Nintendo has the most games in the UK’s Christmas charts with 4 titles in the top 10 this week.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare retains its first spot with sales increased by 42% week-on-week, thereby beating EA’s FIFA 20 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. FIFA and Star Wars switched positions with FIFA 20 now taking the 2nd spot in this week’s physical charts through a 73% sales spike. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order dropped a spot, but sales for Respawn’s most recent Star Wars game were up 23% compared to last week.
Nintendo is dominating this week’s UK charts when it comes to having games in the top 10 - four of its games are in the Christmas Top Ten, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 4, Luigi’s Mansion 3 at 5, Pokémon Sword/Shield at 6 and Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games at 8.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sales were up 30%, while Luigi's Mansion 3 sales dropped by 18%. Sales of both Pokemon Sword/Shield and Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games were up 21%.
All of the games mentioned above were released this year, except for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which was released back in 2017. Sales for Nintendo's racer on the Switch were boosted by the release of the new Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle.
We've included this week's UK physical top 10 sales chart below:
| Last Week | This Week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare |
| 3 | 2 | FIFA 20 |
| 2 | 3 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order |
| 4 | 4 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 5 | 5 | Luigi's Mansion 3 |
| 6 | 6 | Pokémon Sword |
| 7 | 7 | Just Dance 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo Olympic Games |
| 13 | 9 | Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy |
| 17 | 10 | Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled |
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