The latest UK boxed-video game software charts have come through for the week ending 22nd October and there have been a number of big new entries as we approach the lucrative autumn period. The first new entry is is Gotham Knights which entered at No.2, it was followed by Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope at No.3, A Plague Tale: Requiem at No.5, and finally Persona 5 Royal at No.6. Talking of Persona 5 Royal 79% of sales of the 2019 JRPG were generated on the Nintendo Switch, 17% came from PS5, and 4% from Xbox Series X|S (on Xbox Game Pass) Here’s the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending 22nd October:
| Last Week | This Week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | FIFA 23 |
| NEW | 2 | Gotham Knights |
| NEW | 3 | Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope |
| 4 | 4 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
| NEW | 5 | A Plague Tale: Reqiuem |
| RE-ENTRY | 6 | Persona 5 Royal |
| 4 | 7 | Splatoon 3 |
| 3 | 8 | Horizon Forbidden West |
| 5 | 9 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
| 10 | 10 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
Animal Crossing at number 10. That’s a two year old game, and this is only but physical sales. Is every major and minor market now Nintendo kingdom? 😃
F=ma.
Switch sales are slipping a little bit in the UK but there’s a massive install base here so even if the hardware isn’t shifting the same numbers it was doing, they still have a huge amount of Switch owners to sell software to.
This is one time a console slipping is a good thing. It will force Nintendo to release an upgrade switch, or a mass output of software. It’s a win win for we the gamers. Your point make me joyful.
F=ma.
I agree. I do love the games the Switch continues to keep getting but it’s obvious the hardware is at the ceiling. That poor Tegra 1 Chip and all these new games continuing coming to it.
Will this should convince Ubisoft and Nintendo to immediately immediately work on the 3rd Mario-Rabbids like Sparks of Hope was immediately created after the first one after it was the first best selling 3rd party tittle nearly 6 years ago. So don’t break the momentum. If they can make one Mario-Rabbids game immediately then they can make another one immediately.