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[reksveks]

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has got off to a strong start at UK physical retail.

Even without digital, it is the biggest LEGO game launch of all time, beating the previous best -- 2008's LEGO Indiana Jones -- by 8.4%.

In terms of boxed sales, The Skywalker Saga is the second fastest selling game of the year behind Pokémon Legends: Arceus, but ahead of Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring.

31% of boxed sales were on PS5, 26% on Nintendo Switch, 23% on Xbox and 20% on PS4.

All data is courtesy of GfK.

LEGO's success this week means that Kirby and the Forgotten Land drops to No.2 after two weeks at No.1. Sales are down 24% week-on-week, but the Nintendo game continues to do well and is on course to be the biggest Kirby game of all time.

Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending April 9:

Last Week	This Week	Title
New Entry	1	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
1	2	Kirby and The Forgotten Land
5	3	FIFA 22
3	4	Pokémon Legends: Arceus
6	5	Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
2	6	Elden Ring
7	7	Gran Turismo 7
9	8	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
8	9	WWE 2K22
11	10	Minecraft (Switch)

Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...-uks-biggest-lego-launch-ever-uk-boxed-charts

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

The game had more boxed sales on PS5 than on...Switch? Didn't see that coming.

 

[Jennings]

This might be a stupid question, but I've never played a Lego game. Is this a game that an adult can enjoy and feel some difficulty pushback, or is it just a child's game?

 

[fatmarco]

This might be a stupid question, but I've never played a Lego game. Is this a game that an adult can enjoy and feel some difficulty pushback, or is it just a child's game?

If you're a star wars fan you'll appreciate it. It's incredibly thorough in that regard.

As a game it's pretty simple, so your mileage may vary.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

This might be a stupid question, but I've never played a Lego game. Is this a game that an adult can enjoy and feel some difficulty pushback, or is it just a child's game?

The game is a ton of fun, especially if you like Star Wars. Difficulty wise though, it's very easy, which depending on how you like your games can be a good or a bad thing to you. For me personally, this is a nice alternative to also play while im also getting killed nonstop in Elden Ring lol

 

[schaft0620]

Its the #1 game on Steam right now.
Can't find a copy of the Deluxe Edition within 100 miles of NYC.
Can't find a copy of the standard edition within 30 miles of my house.

No CE's anywhere online ($130 on eBay), very few standard editions left with online retailers.

I hope they are printing more CE's.

 

[reksveks]

There seems to be a difference between the eurogamer chart using gfk and gamesindustry.biz one using gsd.

 

[DenchDeckard]

for some reason I thought I had read that the switch saw the most sales of this game but this data is different. seems odd.

Wonder when we will get platform comparisons. I'd love to see how the switch holds up. It looks amazing on series X.

 

[Kenpachii]

streamers where playing this game, probably sponsored it.

 

[reksveks]

for some reason I thought I had read that the switch saw the most sales of this game but this data is different. seems odd.

Wonder when we will get platform comparisons. I'd love to see how the switch holds up. It looks amazing on series X.

There seems to be a difference between the eurogamer chart using gfk and gamesindustry.biz one using gsd.

Yeah, it's due to this reason.

 

[SLB1904]

Legends say gt7 was supposed to drop from the top 10 4 weeks ago

 

[lukilladog]

Its the #1 game on Steam right now.

Are you telling me that the lack of Denuvo didn´t ruin this game sales?... no way!.

Anyway... I find the game pretty boring and dumbed down compared to previous lego SW games, The Force awakens and The Clone Wars mop the floor with this one in regards to playability. I feel no incentive to continue after the 3rd chapter.

 

[ethomaz]

Lognor GT7 is still tracking...

It probably will start to get more sales now with the good word of mouth that some at launch tried to twist.

 

[ethomaz]

That is what Rockstar did.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Still G.T.7.

