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News PS5 Hardware Has Second Biggest Month in UK on Back of 28% Bounce
But third in Christmas console sales overall
PlayStation 5 actually ended third in the UK during December 2021, despite enjoying its second biggest month since launch. Sony managed to ship 28 per cent more units than in November 2021, when it was the best-selling console in Britain, but the continued popularity of the Nintendo Switch and a huge...
News UK Sales Charts: GTA 5 Back on the Rise in Quiet Week for PlayStation
Tumbleweeds
Sometimes, the UK's weekly boxed games chart makes very little movement, and the latest result is one such example. Most of last week's top 10 is also this week's, with the top three frozen in place. FIFA 22 remains second, selling best on PlayStation 4, while Call of Duty: Vanguard remains at number five. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is Still Swinging
Thwip
The UK's final boxed games chart for 2021 is in, and as expected, it's hardly a surprising list of titles. FIFA 22 is dethroned, settling for second place after several weeks at number one. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales was fifth the previous week, but has clambered up a spot into fourth, with 96 per cent of copies sold being the...
News UK Sales Charts: GTA Trilogy, Among Us Sell Best on PlayStation
Miles Morales up to fourth
We're quickly approaching Christmas Day, so shoppers are snapping up this year's most popular games to wrap up and place under the Christmas tree (younger users, read: send off to Santa Claus). Therefore, the top three titles are the exact same as last week: FIFA 22 tops the list, Call of Duty: Vanguard is second, and...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Crawls Back into Top 10
One way home
Occasionally, the data we use for this weekly article comes in a bit late, but this one really pushed the envelope. UK Sales Charts, on a Friday? Anyone would think it's nearly Christmas with this lax approach. (We're sure everyone worked very hard, and thank you for compiling the data, and have a good holiday) Anyway, let's look at...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA and Call of Duty Keep PlayStation in the Top 10 Conversation
Nintendo dominates once again
For PlayStation fans, the UK's physical game charts have been a bit of a snooze fest for a while, with little movement among the top sellers and a noticeable amount of Nintendo. This week's top 10 is a classic example, with an impressive six of the games featured being exclusive to Switch. Thankfully, some popular...
News Tech Troubles on PlayStation Direct UK Prevent Invited Customers from Purchasing PS5
Better luck next time
Update: Would you believe it, while we were writing this article, news came out that the PS Direct UK invitations have not been working. Apparently, Sony issued a follow-up email to invitees, apologising for technical issues preventing anyone from purchasing a PS5: The email states "another exclusive event" will come in the...
News UK Sales Charts: Black Friday Discounts a Boon for Guardians of the Galaxy, FIFA 22
Every 1's A Winner
Black Friday, which lasts basically the whole of November if you ask retailers, has once again had an impact on the UK's physical games charts. While not as successful as last year — GamesIndustry.biz notes a 10 per cent decline in sales compared to the same weekend in 2020 — there are still a handful of games bouncing up the...
News UK Sales Charts: Battlefield 2042 Settles for Third While Spider-Man: Miles Morales Swings Back
Gotta catch 'em all
Unfortunately for any games releasing in the same week, Nintendo published a duo of new Pokémon games, and both of them occupy numbers one and two on the UK's latest physical games chart. It means that Battlefield 2042, one of the bigger PlayStation launches of the season, debuts in third place. The PS5 version accounts for half...
News UK Readers, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is £25 with a Tesco Clubcard Tomorrow
Intergalactic savings
Here’s an unexpected headline: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will be £25 with a Tesco Clubcard from tomorrow. As part of the supermarket giant’s attempts to encourage everyone to sign up for its loyalty scheme, you’ll be able to use your Clubcard against a physical copy of the platformer on the PlayStation 5 to get it...
News UK Sales Charts: It Might Be Underperforming, But Call of Duty: Vanguard Is Still Top Dog
Bullet sponge
As you'll no doubt have read about recently, Call of Duty: Vanguard has been struggling in the UK. At this point, the game is a low point in the franchise's recent history — at least in terms of sales. You can learn more about that through here, but even with the comparably low sales, Activision's shooter is still number one in the...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Vanguard Storms the Top 10, Selling Best on PS5
Plus: Miles Morales swings back in
Activision's ever-popular first person shooter series might be wearisome with its annual releases, but never underestimate its popularity. Call of Duty: Vanguard debuts in the UK's boxed game chart at the very top, knocking FIFA 22 off its perch after multiple weeks as number one. The WWII shooter looks to be...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Dances Into the Bestsellers
FIFA is still king, though
Not even the might of Marvel is powerful enough to quell the UK's love for the beautiful game. While FIFA 22 is still sitting pretty in number one, Square Enix's great superhero action caper, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, makes a strong start, debuting in second place. As has been the case with many high profile, third...
