FIFA 21 restores No.1 from Assassin’s Creed | UK Box Records

FIFA 21 won the UK top spot, after missing out on a prestigious Christmas 1 position last week.

EA’s football game rose in 8% sales in terms of boxed physical copies only.

That means last week ‘s No. 1, Assassin’ s Creed Valhalla, falls to No.2 after a 21% drop in week – on – week sales. With the card going over Christmas time, it’s no surprise to see sales fall for most games. Beyond Animals: New Horizons rises to No.3, despite sales falling 20% ​​week-over-week, and Mario Kart 8: Deluxe jumps to No.4 despite an 8-percent decline. %. To finish off the Top Five, Call of Duty: Cold War Black Ops drops from No.2 to No.5 after a 42% sales slope.

The big new release in December, Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 CD, falls to No.8 after a 57% drop in sales. Remember, this is all based solely on physical game sales.

Other games that make up the Top Ten include Spider-Man Miles Morales for PS4 and PS5 (which holds No. 6 after a 31% sales drop), Just Dance 2021 (up one place to No.7 despite a 28% sales slide), Super Mario 3D All-Stars (up one to No.9 with sales down 25%) and Minecraft on Switch (up one to 10 after a 26% sales drop ).

Just Dance 2021 has been a huge success for Ubisoft. It’s now just a week away from taking over Watch Dogs Legion as the publisher’s second biggest game of the year (behind Assassin’s Valhalla Creed), and sales after seven weeks are 35% up above Just Dance 2020 over the same period.

Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe has enjoyed its biggest year to date. The Nintendo Switch game has been selling steadily getting better and better every year since its release, which was far back in 2017.

Here are the Top Ten Christmas GfKs for the week ending December 26: