Nintendo came close to having another Switch game debut at the top of the UK retail games charts, but were held off by a resurgent Crash Bandicoot, which reclaimed the top spot after sticking it out in 3rd last week. Strangely, this means it ties with The Last of Us Remastered for the PS4 exclusive that has been in first the longest. You might have expected that to be Uncharted 4 or Horizon Zero Dawn, but no, TLOU is now sharing that accolade with Crash.
While Splatoon 2 was pipped to the post, it has become the third biggest selling launch for a Switch game, behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Incidentally, both of those games climbed up the charts again to sit in 4th and 6th, respectively, which is likely down to new stock of the console to coincide with Splatoon 2’s release. It means that Nintendo have three exclusives in the top ten. Sony’s best first party release is down in 19th (Horizon Zero Dawn) and Microsoft in 20th (Forza Horizon 3).
| LW | TW | Title | Publisher |
| 3 | 1 | CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY | ACTIVISION |
| 2 | SPLATOON 2 | NINTENDO | |
| 5 | 3 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | ROCKSTAR |
| 13 | 4 | MARIO KART 8 DELUXE | NINTENDO |
| 4 | 5 | OVERWATCH | BLIZZARD |
| 18 | 6 | ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD | NINTENDO |
| 1 | 7 | FINAL FANTASY XII: THE ZODIAC AGE | SQUARE ENIX |
| 12 | 8 | FIFA 17 | EA SPORTS |
| 19 | 9 | FALLOUT 4 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 16 | 10 | LEGO WORLDS | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 2 | 11 | CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE | ACTIVISION |
| 24 | 12 | DOOM | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 20 | 13 | TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE | UBISOFT |
| 11 | 14 | MICRO MACHINES: WORLD SERIES | CODEMASTERS |
| 15 | 15 | ROCKET LEAGUE | 505 GAMES |
| 23 | 16 | DISHONORED 2 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 17 | 17 | GHOST RECON: WILDLANDS | UBISOFT |
| 21 | 18 | DIRT 4 | CODEMASTERS |
| 9 | 19 | HORIZON ZERO DAWN | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 6 | 20 | FORZA HORIZON 3 | MICROSOFT |
camdaz
Well Done Crash!!!
JR.
Finished Crash 2 and 3 over the weekend and really enjoyed them.
I’d only ever played the first of the original games and wasn’t that bothered about the franchise tbh but after playing 2 and 3 I’m a fan.
Hopefully this success means they’ll get to make a brand new game. And hopefully, hopefully, we’ll get a Spyro collection.
Avenger
So a couple of past gen games have charted top for the longest on a console where the company and customers feel there’s little demand to revisit old games.
Of course they have, what was I thinking.
JR.
Most people don’t want to play the original games though, they want to play new, shiny, updated versions of them.
The original games have been on the ps store for ages and whilst they do sell well, they don’t set the charts on fire like this.
These games have done well because they’ve been completely reworked.
If they released the original games on disc, without updating the visuals or gameplay, they’d have struggled to break the top 40.
Avenger
Wait a minute, you’re suggesting there’s demand for older games. Gtfo. But everyone is saying there is little demand, I mean everyone!!!
It’s not like people care about graphics that much you know, they’d rather have the games. That’s what PS4 owners have been telling me, all the time.
JR.
No, that’s not what I’m saying. This isn’t an old game, it’s a remake of an old game. There’s a huge difference.
Crash selling well doesn’t support your argument that there’s huge demand for old games or BC on consoles.
MrYd
No, there’s a huge demand for old games _if_ they’re all tarted up to the standard you’d expect from a PS4.
The data the other week about nobody using the XBone BC (and Sony’s comments in the past based on their own data) just supports that. Nobody wants to play old games on a PS4/Xbone, but they’re happy to play remade versions.
Of course, if you’ve sold about half a dozen consoles, it’s probably worth it financially to remaster an old game for that platform, so your only option is the “Look! You can play your old games. Which everyone wants, if you ignore all that pesky evidence that nobody really wants that. Here’s the best number we could find to try and support that claim”.
Avenger
Whoop, people are starting to get touchy. Never a good sign of confidence.
MrYd
As trolls go, you’ve got a particularly interesting approach, I’ll give you that. It rarely makes much sense, but never mind. It’s fun anyway.
Avenger
Lmao. Troll. Ha.