Across animals: New Horizons is No.1 again
Animal Crossing: New Horizons holds the third consecutive number 1 in the UK boxing charts.
The exclusive Nintendo Switch will retain its place at the top despite a 24% drop in week-on-week sales. It’s yet another week where Switch took control of the box game industry in the UK, with Mario Kart 8: Deluxe at No.2 (sales down 23%), Super Mario 3D World at No.8 ( sales down 3%), New Super Mario Bros. U at No.9 (down 15% sales), and Ring Fit Adventure at No.10 (down 37%). There are 10 Switch games in the top 20 best-selling games.
Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2021 holds No.3 despite a 29% sales drop. This week 87% of game sales were on the Nintendo Switch.
Switch proves to be a saver for UK box retailers. For the first two weeks of 2021, game sales are up 27.4% compared to the same period last year, and this is almost entirely down to games for the Nintendo Switch (overall, Switch game sales are up 120 % year to date). PlayStation game sales will be up a bit too if we combine PS4 and PS5 game sales together.
The only game in the Top Ten for a week-on-week increase in sales was the ever-popular Grand Theft Auto 5, which rises four places to No.4 due to a sales increase of 6%.
There’s only one new game in the charts this week, and this is the first new game to crack the top 40 of 2021. Five Nights at Freddy’s: Main Gathering makes No.32, published by Maximum Games. 55% of its sales came on Nintendo Switch, 24% on PS4 and 21% on Xbox One.
Here are the Top Ten GfKs for the week ending January 16:
| Last week | This week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crossing animals: New Horizons |
| 3 | 2 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 3 | 3 | Just Dance 2021 |
| 8 | 4 | Grand Theft Auto 5 |
| 7 | 5 | Minecraft (Switch) |
| 4 | 6 | FIFA 21 |
| 10 | 7 | Call of Duty: Cold War Black Ops |
| 11 | 8 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
| 9 | 9 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe |
| 6 | 10 | Adventure Ring Fit |