UK Sales Charts: Saints Row Claims the Throne, Sells Best on PS5

Deep Silver's bonkers open world title sells just over half of its copies on PS5, with 55 per cent of boxed sales attributed to Sony's current-gen platform.

[Orchard]

I’m surprised Saints Row managed to get #1 with how lackluster and broken it is.

Either the other games sold barely any units, or there’s going to be a lot of disappointed gamers playing SR.

EDIT: looks like this is physical sales only, so perhaps it’s not actually #1 if you include digital sales.

[brewin]

Did you actually play it or just going on what others say/have said? Its actually good, its totally 100% a Saints Row game and anyone who actually enjoys the Saints games will have a blast with it. Just dont play it on last gen consoles at least, ive heard that is not a good version. But Ive got it on Series X and its fantastic!

[Orchard]

I have been playing it yeah - on PS5. It's not unplayable, but it just feels like a poor mans GTA5 to me with a less populated world etc. And it completely breaks when you turn on coop, so many bugs I've run into.

I'll probably revisit it in a few months after patches etc - saying it is terrible now doesn't mean it wont get better - I felt the same way about CP2077 at first and ended up loving it by the time the next gen patch came around.

[senorfartcushion]

Every successful AAA game is lacklustre in some way. Broken is a 50:50 but it is common.

Madden 23 is broken as hell and will take the spot from SR

[brewin]

Madden has been so Maddening for years now. I played some of the training to get a feel for the new passing mode, but it doesnt feel the same in the actual game. Played a couple of games and just wasnt feeling it. It does look pretty good though, the gameplay is just not there. Really miss NFL 2k and really the whole 2k Sports lineup. Even NFL Blitz is a better game than the newest Madden. What are they doing over there, my god.

I wish each console manufacturer still made their own sports lineup. NFL Gameday was actually pretty decent and better than Madden some years and Microsoft had a couple decent outings with NFL Fever. I just liked being able to choose and have them compete t0 be better. Now EA doesnt even really try it feels. Sad. NFL 2k forever!

[Elda]

6 hrs in & I haven't experienced any broken gameplay. I'm enjoying the gameplay on my PS5.

[Lifexline]

Most people don’t care about reviews the only people that do is the ones. That linger online.

But not surprising it sold better on ps5 there are more sold ps5 than Xbox. It would be surprising if Xbox sold more. So not sure why that’s a headline.

[Mr_Luke]

And if people liked it? Just saying...
You know, there's that "risk" too ^^'

[Christopher]

***lackluster and broken it is.***

I'll give it's lackluster to some, but it's definitely not broken on PS5. Zero issues with it so far and haven't had bad AI issues with enemies either (I kind of wish for some fights I did because it can be brutal sometimes because your AI companions go down fast under gunfire and you have to keep them up).

This isn't some award-winning game, but it's enjoyable. I say that with about 10 hours in.

[Orchard]

I'd say the singleplayer is mostly fine for me (also on PS5) - some AI glitches, or weird warping of AI, but mostly OK.

But it completely fell apart when I turned on coop. Tons of issues within a 60m game session - not being able to see each other, spawning and being unable to do anything other than move, one time it even overwrote my character with my friends character.

As I wrote above though, I will come back and revisit it after patches - I don't think it's unredeemable.

[Christopher]

Yeah, I admit ignorance with co-op. It's not why I play these games.

Hope they work that out for you soon.

[Orchard]

Yeah, I mean it's not unheard of for a games networked modes to be broken at launch :P so perhaps I'm being unfair on them.

I will revisit it though over time to be fair to it, same thing I did with CP2077 and I ended up loving it by the time they patched it for next gen.

[GamingSinceForever]

You buy the game and try it for yourself, but then turn around and say that you are surprised that others did the exact same. Smh!

[Orchard]

I got it heavily discounted via my bestbuy card rewards. I wouldn’t have sunk $60 into this based on the reviews, would’ve held off, Black Friday is right around the corner.

[-Foxtrot]

Guess people love shit

[Crows90]

Unfortunately tons of people out there that play video games don't actually watch any reviews or educate themselves.

A huge group of people don't even know what other games exist outside of the advertised AAA mainstream games

[Redemption-64]

It's not about educating themselves, as reviews are nothing but opinions. Also a lot of gamers seem to nitpick which reviews to listen to and which to ignore.

[Flewid638]

Aaah, gamers. Going from "try games for yourself & make your own decision" to "read reviews."

lol.

[brewin]

So youre one of those people that cant enjoy something that someone else said was not worth enjoying?! Cant make up your own mind about something and just have to march like a robot in sync with what your overlords say? I dont give a damn what someone else says, I judge things on how I feel about them. Thankfully I didnt listen to the negative reviews because there is an awesome Saints Row game I would have missed out on had I "educated myself" through the eyes of some writer I have never met and likely wouldnt like if I would have met. Great game, the reviewers that bag on it probably gave the latest walking simulator a 9/10.

[gold_drake]

"educate themselves"

get over yourself lol.

[Army_of_Darkness]

@crows90

So if someone doesn't watch YouTube reviews before purchasing a game, they aren't educating themselves?? Lol! Dude, relax. It's a video game! For fun and entertainment, not educational purposes. Besides, they Could just be fans of the series that will buy the game regardless of good or bad reviews, like cod gamers.

[brewin]

Well people do eat McDonalds food everyday, so yeah I guess they do. I am deep into the game and I dont see how this is different from any other Saints Row game. Sure it doesnt have aliens and giant purple dildos to smack people around with, but its a fun game with a lot to like. It has the same general vibe of any Saints Row game though (well, before part 4 at least, which was barely an SR game).

