Digital charts
Week 16
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Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga retains No.1 position in the UK digital charts, despite a 53% fall in sales week-on-week.
The game was No.1 the week before, too, despite a 72% sales drop (there was a delay in last week's GSD charts).
Both weeks Grand Theft Auto 5 took the second position. However, this week sales have dropped 32% week-on-week. Elden Ring is still at No.3, despite a 16% sales slide.
Overall, digital game sales in the UK dropped by 33% week-on-week.
01 LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
02 ELDEN RING (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
03 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
04 WWE 2K22 (TAKE TWO GAMES)
05 MONOPOLY PLUS (UBISOFT)
06 RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
07 FIFA 22 (EA SPORTS)
08 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 3 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
09 LITTLE NIGHTMARES (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
10 CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
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Physical charts
Week 27
Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series debuted at No.5
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EA Sports' F1 2022 remained at the top of the UK physical charts for a second consecutive week.
Sales for the title dropped 48% week-on-week, which is a healthy performance for a second week on shelves.
Most of the copies were sold on a Sony platform, with 37% of the sales going to PS5 and 32% to PS4, versus 22% on Xbox One and 10% on Xbox Series X|S.
F1 2022 debuted last week, with sales down slightly over the previous entry in the franchise.
Meanwhile, Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series, which includes remasters of 1997's Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and 2001's Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, debuted at No.5.
The Bandai Namco-published title mostly sold on Switch, at 52%, followed by PS5 at 33%.
Further down in the charts, Inin Games' Pocky & Rocky Reshrined debuted at No.17.
A remake of 1992 SNES shooter Pocky & Rocky, it released on Nintendo Switch -- where it sold 81% of its copies -- and PS4.
Finally, Numskull' Games' AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative charted at No.27 for its first week on sale, with the Switch being once again the dominant platform (63% of its sales).
01 (01) F1 2022 (EA SPORTS)
02 (02) HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST (SONY INTERACTIVE ENT.)
03 (03) NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS (NINTENDO)
04 (05) MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
05 (NE)
KLONOA: PHANTASY REVERIE SERIES (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
06 (06) FIFA 22 (EA SPORTS)
07 (04) LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA (WB GAMES)
08 (08) POKEMON LEGENDS: ARCEUS (NINTENDO)
09 (10) ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (NINTENDO)
10 (09) MINECRAFT (NINTENDO