And Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is number 2. Again.
Another week, another triumph for Nintendo in the UK charts.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is again # 1 for the fourth time this year, despite a 13% drop in sales. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe remains at No. 2 for the second consecutive week, losing 1% in sales.
It was almost a Nintendo top three, but Ring Fit Adventure missed third place with just 52 units. Sales of the fitness game were up 34% from week to week, but couldn’t completely topple Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which despite a sales decline of 8%.
The only major new box game coming out this year (so far) is Hitman 3, and that game is now at number 17 with a 54% drop in sales from week to week.
There was one new game on the charts and that is Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthbound at number 36. The game was published by Maximum Games in the UK.
It’s a fairly quiet start to the year for the games market, but there’s a major new game coming this week in the form of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury for Nintendo Switch. That game will definitely be the best-selling box game this time next week.
Here’s the GfK Top Ten for the week ending February 7:
| Last week | This week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
| 2 | 2 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 3 | 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War |
| 7 | 4 | Ring Fit Adventure |
| 6 | 5 | Minecraft (switch) |
| 4 | 6 | Grand Theft Auto 5 |
| 8 | 7 | Just Dance 2021 |
| 10 | 8 | FIFA 21 |
| 9 | 9 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
| 12 | 10 | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla |