UK Sales Charts: South Park: Snow Day Chills with the Bestsellers, Rise of the Ronin Falls

License's still have an impact plus Snow Day was cheaper than most new releases and is multiplayer focused so maybe cracking top 3 in first week isn't surprising. Especially as most people buying it won't have looked at reviews

So has Rise of the Ronin been a disaster? I remember seeing it and thinking it just looked very derivative.

People should not trust reviews because as an example: LOTR Gollum is the ps5 game with the worst review score on Metacritic

@Johnnycide critical reception has been poor. From what I can tell the Nioh fan base is still enjoying it.

It Takes Two is a success story, and imo totally deserved. Are there recent total sales numbers for it?

@Max_the_German

I think there was a post by the developer recently mentioning that It Takes Two surpassed 16 million copies sold.

Hogwarts legacy... Well played WB.
Make a good game with a good gameplay base, FINISH it and it'll sell.

Take notes Ubisoft.

I can't imagine it was a very strong week for games in the UK with South Park so high up. Shockingly decent result but I think word of mouth will hurt it.

Physical Sales Numbers to determine a game's success is silly. Physical sales are on their way out totally eclipsed by digital sales. That being said Ronin looked terrible

Glad to see Helldivers 2 still in the top ten.

@Johnnycide Its basically a bog standard 6 or 7 out of 10 game. I don't own it yet but i played it round my friends and yeah its fine, it does nothing special but it works and does nothing particularly wrong. Not worth full price but worth playing at 30 quid or so.

@N1ghtW1ng That‘s massive. Thank you!

I pre-ordered South Park, because I have been a fan of the show forever. Nonetheless, I am (pleasantly) surprised it’s made its way to the top of the charts.

@Specky we've seen plenty of good games with good gameplay not sell, though. It's not that simple.

Has anyone played Rise and could accurately say what kind of game it was? Hard as sekiro or more open world and forgiving?

Shame for Rise Of Ronin, really enjoying it. Graphics are average but gameplay is fun.

@Max_the_German

Pleasure dude, here's the link to the Hazelight Games' Twitter post:

https://twitter.com/HazelightGames/status/1772631014918979985

I mean hey as long as it’s fun to South Park fans

@Scoot23 graphics don’t matter, we learned that from Elden Ring

@Czar_Khastik Critics didn't like it, but it appears to be getting a much better reception among the general public (much like Days Gone).

@ErrantRob I already got my copy but haven’t touched it due to dragons dogma 2. I know I’ll enjoy it when I do, but yeah it does look pretty derivative. A fun time but nothing truly unique

@Czar_Khastik that game changed my life. I got a tattoo saying “precious” with Gary busey below it as a result. Couldn’t be more proud.

@DeathlySW @theSpectre It's so nice to see that Gollum is getting the recognition it deserves. We should start a club together

Helldivers 2 all day baby!

There is a game from 2023, one from 2021 and a game from 2017 in this list.

There is a problem in this industry.

No way ronin sells the 5 million they want unless they sell it for 5 bucks. Maybe not even then actually.