Football simulator FIFA 21 regained its top spot in British retail. Compared with pre-christmas week sales of sports game from EA Sports increased by 8%… This was reported by the GamesIndustry.biz portal with a link to the GfK tracker.
Role-playing action has dropped to the second line Assassin’s creed valhalla with a drop in sales of 21%. Most of the retail chart projects fell during the reporting week, which is not surprising at all. Three managed to close lifesim Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-20%), followed by a racing arcade Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (-8%). TOP-5 closed the shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (-42%).
Major new release in the face of action RPG Cyberpunk 2077 confidently continues to move down the chart – the game has lost the third line and ended up on the eighth. Sales of box copies of the new creation of the Polish studio CD Projekt sank another 57% (in the second week it was -80%).
The real breakthrough for Ubisoft this year was dance Just Dance 2023… It is just a week away from becoming the French publisher’s second-highest selling game this year, beating Watch dogs legion…
The arcade race deserves a special mention Mario Kart 8: Deluxe… The Nintendo Switch Exclusive, which was launched more than three and a half years ago, demonstrates atypical dynamics for the market, selling better and better every year. 2023 was a record year for the game in terms of total sales in the country. The general schedule looks like this: 2023> 2019> 2018> 2017.
Top 10 best-selling games in UK retail for the week ending December 26:
1. FIFA 21
2. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
6. Spider-Man: Miles Morales
7. Just Dance 2023
8. Cyberpunk 2077
9. Super Mario 3D All-Stars
10. Minecraft (Switch)
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