News UK Sales Charts: Back 4 Blood Aptly Debuts in Fourth While Spider-Man: Miles Morales Returns
Back 4th Blood
Last week's biggest new release was Back 4 Blood, a new co-op zombie-'em-up from the creators of Left 4 Dead. Turtle Rock is clearly a fan of the number four, so the studio will be pleased to see its new game has debuted in the perfect spot on the UK's physical chart: fourth. It faced stiff competition with FIFA 22, Far Cry 6, and...
News UK Sales Charts: Far Cry 6, Alan Wake Remastered Arrive in Top 10, Selling Best on PS5
Next-gen, baby
A trend we've been seeing in the UK's physical charts the last couple of months is that cross-gen, multi-platform games tend to sell best on PlayStation 5. In the latest breakdown, Far Cry 6 debuts in second place on the list, having sold 47 per cent of copies on Sony's new hardware. Similarly, Alan Wake Remastered released last week...
News UK Sales Charts: Sonic Colours Ultimate Blocks Hot Wheels Unleashed from Podium Finish
FIFA 22 predictably takes number one
It should be remembered that these UK charts we report on each week are purely based on data from brick and mortar retail stores. There's no digital sales info here — we're only talking physical games you pick up with your hands and take to a person behind a counter. That should hopefully explain the sudden...
News Sony's Biggest UK Studio, Firesprite, Has Just Made an Acquisition of Its Own
Fabrik Games folded into Sony's largest UK team
PlayStation Studios has grown quite a lot this year, with some notable acquisitions bolstering Sony's first-party lineup of developers. The most recent of these is Firesprite, a Liverpool-based studio that's already bigger than Sony's other UK teams combined. It's set to get even bigger, though; the...
News PS5 Has Reached 1 Million UK Sales Faster Than Any Other PlayStation Console
Milestone reached in record time
The PlayStation 5 is now Sony's fastest selling console ever in the UK. That's according to GfK (thanks, GamesIndustry), the organisation that tracks game industry sales data in the country. It states that PS5 reached 1 million units sold in 39 weeks, three weeks faster than the previous record holder, PS4. The UK...
News UK Sales Charts: Lost Judgment the Latest Game to Sell Best on PS5
PlayStation exclusives moving down
Lost Judgment has made a great start in the UK's physical games chart, debuting in fourth position. Perhaps surprisingly, this multi-format release is another to sell best on PlayStation 5; 62 per cent of last week's sales went to the PS5 version. The PS4 SKU managed 28 per cent, which means a combined total of 90...
News Death Stranding Director's Cut PS5 Upgrade Is Just £5 in the UK
Less than expected
When Death Stranding Director's Cut confirmed its PlayStation 4 to PS5 upgrade path would cost $10, it was sort of assumed the price would carry over to other territories. After all, Sony charges the same amount for its PS5 titles in both the UK and the US on the PS Store despite the currency difference. It turns out, however, the...
News UK Sales Charts: Great Week for PS5 Games as Deathloop Takes Top Spot
Many Sony exclusives feature
You know the score by now: whenever PS5 stock is available in the UK, sales of the console's games skyrocket. And last week was no different as Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales increased sales by 223 per cent to land in second place while Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart climbed into fourth following a 630 per cent...
News UK Sales Charts: New Releases Like Tales of Arise Selling Best on PS5
New releases enter the top 10
There were a number of new game releases last week, and of the ones arriving on multiple platforms, the lion's share of physical sales went to the PlayStation 5 versions. In the UK's latest retail chart, at least. Tales of Arise debuts in second place, and PS5 copies account for 58 per cent, while the PS4 version comes...
News UK Sales Charts: PlayStation Exclusives Come and Go While GTA 5 Is On the Rise
Unstoppable
Grand Theft Auto V is just a machine — in the UK, at least. In the latest physical games chart, us Brits have put Rockstar's juggernaut open world title in third place, selling best on PlayStation 4. It's mad that it can still swing podium positions. Elsewhere, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the week's best-selling PS5 game,...
News UK Sales Charts: Aliens: Fireteam Elite Knocks PS5, PS4 Exclusives Down the Top 10
Apex predator
Last week's physical game sales were definitely a win for Sony, as the top three spots went to a trio of PlayStation exclusives — Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The news isn't quite as good a week later, but first party titles are still hanging among the...
News UK Sales Charts: Sony Dominant as PS5, PS4 Games Claim Top Spots
Ghost! Ratchet! Miles!
