As evidenced by the data of GfK Posted by GamesIndustryrelative to actual UK sales week by week, Forbidden horizon west It returned to climb to number one five and a half months after its release.
Although it seems clear that the reason for this rise is the PlayStation 5 bundles with the game (although the truth is that there are still a few to buy), this is the first time I’ve been able to lead the list since its first weeks, after second place during the week The former even with sales down 25%. This is also due to the backtracking of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – which was previously in the lead – which, despite the fact that It was the best premiere of this epic In this area, it has fallen to the tenth position over the past seven days.
From GI they point out that Gran Turismo 7 increased its sales by 32% to take the fifth place. On the other hand, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga remains in third place, and Nintendo has also managed to keep Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Nintendo Switch Sports and Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the top ten.
Anyway, here’s the full list of last week’s top 10 players, with the status they achieved over the previous week in parentheses:
- Horizon Forbidden West (2)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (4)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (3)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (5)
- Grand Touring 7 (13)
- Minecraft (7)
- F1 22 (6)
- Pokemon Legends: Arsius (11)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (9)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (1)
In his analysis of Horizon Forbidden West, my colleague Victor Martinez, aka Chiconuclear, explained how this sequel to Zero Dawn was able to extend and complement the shortcomings of its predecessor, with an open world “an open world that should become the new standard for gender”:
He does not always succeed in escaping from some sin which seems to come with the opening of the world, but the fifty hours I have devoted to him have never been wasted on me; Soft, at times, as I said before, but not forced or carried out with cheap tricks. We’ll do ourselves a favor if we start looking at Horizon Forbidden West as the new standard for this kind of open world. the current And high budget. If we accept nothing less, I believe the future will hold great things for us.
Here you have the full analysis in case you want to take a look.
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