UK Charts: Unsurprisingly, Final Fantasy XVI Knocks Zelda: TOTK Down A Peg

It is UK charts time once more, of us!

Final week, Sq. Enix launched the long-awaited Closing Fantasy XVI on the PS5, and, as anticipated, it managed to grace the highest spot within the charts this week, knocking The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom right down to quantity two.

Is anybody shocked? We’re definitely not. However, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy Closing Fantasy XVI can preserve its crown. In accordance with GamesIndustry.biz’s Chris Dring, gross sales for the boxed model have been 74% decrease than that of Closing Fantasy XV again in 2016. Granted, digital gross sales are exponentially extra well-liked in 2023, however it’s nonetheless meals for thought.

Elsewhere, Sonic Origins Plus makes its debut at quantity three, regardless of the fairly controversial determination from Sega to maintain all extra content material on a downloadable code. The brand new model provides Amy as a playable character in all titles, Knuckles as a playable character in Sonic CD, and twelve Recreation Gear video games accessed by way of the Museum menu.

We have additionally received two different new titles this week, although you would be forgiven for lacking their respective launches. Aliens: Darkish Descent lands at quantity eleven, whereas Crash Group Rumble manages to creep in at quantity fifteen. It isn’t the perfect efficiency for the ex-PlayStation mascot, who has usually confirmed to be extraordinarily well-liked within the UK in years previous.

This is this week’s UK prime forty in full:

[Compiled by GfK]

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