Another big batch of PS5 Stock must have hit UK shores last week because the island's physical sales chart is suddenly dominated by titles available on the new system. Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut debuts in first place, and Insomniac Games duo Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and
News UK Sales Charts: GTA 5 Just Keeps on Selling, Hades Makes Top 10
Hades sells 93 per cent of copies on PS5, PS4
Cue the "who hasn't already bought Grand Theft Auto V?" responses in the comments because Rockstar's heavyweight was the second best-selling physical game in the UK last week. Only beaten to the top spot by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, GTA 5 rose five places to claim second, representing a 44 per cent increase...
News UK Sales Charts: PS5 Stock Shortages Force Sony Exclusives Out of the Top 10
Peaks and valleys
Sony is seemingly putting out PlayStation 5 consoles to retailers as often as it can; we've seen the sought-after systems come in and out of stock several times recently. When they're available, sales for PS5 games skyrocket, but if consoles elude consumers, that of course means less software leaving the shelves. If you take a look...
News PS5 Still Dominant in UK, Almost Outsells Every Other Console Combined in July
Despite stock shortages
The PlayStation 5 is selling like mad in the UK — a region where Sony's console has been dominant since the start of the year. Last month, it was reported that the PS5 is "comfortably" the UK's best-selling console of 2021 so far — and July itself was another big win for the platform. Games Industry's Christopher Dring...
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is PS5's Hero, But It Can't Catch F1 2021
PS5 best-seller clings to top 10
The UK's physical games chart is rather predictable at the best of times, but when new releases dry up, things don't really move about much. Case in point: F1 2021 is once again the number one game at retail, which is no real surprise given the real world championship is ongoing right now. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man Return While F1 2021 Takes Pole Position
Popping champagne
The UK's love of Formula One has driven Codemasters' latest racing sim to the top spot on the physical games chart. F1 2021 is number one after debuting in second place last week, with the PlayStation 4 and PS5 versions combining for a 63 per cent share of the total sales. Meanwhile, certain PS5 software has climbed back up the...
News UK Sales Charts: F1 2021 Finishes on the Podium While Ratchet & Clank Clings to Top 10
Grand spree
The British Grand Prix took place over the weekend, and it just so happened to coincide with the launch of Codemasters' latest Formula One sim, F1 2021. It's no wonder, then, that the game debuts in the physical chart in second place. We've no doubt it would've made it to first had it not been for a certain Nintendo remaster. The racer...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Phantom Dashes Back to Number One
PS5 stock gives platforming pair a leg up
It's been proven several times by this point: when UK customers can get their hands on a PlayStation 5, software makes a big jump. It's happened again in the latest physical chart. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was down in sixth place last week, but has shot back up into first place. It's a 187 per cent...
News England Forward Marcus Rashford Rewards 9-Year-Old with PS5 for Charity Work
"We are kind because it's the right thing to do"
England international and Manchester United forward Dr Marcus Rashford MBE has rewarded a 9-year-old with a PlayStation 5 for his charity work. Inspired by the footballer’s campaign to tackle child food poverty, Jacob from St Helens in Merseyside, started raising money for Fare Share by running and...
News PS5 'Comfortably' Console Market Leader in UK
Despite strained supply
At this point, we all know that PlayStation 5 stock sells out pretty much immediately — actually getting your hands on Sony's next-gen system is still very difficult almost eight whole months after its launch. And here in the UK, it's been this way since that initial release; there's simply no keeping up. But from a...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Holds Its Own in a Nintendo-Heavy Top 10
Phantom dash
Less than half of the games in the top 10 can be played on a PlayStation system. It's true that Nintendo has dominated the UK's physical games chart for months now, and the latest results are no different. Fortunately, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is hanging in there, dipping from third to sixth among all the Switch exclusives...
News UK Sales Charts: Mario's Hole in One Forces Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to Settle for Third
Scarlet Nexus debuts in eighth
Insomniac Games' reign at the top of the physical UK sales chart has been brought to an end as Mario Golf: Super Rush tees off in first place, pushing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart down into third. The PlayStation 5 exclusive spent the past two weeks in the top spot, but a 78 per cent drop in sales brings it more in...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Sells Even Better in Its Second Week
Lombax going strong
In what is reportedly a fairly rare occurrence for the physical UK games market, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart sold more copies in its second week on the market than it did during the first. The PlayStation 5 exclusive recorded a two per cent increase in sales of boxed copies, meaning it once again tops the latest UK sales...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart the Next Insomniac Game to Take Top Spot
Sony takeover
First there was Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and now there's Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. If Sony is to claim top billing in the weekly UK sales chart, it's because of Insomniac Games as of late. The latest PlayStation 5 exclusive takes top spot at the first time of asking, selling three times as many copies as Returnal at...
News UK Sales Charts: Miles Morales Is Hanging In There While FIFA 21 Scores Another Win
21 forever
The UK's physical games chart has its ups and downs, things that change, and sometimes, even a surprise or two. However, nothing is more consistent in this country's gaming spend than EA Sports' FIFA franchise. The football sims, understandably, are ever-present in the bestsellers, with each annual entry replacing the last. FIFA 21 has...
News UK Sales Charts: Good Week for Sony as PS5 Stock Boosts Spider-Man
The Last of Us 2 up to third
Yet another surge in PS5 stock saw Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales return to the top of the latest UK sales chart, followed closely by surprise inclusion The Last of Us: Part II. The outstanding Naughty Dog title was placed on a huge discount across UK retailers last week, knocking the price down to just £9.99. That...
News UK Sales Charts: Mass Effect Makes Way as Resident Evil Village Reclaims Number One
Winters is coming
Resident Evil Village is doing very well for itself so far, if the UK's physical sales are anything to go by. The game debuted in the top spot, came in second last week, and is now back in prime position. Capcom's survival horror hit continues to sell best on PlayStation too, with the PS5 and PS4 versions making up nearly three...
News UK Sales Charts: Miles Morales Comes Back Swinging While Mass Effect Launches to the Top
Legendary
The love for Mass Effect has come pouring out as EA releases the long-awaited PlayStation 4 remaster collection. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has debuted in the number one spot on the UK's physical games chart, overtaking Resident Evil Village, which is now in second place. Right behind these new releases is a reappearance from Marvel's...
News PS5 UK Stock Was So Bad in April Even PS4 Outsold It
Life in the old dog
Sony’s done a reasonable job of replenishing PlayStation 5 stock specifically in the UK this year, but April was a barren month for the next-gen console in Britain. In fact, so bad was the supply that the Japanese giant’s new system was actually outsold by its predecessor. Now obviously the PS4 is still a brilliant box with...
News UK Sales Charts: Resident Evil Village Sells Best on PS5, PS4 with 80% Share
Returnal leaves the top 10
Last week's physical UK chart saw the arrival of a key PlayStation 5 exclusive: Returnal. It debuted in a promising second place, which isn't too shabby for a pretty niche, single platform title. Despite glowing reviews, however, the game's physical sales have slumped, with the stylish shooter now sitting in 15th. Still,...
News UK Sales Charts: PS5 Roguelike Returnal Off to Slower Start Than Other Sony Exclusives
Game over
Returnal managed to finish second on the UK sales charts at launch, but it debuted a lot lower than other major PlayStation exclusive titles. It’s worth noting that, in frustrating fashion, Britain’s best-sellers list is comprised of physical sales only – and thus is missing a major piece of the puzzle, as consumers continue to skew...
News Official PlayStation Magazine UK Canned, PLAY Branding Resurrected
The legend continues
The sole remaining official magazine in Britain has turned off the lights, as Official PlayStation Magazine UK is no more. The publication’s latest incarnation tallied 187 issues, with Returnal being the last ever cover star. Future Publishing shuttered Official Xbox Magazine UK in 2020, while Official Nintendo Magazine UK...
News UK Sales Charts: NieR Replicant Has Fantastic Debut in First Place
Cyberpunk 2077 still features in 10th
Blimey, not only is NieR Replicant a great game, but it's also done pretty well for itself in the latest UK sales chart. The remastered experience from Yoko Taro forces FIFA 21 out of the top spot and claims it for its own. The rest of the top 10 is very much business as usual — Nintendo Switch exclusives...
News PS5's UK Launch Marketing Just Won an Award
Well deserved
PlayStation UK has, historically, created some iconic marketing campaigns, and its efforts with the PlayStation 5 were no exception. While lockdown threatened to disrupts its plans, the platform holder rebranded multiple London Underground stations – including Oxford Circus. Sure, coronavirus meant that less people were travelling...
News UK Sales Charts: Cyberpunk 2077 Returns to Top 10 While FIFA 21 Claims Number One
Buy-berpunk
Just as the UK's physical games chart begins to get stale, something comes along to shake things up. This time, Cyberpunk 2077 re-enters the chart for the first time in ages. CD Projekt RED's latest, which has been a technical nightmare as they release enormous, bug-squashing patches, is back in the top 10 best sellers. There's no clear...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 21 Kicked Off the Top Spot as Outriders Falls From Top 10
Play on
It's time once again to look at the UK's physical games chart, and would you believe it, the usual roster of titles make up the top 10. FIFA 21, which retook first place last week, has been knocked off its perch by the all-powerful Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and the football sim is now in second. That's as exciting as it gets near the...
