UK Sales Charts: FIFA 21 Kicked Off the Top Spot as Outriders Falls From Top 10

Personally, I look at the top 5 selling games, and it makes me sad. If these are what people want the most, then I'm afraid I'll see fewer of the kinds of games I like in the future. If the entire reason for existence of publishers is to chase the fastest dollar, this is the kind of stuff that's going to get greenlighted more and more often going forward.

I will never understand mainstream. Except Monster Hunter, it's mystery to me how they have got to this list

@Darth_Stofi Ring Fit Adventure is really motivating, and I would not be surprised if there are people buying the first console in their life just to do their workout in Covid times, because they saw it in the homes of their friends.

@LordSteev You think any of those three Nintendo-developed titles in the top 5 are BAD games?

Two of them are lazy(ish) ports of Wii U titles, I give you. But as this site so gleefully spouted last week, the PS5 has outsold the Wii U's lifetime sales in a matter of months. So nobody played them first time around. They had a very valid excuse for both releases imo.

I don’t really get the people begrudging these games success. Apart from COD and FIFA, and possibly Assassins Creed they aren’t so bad...well, possibly also GTA as the online stuff has ruined it as a respectable franchise...so, ok, around half are repetitive drivel or micro transaction ridden crap, but the Nintendo games are solid.

@vyseofhr

Without joining the console wars, what I meant was the emphasis on cartoon-like games for young children and playful silliness vs. more serious, deeper and gritty games with mature themes.

This looks sad to me. Not the Nintendo titles that's fine they have a special audience which is not me but that's absolutely ok.
What makes me said is the hegemony of multiplayer titles like Fifa and COD. I will never understand why people keep buying these

@LordSteev That's ok, I have no skin in the console wars. I own all three.

Although I do think calling Nintendo games for children is also a misnomer. Completing a Mario platformer (particularly to 100%) is often way more challenging many of the mature games out there.

Personally, I think with very few exceptions 'mature' games tend to be the antithesis of what they are trying to be; cliched, pandering to teenage blood/nudity lust, and altogether immature. I played the Medium on Gamepass at the weekend, for example, and in more than a few places I was rolling my eyes.

Different strokes for different folks.

@vyseofhr I think a game can be challenging, and still be designed for children. In fact, that's how I view these. When I say mature and gritty, the last thing I mean is what you've described above. Poor and cliched writing never equals a game I like. But you know what? I DO like blood and nudity in my games, when it comes down to it. I'd rather have it than have some puritan tell me why I shouldn't. Like you say, different strokes.

Nintendo Switch is still killing it in the sale charts!

I think what people sometimes miss about these physical charts is that the Nintendo eShop hardly ever has a sale, and even when it does, its exclusives are never discounted by much. I buy a lot of playstation games on the ps store because they do great deals and I know if I wait, most games will be discounted. I almost always but physical switch games. It's often the only way of getting even a tenner off the price.

@Tatarimokke
Because Fortnite, COD and FIFA are the types of games casuals play that don't buy any other games.
Plenty of my friends fall into this category lol.

@somnambulance Yep, and I'm interested in both of those.

Just hope publishers don't all take the high-speed bullet train to profitsville at the expense of complex, well thought out games.

@vyseofhr Are those charts based solely on retail? Then PS5 contribution will be limited by the digital version of the console.

@God_of_Nowt Give your young lady Demon's Souls, if that's appropriate. It will teach patience 😊

Strange, so many on Twitter seem to be suggesting this is some ridiculously successful game 🤔

I'm glad Ring Fit Adventure is still doing so well, considering how niche it is (and, like most of this list, exclusive to a Nintendo device). Frankly, it's way better at actually getting people to shed pounds than Wii Fit ever was, and still manages to feel more like a real game than those releases ever did.

That’s a fine looking top 10. none of them really give me gaming tingles, but I wouldn’t be upset if any one of them was the only thing I had to play for a month. Except maybe call of duty it probably take the whole month to download its update.

@viktorcode yes, it's retail sales only, which is an increasingly small part of overall sales. It's a shame but I doubt we'll ever get proper digital numbers

I called it last week that outriders would fall out the top 10, it's a mess of a game at times and the only people who seem to be praising it are those on xbox as they get it free on gamepass and are defending it as they seem to think playstation users are bashing it for that reason.

I used to look down on COD as a rule, but when you look at what you get for your money, it is pretty beefy. Decent campaign, a well supported multiplayer with numerous modes, zombies, integration with warzone, season passes, split screen.
So for your run of the mill punter, it is a no brainer to pick that up once a year to play with your mates.

@LordSteev I would hardly call Animal Crossing NH chasing the fastest dollar.
That game was in development years and has been getting free content updates since launch.

@LordSteev
I’ve put 100’s hours into three of those top 5.