The gang is pissed off at the man and decide to take over the city by blowing shit up and killing anyone in their way. It has better shooting mechanics and the driving is super tight. Gameplay is very fast, fun, and fluid. I have not experienced any crazy bugs on the Series X version. Runs great. IDK what all the fuss is about and why people are hating so much! Its Saints Row through and through.

[shinoff2183]

I have not played it or many of the older ones at that either.

What I see is people are just downing it so they can be mad at some type of wokeness. Thats all i seen before it released was that it was gonna be bad because of wokeness, now if its actually not they will still hate on it for being woke. Crazies

[sourOG]

Just because people bought it doesn’t mean they love it. I bought it, don’t love it lol. There is like one dude here that loves it.

[senorfartcushion]

Welcome to the AAA games industry. Shit wins.

[AmUnRa]

Ore people dont hang around gamingforums ore gamingsites that where telling the game is full of bugs and not a good game. They where loving SR games and bought it because they love the franchise. Not everyone is on forums and sites to look what is said about the game, cous they dont care about all of that.

[Elda]

What you may think is sh*t others may think it's gold.

[Christopher]

Almost as much as some people like talking about shit constantly.

[ermawinter]

Thanks for sharing

[DrDoomer]

wow, people actually buy this crap full price?

[skyrimer]

Look at the other games, there are no other new releases in that list and mostly months old games, not surprising that a big release gets in there, no matter how bad and broken it is.

[brewin]

But its not bad and its not broken. Maybe PC and last gen consoles? My Series X version runs buttery smooth and looks great. No major bugs. Super fun gameplay. Good enough story about being screwed over by the man so becoming your own boss by taking over the city by force with ultra violence and massive criminal activity. Yep, its full on Saints Row and it is glorious, "reviewers" be damned.

[skyrimer]

Well at 63% in metacritic based on 60 reviews and 3.0 in nearly 600 user reviews, let's agree to disagree.

[LoveSpuds]

If its all the same to you Brewin, I'll ignore your opinion and hold on to my cash given the 3/10 user review score that you seem to want everyone to ignore.....'reviewers be damned' you state, before going on to expect us to listen to your 'review' instead.

[porkChop]

Just want to point out that user reviews on metacritic are literally worthless. How many games have we seen get review bombed for stupid reasons? How many games have gotten 10/10 reviews to combat review bombs? How many people leave fake reviews because they prefer a competing franchise? User reviews provide no real value when the person doesn't actually have to own the game.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Saints Row is great. Shame it's getting so much hate.

[brewin]

Im 15 hours in. Dont see where the hate is coming from at all. Its Saints Row through and through!

[Elda]

I'm enjoying it as well. Hating on something just to be hating without experiencing it seems to be the norm.

[Number1TailzFan]

The people who hate probably lap up the same junk COD and Pokemon games lmao.

[GoodGuy09]

Well it doesn't really have any competition within it's genre lol.

[H9]

Bugs are as profitable as ever I see

[blackblades]

Bugs can be iron out and not a huge problems. I know some people enjoy them.

[H9]

As long as this mindset exist, we will keep getting exploited

[monkey602]

It was always going to happen when the last few months in AAA gaming have been so quiet.
It won't last

[anast]

The only new game released this month was a dodgy remake of Centipede. "Centipede Remake" claims in throne.

[Deeeeznuuuts]

Many more casual gamers will have pre ordered it just by the name as well and probably didn't realise how bad it was going to be.

Definitely not #1 next week

[CrimsonWing69]

Hey, I bought it because I thought I’d be able to
Enjoy it and I don’t follow reviews… well, Y’know how sometimes you gamble on a fart? I lost this time.

[ModsDoBetter]

How? How is it possible? 😂
Volition screwed the pooch with this launch.

Played it and it’s such a buggy mess to the point that in game progress (challenges) are now stuck. There’s no point picking up games at launch when by the time they’re fixed, they’re on sale.

It launched in a state, I dread to think what state it was in before it got delayed.

[LoveSpuds]

I've got a hot take for folks, Saints Row has always been dogshit. Just my opinion, but of course, but the 'humor'in those old games was pants then and I cannot imagine that humour has aged particularly well. Still, I hope those who bought it enjoy it, I guess it will be predominantly fans off the series picking up this new game so they know what they are signing up for.

[monkey602]

I've somewhat enjoyed some of the saints row games in the past and I was willing to give this one a chance up to a point but yeah I have to agree with your take. Saints Row was always mediocre filler at best.

[cluclap]

This is my personal game of the year

[chicken_in_the_corn]

It's mine too along with GT7

[Star51]

Glad people chose to support it and didn't go with the flock like with Days Gone.

[XbladeTeddy]

£50 is a lot of money to throw away on something 90% of reviewers say is bad. I decided to join the flock as I'm not a gambling man.

[Binarycode]

One persons garbage is another persons gold.

[NealGamby]

Played it for about an hour then took it back Gamestop for trade in. It sucks donkeyballs compared to the other Saints Row games. What in the world are they thinking when they decided no cheats!?

[Sgt_Slaughter]

I can see there's a few here defending this game no matter what you say about it.

If you like it, go play it. Stop trying to downplay legitimate issues, graphical glitches, and even game breaking problems.

Like what you want, but at least be objective. Look at the reviews, the videos, the user reviews, there's no grand conspiracy here.

The overall consensus is that the game is a disappointment to many and isn't up to the Saints Row name. I don't expect the game to last in the charts for long.

[StarkR3ality]

I hope they have fun, but looking at the previews and finally the reviews, I knew this game was gonna be dog shit.

This just shows how many people don't care about reviews, and how there is 0 games out these days.