Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… tops UK Chart

This week, the remaster of the 2010 PS3 sport that stormed via RPG followers’ hearts when it first launched, Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, has topped the UK chart.

The sport knocked FIFA 21 down into second place for the week. Contemplating how extremely anticipated it has been over the previous couple of weeks, it’s no shock to see it promoting nicely. The final Nier sport to launch was Nier Automata, which launched again in March 2017. Whereas this remake bought lower than half of the copies that sport did at launch, it’s nonetheless getting lots of consideration from followers.

89 p.c of all gross sales of the sport had been for PS4, with the remaining 11 p.c for Xbox One customers. Digital gross sales aren’t included on this chart, so it’s onerous to know precisely how nicely the title has bought.

Regardless of this sport being a brand new launch technically, nothing else occurred within the charts. This led to solely 137,000 video games being bought over the course of the week. The week was so quiet {that a} PC sport managed to sneak up into the highest ten. Soccer Supervisor 2021 made it to sixth within the chart, with gross sales up by 66 p.c week-on-week. The sport was the topic of a £20 low cost at retailers, however information round a European Tremendous League might also have boosted gross sales numbers because of soccer being extra distinguished within the media.

MotoGP 21 launched this week, making it to nineteenth place within the chart. The sport bought greatest on PS5, with 37 p.c of copies there, and 31 p.c of all copies bought being for PS4.

Regardless of gross sales dropping week-on-week by 24 p.c, Tremendous Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury has held onto third place within the chart. Animal Crossing: New Horizons dropped to fourth with gross sales down by 30 p.c. Nevertheless, the sport has simply had information of an upcoming replace, so gross sales may improve over the following couple of weeks.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has dropped one place to fifth with gross sales down by 21 p.c week-on-week. The title exhibits that Swap {hardware} gross sales are nonetheless going sturdy although.

Monster Hunter Rise has lastly fallen out of the highest ten to eleventh this week. Gross sales dipped by 28 p.c, however there’s a Monster Hunter digital occasion this week that might see the sport stand up as soon as extra.

This week sees the discharge of PS5 unique Returnal and Swap unique New Pokemon Snap. The following chart ought to look very totally different certainly.

The highest ten best-selling video games for the week ending April 24, 2021 had been as follows.