getting old with all this FF16, interjecting everywhere.
@TubzGaming @BloodMod is it possible to change the topic name. There is no need to single out one game with 10+ threads.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

What is it with the obsession with this game? OP signed up here just to shit on the game. That's the only contribution here. Just bait.

 

[Shmunter]

Genuinely surprised ff16 is out of the top 40, like thats extremely concerning to me as a fan of the franchise.

I am surprised. Guess it’s not a megahit, far from it.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Can't spell 'agenda' without 'sugarbekit'

Unfortunate the game doesn't seem to have legs; I think that disclaimer (and all the talk) of a PC version happening six months later (and Yoshi-P flailing around to clarify that) have damaged early sales because at least some notable chunk assume a PC version is coming January 2024 and can wait for that.

Also think recent competition from Baldur's Gate 3 in particular might be affecting it (a person with a PS5 & PC, and there are a lot of them, might've picked up BG3 for PC rather than FF XVI for PS5 if they had to make a choice), which just goes to show that PC and console do in fact have a large crossover audience (explains why Xbox sales have been struggling since Day 1 on PC for all games, a problem Sony risks repeating without adjustments).

Dunno where the game's sales are at right now...maybe 3.5 million? I don't see PC and Xbox ports adding more than 3 million combined, but I guess that depends on pricing. Really it's a Switch 2 port that might give the game an explosive jolt in sales, and I do think if that system is capable enough, we're going to see more Final Fantasy games on it for sure, like the rumored FF IX remake. Square-Enix aren't going to pass up those potential sales in Japan especially when it seems like Sony is only doing decent (compared to Switch) on hardware there, but abysmal in big software sales in that country (at least with the data we have so far).

 

[SLB1904]

Well until it gets on a deal. These final fantasy threads remind me of tlous part 2 threads

 

[Dabaus]

Can't spell 'agenda' without 'sugarbekit'

Unfortunate the game doesn't seem to have legs; I think that disclaimer (and all the talk) of a PC version happening six months later (and Yoshi-P flailing around to clarify that) have damaged early sales because at least some notable chunk assume a PC version is coming January 2024 and can wait for that.

Also think recent competition from Baldur's Gate 3 in particular might be affecting it (a person with a PS5 & PC, and there are a lot of them, might've picked up BG3 for PC rather than FF XVI for PS5 if they had to make a choice), which just goes to show that PC and console do in fact have a large crossover audience (explains why Xbox sales have been struggling since Day 1 on PC for all games, a problem Sony risks repeating without adjustments).

Dunno where the game's sales are at right now...maybe 3.5 million? I don't see PC and Xbox ports adding more than 3 million combined, but I guess that depends on pricing. Really it's a Switch 2 port that might give the game an explosive jolt in sales, and I do think if that system is capable enough, we're going to see more Final Fantasy games on it for sure, like the rumored FF IX remake. Square-Enix aren't going to pass up those potential sales in Japan especially when it seems like Sony is only doing decent (compared to Switch) on hardware there, but abysmal in big software sales in that country (at least with the data we have so far).

I do think Yoshi-P running his mouth that the game will show up on PC (Duh) couldve squandered some sales momentum. FF16 released around alot of big games. SF6, Diablo 4, unexpected hit that is Baldur's gate 3. I like what ive played of it so far so i am surprised its not doing better.

 

[SLB1904]

I do think Yoshi-P running his mouth that the game will show up on PC (Duh) couldve squandered some sales momentum. FF16 released around alot of big games. SF6, Diablo 4, unexpected hit that is Baldur's gate 3. I like what ive played of it so far so i am surprised its not doing better.

Pc sales won't do shit. This myth needs to die. Ff7 underperformed on pc. Like every other final fantasy

 

[Dabaus]

Pc sales won't do shit. This myth needs to die. Ff7 underperformed on pc. Like every other final fantasy

FF7 isnt a great example of sales potential on pc because it was an epic store exclusive for like a year at least. With that said the brand is very much tied to sony and playstation at this point. So much so its quite frankly shocking sony hasnt made a play for acquisition of SE or significant investment in them to lock it down permanently.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

I do think Yoshi-P running his mouth that the game will show up on PC (Duh) couldve squandered some sales momentum. FF16 released around alot of big games. SF6, Diablo 4, unexpected hit that is Baldur's gate 3. I like what ive played of it so far so i am surprised its not doing better.

It's still selling well on PSN but I wouldn't be surprised if the legs were cut short because of the relentless campaign to sabotage this game sales. I've never seen something like this where the focus is all about calling it a flop. It started before the release and it's still going 2 months later.

Absolutely relentless and never before seen in my memory. Somebody mentioned TLOU2 but it wasn't that bad imo.

 

[Dabaus]

It's still selling well on PSN but I wouldn't be surprised if the legs were cut short because of the relentless campaign to sabotage this game sales. I've never seen something like this where the focus is all about calling it a flop. It started before the release and it's still going 2 months later.

Absolutely relentless and never before seen in my memory. Somebody mentioned TLOU2 but it wasn't that bad imo.

Yes there was a concerted effort day one to downplay FF16 because Microsoft own the western games press and influencers. But i dont think their reach is so far and wide that it could effect the legs and sales of a game, espcially final fantasy on playstation. I think it has something to do with expectations from the wider audience and the game itself.

 

[SLB1904]

It's still selling well on PSN but I wouldn't be surprised if the legs were cut short because of the relentless campaign to sabotage this game sales. I've never seen something like this where the focus is all about calling it a flop. It started before the release and it's still going 2 months later.

Absolutely relentless and never before seen in my memory. Somebody mentioned TLOU2 but it wasn't that bad imo.

Look at the top 40. There is a lot of deals going on. Once the digital is in it will be a different story

 

[nongkris]

forspoken is awesome and still has legs and pisses me off that square Enix killed the studio because of some biased internet backlash. Not surprised about final fantasy legs, as it’s a good game but nothing about the bland characters or story is anything to write home about.

Makes all the people begging Sony to acquire square enix look all the more stupid. Their biggest franchise doesn’t seem to be growing in popularity.