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 Spider-Man: Miles Morales, swinging all the way back up into third. This is presumably driven by bursts of PS5 stock the UK has seen over the last week or two. The game sold best on the modern console, with 88 per cent of the week's sales made on the new-gen version.
Outside of that, another new release has done pretty well — Subnautica: Below Zero debuts in fifth, with more than half of sales going towards PS5 and PS4 versions. The rest of the top 10 is about what you'd expect, with Nintendo still a commanding force outside of the newer games. If you're wondering, Returnal continues its downward trend; after a strong debut, it fell to 15th last week, and now finds itself in 26th.
Here's the latest top 10 in full.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 15th May 2021
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Resident Evil Village
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- FIFA 21
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Minecraft (Switch)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
- New Pokémon Snap
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What's This No GTA V? What Manner Of Sorcery Is This.
This obviously goes against the established narrative that scalpers are scooping up all the PS5's. Clearly they are going to real people if sales of Miles Morales has shot up over 300%.
For anyone wondering, GTA V is 11th.
Very good value for money with the Mass Effect trilogy set.
@Quintumply 'As' in the headline communicates to the reader there is a causal relation between the two things you're stating. Had to reread the headline a few times before I understood that they weren't related at all, while might be better. Or is there something I'm missing from the article?
@Spaldy Scalpers are buying the physical releases of Miles Morales too??!!1 😲
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
And this is exactly why Sony has no incentive to discount PS5 games any time soon. With each wave of consoles that launch, there will be a resurgence of sales of software.
Well done Insomniac. Hope you are in for many months of success driven by MM and - shortly - Ratchet and Clank!
@Kidfried Fair observation, I've changed it.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is absolutely ace! Well worth 53 quid.
Miles PS4 on offer somewhere? Tell me!
Interesting to see that Returnal doesn't seem to have benefited at all from a fresh batch of console stock.
Returnal was always going to have a somewhat niche market.
I'm completely hooked on it, but it's not for everyone.
Good to see positive Bioware news for a change! Hopefully this is the beginning of a return to form for them as even though its years away the next Mass Effect has me very interested to see how it turns out.
@Shepherd_Tallon I have absolutely no proof, but I think niche games perform much better in digital sales.
Was anyone else so bored by Miles Moralis? Yeah it's cool to swing around for a bit, but there's a distinct lack of challenge. Especially with the overload of gadgets that basically win the fight for you.
@Korgon
Fingers crossed. It's amazing how much better they've made ME1 look, and they've made some real improvements on getting around in the Mako, too. I hope that can translate into a more positive future for ME5!
@Spaldy so if i buy a scalped ps5 cause its the only way possible right now in my country i don't need games? offcourse the ps5's are going to real people BUT with bigger price tags.
@munstre Oh I agree to an extent. Lots of people will have been put off by the coverage it received, and much of the negativity around some of the coverage was completely skewed.
The issue with there not being enough checkpoints for example, that doesn't really carry much weight for me. This is the game the devs designed and it's how they wanted it to be. You either like it or you don't.
Not everyone is happy with that though. There were a lot of complaints about the lack of checkpoints. The game just isn't for everyone in that regard.
But you're right - It's perfectly accessible, no more or less than something like Dark Souls.
I don't normally play rogue-likes, but I think this game is magic. I got to the half way point last week and my hands were shaking afterwards. The boss fights are so intense. An absolute masterpiece of a game.
I can't take this chart seriously if there isn't gta v in it.
Nice one Stephen, love to see these. A shame about Returnal - I have the same feeling many of us have had about why it might struggle, but I won't say it because it seems to get some people up in arms and I'd rather we don't have the 'poor-shaming' enter this comment thread.
@Rob_230 "And this is exactly why Sony has no incentive to discount PS5 games any time soon"
Except this should be an incentive as Miles cost £/$50 and is doing terrific, would Returnal be much higher on the list if it was discounted or cost the same as Miles? Maybe, although the difficulty seems to be what's scaring some people.
Seems like the willing are in the minority, not the moaners. I'm feeling national pride!
@Spaldy released also on ps4. That's the whole explanation.
Nice to see Mass Effect debut at number 1.
Poor Returnal doesn't get the love it deserves. Brilliant game that lets you see your improvement each run in skill and weapon proficiency. I blow through sections of that game feeling like the toughest space woman alive as Selene. Hoping it'll see a Returnal to the top 20 again, maybe a nice sale will help the cause.
Returnal will be half price by end of summer. (still wouldn't buy it though)
I guess Rockstar will have to start concepts for a new game now
Also Mass Effect Legendary is legendary. My weekend was totally consumed
Having a blast playing Mass Effect again. I can't get over how good the first one looks on PS5. They did a great job.
@Blacksmith1985
Increased sales of MM are for PS5 not PS4.
@zebric21
The sudden 300% increase in sales of MM on the PS5 coincided with PS5 units being released by retailers.
@munstre I think once they patch in the save function, people will be more willing to try it perhaps.
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