A series of ultra-cheap 3DS games have made a surprising re-entry in the UK charts, as physical sales for The Last Of Us Part 2 drop by 80%.
The more high profile a game is the more its sales tended to be front-loaded, so an 80% drop for The Last Of Us Part 2, in its second week, isn’t as unusual as it might sound. Especially as Uncharted 4 dropped by 78% in its second week, back in 2016.
What is unusual though is that the game was almost outsold by the follow-up to Bravely Default (not to be confused with this year’s Bravely Default 2) which despite being on 3DS suddenly doubled its lifetime UK sales in a single week, due to costing only £2.49 at Argos.
A number of similarly discounted, and even more obscure, 3DS games also made it into the top 40, including Little Battlers Experience and Teddy Together. Although remake Metroid: Samus Returns is more tempting at £12.99 and re-entered the charts at number 28.
The highest new entry of the week was remaster SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated at number three, while the only other genuine new release was driving simulator Assetto Corsa Competizione at number 12.
UK all formats retail chart – 27 June
1 (1) The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
2 (R) Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS)
3 (-) SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4/NS/XO/PC)
4 (2) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
5 (12) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
6 (3) FIFA 20 (PS4/XO/NS)
7 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
8 (6) Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4/XO/PC/360/PS3)
9 (17) The Last Of Us Remastered (PS4)
10(7) Minecraft (NS)
Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK
Japanese console chart – 21 June
1 (-) The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
2 (1) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
3 (2) 51 Worldwide Classics (NS)
4 (3) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
5 (-) Harukanaru Toki No Naka De 7 (NS)
6 (-) Namcot Collection (NS)
7 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
8 (8) Pokémon Sword/Shield (NS)
9 (5) Splatoon 2 (NS)
10(9) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
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U.S. all formats chart – May
1 (2) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare (XO/PS4/PC)
2 (5) Grand Theft Auto 5 (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)
3 (3) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)*
4 (4) NBA 2K20 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
5 (14) Mortal Kombat 11 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
6 (10) Red Dead Redemption 2 (XO/PS4/PC)
7 (11) Minecraft*
8 (1) Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
9 (28) Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (XO/PS4/PC)
10 (18) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (XO/PS4/PC)
*does not include digital sales
Note: U.S. charts are organised by revenue, not unit sales
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GameCentral Top 20 – 2019
1 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (XO/PS4/PC)
2 Astral Chain (NS)
3 Baba Is You (NS/PC)
4 Apex Legends (XO/PS4/PC)
5 Total War: Three Kingdoms (PC)
6 Wreckfest (XO/PS4/PC)
7 Devil May Cry 5 (XO/PS4/PC)
8 The Outer Worlds (XO/PS4/PC)
9 Sunless Skies (PC)
10 John Wick Hex (PC)
11 Metro Exodus (XO/PS4/PC)
12 Football Manager 2020 (PC/Stadia)
13 Outer Wilds (XO/PS4/PC)
14 Samurai Shodown (XO/PS4/PC)
15 Devotion (PC)
16 Untitled Goose Game (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
17 Luigi’s Mansion 3 (NS)
18 Control (XO/PS4/PC)
19 Asgard’s Wrath (PC)
20 Knights And Bikes (PS4/PC)
The chart above lists our best reviewed titles of 2019, as of the end of June, but as usual does not include remakes, remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.
Readers’ Top 20 – 2019
1. Resident Evil 2 (XO/PS4/PC)
2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (XO/PS4/PC)
3. Devil May Cry 5 (XO/PS4/PC)
4. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (XO/PS4/PC)
5. The Outer Worlds (XO/PS4/PC)
6. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare (XO/PS4/PC)
7. Luigi’s Mansion 3 (NS)
8. Wreckfest (XO/PS4/PC)
9. Outer Wilds (XO/PS4/PC)
10. Control (XO/PS4/PC)
11. Borderlands 3 (XO/PS4/PC)
12. Death Stranding (PS4)
13. Apex Legends (XO/PS4/PC)
14. Untitled Goose Game (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
15. Gears 5 (XO/PC)
16. Metro Exodus (XO/PS4/PC)
17. A Plague Tale: Innocence (XO/PS4/PC)
18. Kingdom Hearts 3 (XO/PS4)
19. Blood & Truth (PSVR)
20. Pokémon Sword/Shield (NS)
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