Top 10 Game Charts: NBA 2K20 2K Sports leads the herd

By Luke Reilly, games editor, IGN Australia

2K’s perennially popular basketball series dribbled its way to the top of last week’s retail games charts. The result is not a surprise; the NBA 2K series has been a slam dunk at retail for years and over the past two decades it’s become one of the best-selling sports game series in history (along with the likes of the FIFA, Madden, and Pro Evolution Soccer).

However, despite the sales success NBA 2K20 has actually had a bit of a rocky launch, with players flooding social media with complaints about major technical issues. Players are also becoming increasing fed up with NBA 2K’s casino-like microtransactions, which “exist at nearly every corner” of the game.

Microsoft’s Gears 5 enters in fourth spot, a decent enough result for “one of the year’s best action games” considering it’s also playable right now on the tremendous value-for-money Xbox Game Pass. Gears 5 pipped last week’s number one Wreckfest for the position, which appears to have established itself as a somewhat of a surprise sleeper hit; it’s the only game from the previous week’s quartet of new releases to survive the week inside the top 10; Control, Astral Chain, Man of Medan all slipped out.

The remaining fresh entry this week is Catherine: Full Body from Atlus, which is a remake of 2001 PS3 cult favourite Catherine. It’s a little surprising to see it doing so well at full-price (remakes and remasters usually tend to be sold at budget- or mid-price) but Catherine: Full Body does reportedly contain over twice as many puzzles as the original game.