The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has as soon as once more secured the highest place within the UK boxed charts for the third consecutive week. Regardless of experiencing a 50% decline in gross sales in comparison with the earlier week, the Nintendo recreation stays comfortably forward of its closest competitor, FIFA 23. Tears of the Kingdom can be making important strides in the direction of surpassing the gross sales of Hogwarts Legacy. Although it’s solely on one platform, the Nintendo Swap, Tears of the Kingdom may be the yr’s best-seller. Nevertheless, you will need to word that these rankings are based mostly solely on bodily gross sales, and as soon as digital gross sales are factored in, Hogwarts Legacy should preserve a considerable lead.
This week witnessed a decline in gross sales for many video games. FIFA 23 secures the second spot with a 3% lower in gross sales because the Premier League season attracts to a detailed. Hogwarts Legacy follows intently at quantity three, experiencing a 13% drop in gross sales. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe manages to climb up one place to assert the fourth spot, regardless of a 5% lower in gross sales. Alternatively, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor slips down one place to fifth place, with a big 24% decline in gross sales.
Making its debut on the charts, Lord of the Rings: Gollum enters at quantity six because the highest-ranking new boxed launch. Bodily gross sales of the troubled title, which has the doubtful moniker of “Worst reviewed recreation of the yr” on Metacritic, managed to surpass LEGO Drive 2k.
Analyzing Gollum’s boxed gross sales, it’s revealed that 70% of the gross sales have been attributed to the PS5 model, whereas Xbox and PS4 accounted for 20% and 10%, respectively.
Again to the newest LEGO recreation, Drive 2k skilled a big decline of 41% in gross sales, dropping to the thirteenth place. Regardless of an 18% lower in gross sales, Lifeless Island 2 manages to take care of its place within the prime ten at quantity ten, whereas Minecraft Legends stays at quantity eleven, with a 17% decline in gross sales.
Beneath are the best-selling boxed video video games within the UK for the week ending Could 27, 2023:
