UK Sales Charts: Little Nightmares Makes Dream Debut in Fourth

Nintneod had a #1 game in the UK?

I'm actually afraid what great worldwide calamity this must portend.

@adf86 But there are no Nintendo fans in the UK, and probably nto to many Switch either. So how did this Switch exclusive game sell enough copies to be #1? It's sorcery or witchcraft I tell you.

And I'd tell @BLPs too if he'd stop changing his name.

After I'm done with nier automata I think I'm gonna play little nightmares. I'm surprised it can enter the chart.

Is there no stopping GTA V ?

@oatmealwarrior92 Indeed, it's amazing that it still makes the top ten after 3+ years on the market. The GTA games have never appealed to me and hence I've never played them, but full kudos to Rockstar North...colour me impressed.

@jacobia I get that not everyone will like GTA V but seriously what's not to like? You have the freedom to go and do what you want, even if you are not interested in the story it can be fun just to pick up and play and cause chaos or cruise/walk in an open world where there's lot to do and see. IMO it offers a lot more and does much more than any other game, hence why it's so popular.

@MaccaMUFC Yeah, absolutely, I've watched my son play GTA5 and get why it's so popular, but I don't feel any pull towards it myself. My main draw for a game is story based within a horror, sci-fi, or fantasy setting, either linear or open-world. I would never label games that don't interest me as being bad either, cause that's a nonsense. Take racing games like Forza or Gran Tourismo, for example, again technically amazing games (like GTA), but the genre is of no interest to me, hence I wouldn't bother with them. Horses for courses, and all that 🙂

How on Earth is GTA still no 3!?

@rjejr Dont drag me into this. I didnt think itd happen.

I think it's time to start counting digital sales in these lists.

I finished this last night, it is a fantastic title. It did manage to spook me a little too and it's production values are fantastic however, it is a very brief experience, even by indie standards.

I only paid 19 quid so I didn't feel short changed as such because it is a very high quality product, however, when it ended I did feel surprised and definitely wanted more.

I think Inside is still the game to beat in this genre though.

@MaccaMUFC It's been hacked to piece's and everyone has done some sort of money exploit (except me), my mate still has several car's in his garage from the last money glitch that sell for 1 million each but the glitch will only let you sell one car a day. He's made over 70 million from this glitch alone, this in turn make's the PvP unbalanced and the open world insufferable. And shark card's.

@BLP_Software Just thought you'd be happy, that's all. Maybe the tide is turning?

@rjejr Im not allowed to be positive about that here, or on NL for that matter. Im not a "real developer" remember? ;p

But hey, this didnt even happen with the highs of the 3DS. Or MK8 originally. Says a lot.

But it was also a quiet week and Sony didnt slash the price of anything and its only a few hundred thousand at most.

There. Downplaying something nice.

@BLP_Software

I know all of that, but it STILL came in at #1. No matter how slow the week was something had to be #1, and it's MK8D, a console exclusive. It came in ahead of the alphabet - COD, GTA, FIFA.

Plus, and I'm not positive of this but I'd bet this is retail only, and surely at least some Switch owners would buy a game like this, that they'd want to play all of the time multiplayer w/ the 2 Joycon, digitally. Things are looking up. I'm half surprised Trump didn't drop a MOAB on N. Korea while we slept.

@rjejr

You obviously don't get it. This is a rerelease and PS4 showed us we live in the rerelease generation. And since rereleasing a last gen (or kinda current) gen game for Nintendo is so unexpected, then it hitting #1 in UK is unexpected too.

You of all people have PS Plus, strange things happen indeed

@Splat
Agreed, I want a breakdown too of physical vs. digital sales. I'm in the camp that prefers physical, always will, but I'm not oblivious to the trends.

@rjejr
Fastest-selling Mario Kart in history according to Nintendo of America. Not surprised to see it do well in the UK as well. Aside from Zelda I wouldn't say there had been a must-play on Switch (though I do like Lego City and Blaster Master Zero quite a bit as well and would recommend both to any new Switch owner) but this certainly fits the bill even if it is a re-release. More work went into this than a lot of the PS4 remasters that people here were lapping up left and right in 2014 and they were getting p*ssed at me telling me I'm not a PlayStation fan (whatever the f**k that means) because I was getting annoyed by it. Now, people are mocking Nintendo for doing what Sony did. LOL. They are legitimately p*ssed Nintendo is off to a good start with the Switch and I don't understand it, just like I don't understand the hate PlayStation gets at Nintendo Life. Newsflash to people, the better all these companies do, the better for us as gamers.

@Gamer83 PS4 remasters

Yeah, Nintendo gets much more of a pass than Sony does from it's fans, and is better protected by them. I'm fine w/ MK8D, it's what I would do. Same w/ SSB. Heck I might have even ported Spaltoon as well, save S2 for 2018. Doesn't matter if people whine and fight about it online, as long as people keep buying the games companies will keep selling them. We'll probably see GTAV on PS5 in 4k, and I'm only half joking.

And yeah, I remember you disliking the PS4 remasters, and everybody disliking you.

@sinalefa You of all people have PS Plus, strange things happen indeed

I mostly got that so my kid could play Rocket League online. My having a X1 is the strangest thing to ever happen in gaming. Glad I got it, but it's still kind of strange having it in my house. Better than owning a Windows phone I suppose.