For whatever reason, the official UK retail chart issued today is almost two weeks behind. It’s listed for the week ending 31st Aug, but considering Star Wars Outlaws and Emio – The Smiling Man Famicom Detective Club aren’t present (which reached retailers on Friday) this information appears incorrect. Our best guess is that it’s actually for the week ending 24th Aug – there was no UK chart published last Monday due to the bank holiday.
Despite EA Sports FC 25 launching at the end of the month, the soon-to-be outdated EA Sports FC 24 remains the UK’s no.1. It appears to be greatly discounted currently, with the Xbox version available for a mere £12.97 on Amazon. Next stop Oxfam.
Position #2 is also a non-mover, occupied by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The rest of the top ten then sees a bit of a shake-up, with several re-entries. Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition climbed from #16 to #3, Mortal Kombat 11 rose from #14 to #4, while Football Manager 2024 went from #11 to #5. It seems that PC physical releases entering the top ten is something far more common nowadays than in recent years.
Mafia Trilogy makes a surprise appearance at #6 while also topping the PS4 chart, Mortal Kombat 1 dropped to #5 – meaning there are two MK titles in the top ten this week – F1 24 returns to #8, Minecraft fell from #3 to #9, and then at #10 it’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PS5 – up from #38. The web-swinger also returns to no.1 in the PS5 chart.
And yes, chart providers GfK were still able to compile a 3DS chart this week. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is no.1, followed by Luigi’s Mansion, LEGO Batman 3, and Culdcept Revolt. We still haven’t discovered which UK retailer is sitting on a pile of unsold NiS America RPGs.
A second more up-to-date UK retail chart may appear towards the week’s end.