UK Sales Charts: Black Myth: Wukong Breaks into a Predictable Top 10 as Christmas Looms

Game Science did a terrible job on the Pro patch.

@JustCameHereToSay Wait for real? I was thinking of getting Wukong because of the Pro patch, but if it ain't good I'll hold off on it.

@JustCameHereToSay Sharpness setting was the only good thing added and i suppose Quality mode being finally locked to 30fps is good as well. I guess 120hz players get there 40fps mode as well but yeah i'm pretty annoyed performance mode saw zero improvements as well as the Pro version getting zero visual upgrades as well.

@Oram77 60fps still looks gross and balanced mode is super weak compared to the balanced mode of Stellar Blade, it feels and looks like molasses.

60fps still has this garbage black square on the screen when you move the camera around.

And yeah, the devs being babies over losing an award doesn’t really make me want to support them anymore either.

The fact that Mario Kart 8 is in the top 10 is wild! Also for all the Wukong "fans" moaning about the awards, Hogwarts Legacy got snubbed last year which sold just as good as Wukong, but none of them were crying about it, just saying.

@Oram77 If you have a 120hz tv then it might be worth it for the 40fps mode but otherwise its a terrible Pro patch.

@DennisReynolds 40fps is some of the worst 40fps I have ever seen.

@themightyant you might see that happen next week to be fair, the chart only records sales to the day after it won GotY.

The devs are upset again for not securing first place.

@baubergo which devs?

Where did Indiana Jones chart:?

People are still buying the game despite it not winning Game of the Year. Why aren't they buying Astro Bot instead? It's almost like the award is fairly pointless in the grand scheme of things.

Would expect nothing less from our wonderland we call UK. Great game for playing while eating pie, btw.

Are they crying about not getting first place?

@themightyant game awards was in the early hours of the 13th, significant number of people wouldn't even have been aware of its win before the cut off date for this list nevermind been able to purchase it off the back of its win. There was literally just a few hours available. If it's to see a boost from winning GOTY, it will be seen in the coming weeks.

@Enigk indeed. Why didn’t people buy the game last week before the award winners were even announced ? “Proof” awards are meaningless right here.

@JustCameHereToSay
Stellar blade may not have been my favourite game (I found it good and well worth playing, but not great), but from a technical point of view I thought it was very good indeed - the PS5 version looked good in Performance mode and ran very well (I didnt like balanced mode as much personally), then the Pro version made a massive overall improvement (if you have a 120hz VRR TV).
The SB dev team/management seem excellent from a technical standpoint.

If half of what I hear / have seen about the Pro patch for BMK is true, sadly the same cant be said of them, though I think decision making in terms of engine and technical design, coupled with an over-estimation of their ability level was probably the biggest issue. To be honest, it also looks like their time on the pro patch was also mis-spent, working on the wrong modes.

I was interested in buying the game if they had fixed the performance mode, but if they havent, there are plenty of better games out there.

I already have Bluey PS5 from the Top 40 UK sales that I keep watching weekly. 😊

A cute blue color game for my PS5 machine.

@Smash41 without doubt the most overated game of year!!

@Anti-Matter As somebody that loves Bluey and watches it with my kids whenever the opportunity presents, I was very disappointed in the game. The show is of such a high quality but it did not translate at all. This is a sentiment shared by my kids.

I will get round to this as it does look quite good, but I still haven't played Prince of Persia, Metaphor or Silent hill 2, so this is quite far down the list of priorities

Still one of the top selling games. No Astro Bot or Stellar Blade though.

Seriously, the game director was silly for complaining about the Game Awards. Financial success in this industry is more important than awards.

@Enigk Let's be honest, most people aren't interested in Astro Bot and if it ever releases on PC, it'll be another Returnal.

I am still crying for Rebirth, which only received one destined music award out of seven nominations. It also did not have the commercial success to celebrate. The fate of part 3 seems doomed.

@Oram77 I subscribe to GamingTech on Youtube. He does Digital Foundry/NX Gamer type of tech analysis videos.

He covered the PS5 Pro patch.

If you have a fairly modern TV with 120hz/VRR, the 40fps mode is supposed to be excellent based on the footage and fps data he showed.

I get people being unhappy as they wanted a 60fps mode, but they are kidding themselves really as that's PC territory as we pass the halfway point of the console generation.

They all played the Souls/Bloodborne games at 30fps, and they had awful frame time issues. Wukong on Pro is way better. Granted it's unfair having to buy a new TV, but it was inevitable console developers would go that way as soon as VRR became available on TV's.

These new games should be selling more. People in the UK don’t buy games like that.

These guys make a game that's good sells like 30 million copies and than releases physically to crack top ten sales and still can't be grateful enough smh 🤦

@Oram77 I think this is why they have not launched the Switch 2…. They are waiting for Mk8 to fall out of the top 10.

@Jey887
Bluey video game was actually quite good, but too short.
Perhaps if Outright Games can ask the same developer of Bluey to make another Bluey game with more meaty contents and longer gameplay.