UK Sales Charts: Sonic Colours Ultimate Blocks Hot Wheels Unleashed from Podium Finish

Mario Kart 8! Shows how good these games still are and making gamers happy

@Luigia Sales don't necessarily reflect quality. But these games sure do make a whole lot of people happy.

@naruball ...but Mario Kart 8 IS quality. The best kart racer, the pretenders don't come close

I wish there was some figure talking about relative values (to previous periods) but I guess limited by data

This is still great for Hot Wheels no? I'm interested in that game but waiting for a sale

Death Loop seems to be out of the loop already.

Then again, the whole "it will be on gamepass in a year" thing probably isn't helping.

@KingPev you're missing my point. I'm specifically arguing against the view that good sales show that a game is good.

I hope Lost Judgment is doing well enough so that the series continues. I have about 40 hours in and have been blown away personally. It would be a real shame for the series to end just because of Takuya Kimura's talent agency.

Interestingly, unlike most cross-gen games, Fifa sold significantly more on PS4 than PS5.

@Perturbator not as much of a factor as this chart doesn't include digital sales.

@Voltan Casuals are usually the last ones who adopt to new gens, so I'm not surprised at all.

@Voltan

This is the kind of news that I'd consider worthy of a mention here and yet there's nothing to be found:

FIFA 22 in its first week expectedly debuted in first place on the UK retail charts, according to GfK for the week ending October 2, 2021. Launch sales at retail were down by over 35 percent compared to FIFA 21, which was down by 42 percent over FIFA 20.

@JAMes-BroWWWn Yeah, it makes total sense - just thought it was a fun fact.

@Integrity A lot of that is probably more people going digital every year.

@Voltan which brings us back to my original reply to you 😄👍

Serves to highlight how pointless these charts are, really

@Korgon i beleive this happens to every yakuza game too. Strong first week then falls off a cliff. Hasn't stopped the yakuza series so I cant see it affecting Judgement

@naruball FIFA number 1 proves your point 😊

Just here to say Hot Wheels is bloody fantastic. Loving it so far.

@Perturbator I think in the end gamers didn't resonate with the game premise, replaying the same levels again and again is just tedious in first person shooter.

Nicely done for FIFA. Biggest game launch of the year in the UK was expected. Good fun with my cuz this weekend.

Great to see F1 still up there. Fantastic racer from CodeMasters for a Fantastic F1 season.

@KingPev

"Best Kart racer..."

Well that is not saying much. That is like having "The Best Mac and Cheese" for dinner. Nobody gets a Michelin Star for that.

@Agramonte mmmmm Mac and Cheese

GTA its nice to see you again 😒

@naruball true but word of mouth they’re good helps and keeps them in the charts. Especially if they’re marquee titles for the platform.

@Luigia so, do you think that every game that sells well is good? For example, Fortnite is huge, due to word of mouth, but not because of its quality, in my opinion.

You can get the PS4 version of Hot Wheels for about £30 on eBay (Boss Deals) - if anyone's interested.

Just waiting until half term so I can play it with my son!

@naruball well popular games by definition must be good or they’d not be popular. Some people don’t like popular things which is cool by me.

I will probably end up getting Hot Wheels after a price drop. I just don't think I would put enough time into it to justify full price.

Colors selling that well after all of the glitches makes me lose faith in humanity (well, FIFA too but FIFA selling well is old news).

@Luigia "well popular games by definition must be good or they’d not be popular. Some people don’t like popular things which is cool by me"

Might as well cancel the Oscars and just give the award every year to a Marvel movie. Makes sense.

@KingPev Cyberpunk was a trainwreck and it still made a killing so quality does mean a lot its the brand that makes the sales.

@Bolt_Strike Im sorry it took you this long Cyberpunk, COD, BF, FIFA and many more.

@Luigia Populair isnt the same as good or quality.

@naruball your reply made me chuckle. Thanks for this 👍🏻😂

@Flaming_Kaiser

Meaning of Popular;

liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group.
"she was one of the most popular girls in the school"

@Luigia The same as a beautifull girl that is a massive bitch or guy before people get mad. People buy Madden every year and its a chrap cash in and its even more lazy then FIFA.

@Flaming_Kaiser I hear you Kaiser and FLAME ON 🔥🤘🏻

@Luigia You know i choose the as a other word for fire did overlook what the word is used for. 🤪