The first week of January is traditionally a quiet time for boxed game sales. Major releases are extremely rare right after the holidays, and users continue to go through projects that they purchased before Christmas.
But this year the situation is a bit unusual. Due to the spread of the coronavirus and government restrictions, people are spending more money on entertainment. In the first week of 2023, British gamers purchased 260,000 physical copies of games (a third more than in the same period last year)…
The main driver of growth is Nintendo Switch, games for which dominate the ranking. Sales of games for Switch grew 123% over the same week in 2023.
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Leading position in the UK chart remained with the life simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-47% compared to the last week of 2023)… Next is the racing arcade Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (-43%), and closed the top three Just Dance 2023 (-24%). The dance game from Ubisoft is available on all current platforms, but at retail, 90% of the total circulation (!) Is for the Nintendo Switch version.
The TOP-40 comfortably accommodates 15 Switch exclusives, including an innovative sports game with role-playing elements Ring fit adventure (# 6; + 24%), sandbox Minecraft (# 7; -35%) and platformer New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe (# 9; -32%).
Cyberpunk 2077, Polish studio game CD Projekt RED, sank another 59% and dropped to number 20 in the UK charts.
Top 10 best-selling games in UK retail for the week ended January 9, 2023:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
3. Just Dance 2023
4. FIFA 21
5. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
6. Ring Fit Adventure
7. Minecraft (Switch)
8. Grand Theft Auto V
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
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