Games Industry Portal on sales of retail editions of games in the UK during the period from November 24 to 30. Due to the abundance of discounts on Black Friday, the old leader, FIFA 20, topped the chart.
Sales of Electronic Arts' football simulator jumped by 226% compared to last week, while the second place winner — improved his previous result by 86%.
This growth is explained, among other things, by the popularity of bundles (console + game). Thanks to such promotions, two Microsoft projects rose from twenties to the top 5 - and Minecraft.
The block hit actually occupied two places on the chart at once - the Switch version was in 10th position. Nestled between two Minecrafts are four Nintendo exclusives - Pokemon Sword, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokemon Shield and .
It is noteworthy that Pokemon Sword and Shield were the only games in the top 40 that did not show an increase in sales compared to last week. The record holder for this indicator is (691%).
Thanks to this result, the superhero action movie soared to 13th position. Who occupied this place last time fell to 33rd place, and the unsuccessfully started and completely dropped out of the top 40.
During the week, about 1,3 million games were sold, which is 22% worse than last year's result. The most popular console was PS4 (500 thousand), followed by Xbox One (413 thousand) and Nintendo Switch (362 thousand).
The top 10 on the UK Retail Chart for the period November 24rd to 30th is as follows (last week's position in parentheses):
- FIFA 20 (4)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (1)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2)
- Sea of Thieves (23)
- Minecraft for Xbox One (24)
- Pokemon Sword (3)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (7)
- Pokemon Shield (5)
- Luigi's Mansion (6)
- Minecraft for Nintendo Switch (8)
Source: 3dnews.ru