Ghost of Yotēi v. Mario Galaxy 1+2 — Clash of the October 2nd… Titans?

[IcaroRibeiro]

Otter said:

Zippy6 said:

Looks like in the UK Ghost of Yotei is off to a much better start.

The UK boxed launch for Ghost of Yotei is really, really good. It is No.1, which means it beat the second week of EA Sports FC 26 (!) and sold almost 3x what Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 on Switch did.

I don’t report on physical charts much these days, but I thought this notable

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) October 5, 2025

And this is just physical so including digital which shifts heavily in Yotei's favour, difference is probably 5:1 minimum.

Quite a few people expected Mario to even open better, although I'd just the UK market I think that should settle expectations there.

UK is arguably one of the weakest Nintendo markets, but I think we can extrapolate it to mainland Europe. Sorta 

With that in mind, Ghost is certainly benefiting from bigger opening elsewhere but Japan, and even there the difference will not be massive 3D all stars was a better deal, with better marketing and a limited release to rush sales and made 210k physical, less than Ghost of Tsushima actually 

Galaxy should enjoy stronger holiday season. It's a more family friend game, which translates to higher gift potential 

Last edited by IcaroRibeiro - on 05 October 2025