 

[Alandring]

This might be a stupid question, but I've never played a Lego game. Is this a game that an adult can enjoy and feel some difficulty pushback, or is it just a child's game?

I played it with a friend all Saturday. It was my first LEGO game and I really, really enjoyed it. Now I'm disappointed because my friend lives in another city and the game don't have online multiplayer, but I really want to continue to play it .

 

[harry mason 1989]

I hope ps5 stock issues will be solved this month

 

[Lognor]

Lognor GT7 is still tracking...

It probably will start to get more sales now with the good word of mouth that some at launch tried to twist.

I already said I was a bit aggressive with my call, but I was right in the general direction! Down to 7 now!

 

[ethomaz]

I already said I was a bit aggressive with my call, but I was right in the general direction! Down to 7 now!

Do you mean stable in 7?

 

[Lognor]

Do you mean stable in 7?

Not from the week before. It had a big drop. Right after all the media attention the game got for being unplayable for 24+ hours.

 

[ethomaz]

We got a ratio.

 

[reksveks]

We got a ratio.

So the console ratio is 58:42. Now need to wait for the gsd data for lego but it does match the other game gsd ratio.

Spoiler: Stupid fanboy question

It really confuses me why people don't use very simple logic here.

 

[adamsapple]

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga launch was nearly as big as Elden Ring | UK Digital Charts

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was not just a big hit at UK retail, but a major digital sales success, too. The War…

www.gamesindustry.biz

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was not just a big hit at UK retail, but a major digital sales success, too.

In terms of digital, Xbox was the dominant platform accounting for 41% of sales, PlayStation accounted for 34%, PC 18% and Switch 7%.

Overall (so including physical retail), PlayStation was the biggest platform with 39% of sales, followed by Xbox (34%), then Switch (16%) and finally PC (11%).

39% to 34% is a very close divide.

But the general sales success shows that the Star Wars IP still holds a lot of value and if you release a decent game tied to it, people *will* buy it.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Great sales on all platforms.

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

Interesting, I wonder what TT’s next project will be? Maybe another crack at Lego Lord of the Rings combined with Lego The Hobbit, and including the battle of the five armies? Maybe including a Lego version of that Lord of the rings anime coming out in 2024? Just as long as the Amazon series isn’t included.

 

[RoboFu]

It’s pretty funny that the flight sections in this game are far superior to the EA game.

 

[Holammer]

I haven't played it, but I'm still surprised over how well it sells on PC. It's been top selling for awhile now, with 17k user reviews. Usually Lego games only have a few hundred or a couple of 3k'ish *lifetime*. They also get heavily discounted and bundled quickly.

Traveler's Tales did something right here.

 

[Woopah]

The game had more boxed sales on PS5 than on...Switch? Didn't see that coming.

I was surprised too. But there's some really good analysis here which helps explain why:



TLDR Switch games are more leggy than other games.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Loving this game, playing on PS5 and it desperately needs an update to fix the performance. And if the Xbox version looks so much better than the PS5 version, there really is zero excuse for it and that needs to be addressed as well.

 

[AJUMP23]

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

How is it that the small space sections of this game are 100% better than the entire Star Wars: Squadrons game?

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

So they got their big sales numbers and aren't caring to fix the vastly inferior PS5 version now? Been a while now with no new patches.....

 

[adamsapple]

So they got their big sales numbers and aren't caring to fix the vastly inferior PS5 version now? Been a while now with no new patches.....

It might be an inherent issue with the engine that can't be fixed in a short time.

Keep in mind the PS5 version of the game both runs at a much lower resolution, and still has a big drop in performance as well. So, if they just crank up the dynamic resolution higher, it'll make the performance even wore. They probably need to do a lot of work to get it better on both fronts.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

1.05 finally dropped today on PS5 and other platforms but i haven't had a chance to play. Has anyone checked out the PS5 version after this patch that was supposedly heavily focused on PS5 and performance? Im curious if it looks any better now and is less choppy