LEGO Star Wars stays at No. 1 of UK boxed charts

Once again, PS5 games maintained their dominant presence on the top of the UK boxed charts this week, propelled by the allure of summer sales and strategic price bundling.

A substantial proportion of the Top Ten best-selling boxed games clearly preferred their PS5 editions. The PlayStation-exclusive Gran Turismo, boosted by the feature film adaptation, also secured tenth place on the charts.

Unwavering from the previous week, the leading triumvirate comprised Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, standing tall as the chart-topper. Notably, its sales registered a 32% decline. The PS5 iteration exhibited a sales performance nearly twice as robust as its closest contender, the Nintendo Switch version.

Maintaining its firm hold at the second spot was FIFA 23, even though its sales experienced a 33% dip compared to the previous week. Interestingly, this week saw a twist, with FIFA 23 being the sole third-party game to register higher sales on the Nintendo Switch compared to other platforms, followed by the PS4 edition.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe secured the third position, although it witnessed a 24% decline in sales. The fourth place was claimed by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which managed to withstand a 19% decrease in sales.

Grand Theft Auto 5 surged an impressive five ranks to take the fifth position, propelled by a commendable 6% upswing in sales. Remarkably, the lion’s share of this week’s sales was attributed to the PS5 version.

Experiencing a resurgence into the Top Ten was Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, capturing the ninth position due to well-timed price promotion along with consumer excitement for Mortal Kombat 1 later this year, despite a 5% slide in week-on-week sales.

Meanwhile, God of War: Ragnarök faltered in this week’s rankings, plummeting from its sixth place standing to a distant fourteenth, courtesy of a significant 50% slump in sales. In stark contrast, Red Dead Redemption 2 vaulted from the thirty-sixth position to seize sixteenth place, spurred by an impressive 60% boost in sales.

Elsewhere, Atlas Fallen made its debut in 22nd place, but Focus Entertainment’s latest Action-RPG would always be a tough sell for consumers, and it’s skipping the PlayStation 4, which already limits its potential reach.