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It feels like summer 2017 all over again, with the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy still at the top of the weekly charts for a fifth consecutive week. Sales for the title only decreased 12 per cent week-on-week with the PS4 version even going up eight per cent compared to the previous week.
Lego The Incredibles remained at No.2 as well, for the third consecutive week, with sales only down 12 per cent week-on-week.
Having released on June 30th, The Crew 2 has been going from strength to strength these past couple of weeks, climbing from No.8 to No.3 this week, with sales increasing 34 per cent.
For its second week in the charts, Sonic Mania Plus dropped three places to No.8, with sales down 60 per cent week-on-week.
The rest of the Top Ten is made of the usual suspects (see below), with GTA V back at No.7 with a 32 per cent increase in sales.
Among the new entries this week, Maximum Games’ Train Sim World debuted at No.20, while Nintendo’s Go Vacation entered the charts at No.23. Further down the charts, Sony’s PSVR title The Persistence debuted at No.34. 3DS title WarioWare Gold also debuted in the charts this week, at No.39.
Overall sales in terms of units were down 15 per cent week-on-week, in the aftermath of Amazon Prime Day.
Here’s the Top Ten for the week ending July 28th (data courtesy of GfK/Ukie):
