Game news More than 693%, this video game saw its sales jump barely 2 months after its release!
While digital is taking up more and more space in the video game industry, physical sales are still very much present. The UK rankings are out and clearly, the new games are doing well.
This week’s UK physical video game sales are in and there are a few surprises in store. In a press release on X (formerly Twitter) the director of GamesIndustry published the top 7 of the UK ranking and one of them had a meteoric rise, two months after its release. It’s Prince of Persia: The Last Crown.
Prince of Persia, the survivor
While last week, we did not see the shadow of Sargon in the charts, the hero of the last Prince of Persia: The Last Crown made a spectacular comeback. The game saw an increase of 693% compared to the last few weeks placing it as the biggest rise in the leaderboard. As a reminder, the game returned to the sources of the saga by offering a 2.5 D metroidvania where the player had to use Sargon’s different skills to confront numerous enemies and solve puzzles.. The increase in sales experienced by the game was boosted by the Amazon Spring Sale, although that doesn’t explain everything either. For those who haven’t tried it yet, it might be time to go because Prince of Persia: The Last Crown awaits you firmly.
A surprising ranking
As for the top of the ranking, there are games that were not unanimously acclaimed. In 6th and 5th positions, Alone in the Dark and Rise of The Ronin meet. As for the first, it did not receive good feedback with a score of 64 on Metacritic. The second game still remains of good quality even if it did not transcend the crowds. Third place on the podium is reserved for the new Princess Peach: Showtime which does less well than Mario Vs Donkey Kong. Capcom’s latest game, Dragon’s Dogma 2 takes second place despite numerous player complaints about the game’s performance. Finally, the top goes again and again to Ea Sports FC which continues to please the English public.