UK Boxed Videogame Chart is Dominated by Zelda, Zelda and Zelda – WGB, Dwelling of AWESOME Evaluations

Unsurprisingly The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is totally dominating the UK gross sales chart, as reported by information specialists GFK. Earlier than we delve into the numbers it’s essential to keep in mind that this information solely covers gross sales of bodily copies of video games over the previous week, which implies it may be fairly completely different from the digital gross sales chart.

So, clearly, Tears of the Kingdom is holding onto the highest slot regardless of gross sales happening by 73%. I do know that sounds substantial, however we really see comparable drops with most large, closely hyped releases as a result of so many individuals purchase it on day one. Bear in mind, Nintendo already introduced that Tears of the Kingdom offered 10 million copies in simply 3 days, and it’s the biggest-selling bodily sport of the yr to this point, beating out earlier champ Hogwarts Legacy by a whopping 50%. In different phrases, the bulk of people that needed to get it in all probability have already got it.

The success of Hyperlink’s newest journey has boosted his final one, too: Breath of the Wild is up one other 21% over final week, serving to to maintain it within the eighth spot. In the meantime, Skyward Sword HD has catapulted as much as 14th due to an insane 342% rise in gross sales which appears to be attributed to ASDA promoting it for £15. That additionally means Nintendo presently has three Zelda video games within the prime 20. Not too shabby.

By way of newcomers, 2K LEGO Drive has entered the charts in seventh. Not precisely a large launch however contemplating the boring identify and lack of hype, I don’t assume it’s something to be upset by. It’s completed decently when it comes to essential reception, too, holding down a 73 on Opencritic.

Pokemon Scarlet managed to clamber as much as sixth from sixteenth which could have been not less than partially as a result of a promotion on Amazon.

Right here’s the highest 20.