Physical games tracker GfK Entertainment has released the latest UK sales charts. This time, the GfK Top 10 is for the week ending October 1st, 2022. The biggest news from these charts is that Splatoon 3 has been dethroned from the top spot after being at #1 for 3 weeks.
Nintendo has no reason to be upset, however. Splatoon 3 managed to chart at #2 despite a 14% decline in sales week-on-week, and half of the games on the chart are all first-party Nintendo Switch exclusives. The full chart data is down below.
| Last Week | This Week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| NEW | 1 | FIFA 23 |
| 1 | 2 | Splatoon 3 |
| 10 | 3 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga |
| 2 | 4 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
| 4 | 5 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
| 8 | 6 | Horizon Forbidden West |
| 6 | 7 | Minecraft |
| 5 | 8 | Grand Theft Auto V |
| 7 | 9 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
| 9 | 10 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus |
The UK is Nintendo kingdom. Five of the top 10 games are Nintendo games ( published and partnerships ), without digital sales. This has been happening for almost five years now. Gone are the days of the UK being Sega land. This is wondrous. Imagine when a switch pro-Switch-2 pipe stream release happens; with FIFA releasing with the same graphical fidelity as the PS5 😊🎥 🎮.