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[Woopah]

It was another strong week for Nintendo in the UK this week, and in particular for its iconic mascot. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is the best-selling boxed game in the UK for a fourth straight week, holding No.1 despite an 18% drop in sales. Meanwhile, other Mario titles in the charts enjoyed a sales uptick.

It was a strong week for Nintendo overall. Six of the boxed Top Ten were Nintendo Switch games, and they all increased in sales week-on-week. The biggest riser was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which rose from No.7 to No.3 after a 40% sales boost. Animal Crossing saw an update this week featuring items and clothing from the Mario series.

There were no new releases in the charts, although Yakuza: Like A Dragon returns to the Top 40 at No.35 following the release of the PS5 version. Elsewhere, Spider-Man: Miles Morales holds No.2 after a slight 19% drop in sales, which suggests PS5 stock is still coming in strongly in the UK. However, PS4 hit The Last of Us Part 2 drops from No.3 to No.11. The game had re-entered the charts last week following price discounting.

Last week's new releases dropped heavily week-on-week. New Switch RPG Bravely Default 2 drops from No.11 to No.33 following a 74% sales drop. Meanwhile, Persona 5 Strikers, which debuted at No.5 last week, has disappeared from the boxed charts altogether.

LW	TW	Title	Label
1	1	SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER'S FURY	NINTENDO
2	2	MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
7	3	ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS	NINTENDO
6	4	MARIO KART 8 DELUXE	NINTENDO
8	5	CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR	ACTIVISION
13	6	SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS	NINTENDO
9	7	GRAND THEFT AUTO V	ROCKSTAR
10	8	MINECRAFT	NINTENDO
14	9	RING FIT ADVENTURE	NINTENDO
12	10	ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA	UBISOFT
3	11	THE LAST OF US PART II	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
15	12	JUST DANCE 2021	UBISOFT
17	13	SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY	NINTENDO
4	14	FIFA 21	EA SPORTS
18	15	THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD	NINTENDO
16	16	LITTLE NIGHTMARES II	BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
21	17	DEMON'S SOULS	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
19	18	LUIGI'S MANSION 3	NINTENDO
24	19	MINECRAFT DUNGEONS	MOJANG
20	20	LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
23	21	SUPER MARIO PARTY	NINTENDO
	22	POKEMON SWORD	NINTENDO
26	23	RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2	ROCKSTAR
27	24	SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE	NINTENDO
22	25	51 WORLDWIDE GAMES	NINTENDO
28	26	IMMORTALS FENYX RISING	UBISOFT
29	27	WATCH DOGS: LEGION	UBISOFT
	28	CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY	ACTIVISION
35	29	POKEMON SHIELD	NINTENDO
37	30	MINECRAFT: BEDROCK EDITION	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
31	31	HITMAN III	SQUARE ENIX
30	32	LEGO JURASSIC WORLD	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
11	33	BRAVELY DEFAULT II	SQUARE ENIX
38	34	LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
	35	YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON	SEGA
33	36	MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020	NINTENDO
39	37	CARNIVAL GAMES	2K
36	38	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U DELUXE	NINTENDO
	39	SPLATOON 2	NINTENDO
40	40	NBA 2K21	2K

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...e-and-yakuza-re-enters-top-40-uk-boxed-charts

 

[Roufianos]

Seems like such a myth that Yakuza has found some kind of mainstream success here in the West. It's still clearly very niche.

 

[Kuranghi]

Luigi's Mansion 3 was a megahit seemingly, I think I saw 20M+ copies sold (correct if wrong) on a slide the over day, fucking loved it. Had so much fun finding all the gems, took like 25 hours for 100%, which was a bit too long maybe, but I don't know how long story + a few detours takes, maybe a lot less.

 

[Bodomism]

Luigi's Mansion 3 was a megahit seemingly, I think I saw 20M+ copies sold (correct if wrong) on a slide the over day, fucking loved it. Had so much fun finding all the gems, took like 25 hours for 100%, which was a bit too long maybe, but I don't know how long story + a few detours takes, maybe a lot less.

Nearly 10 million copies sold.

 

[jdforge]

U.K. is Sony Nintendo land.

 

[Woopah]

U.K. is Sony Nintendo land.

As a software publisher yes, but for hardware both PS4 and PS5 will outsell the Switch. It's a similar situation to Germany (hardware comparison and the latest software charts below)

 

[Bodomism]

As a software publisher yes, but for hardware both PS4 and PS5 will outsell the Switch. It's a similar situation to Germany (hardware comparison and the latest software charts below)

Nintendo Switch is catching up to PS4 ltd sales number

UK 2020
Switch 1.5M
PS4 0.45M

LTD
PS4 LTD - 7.58 mil
Xbox One LTD - 5.6 mil ltd
Switch - 4 mil ltd

2 months of 2021


Nintendo Switch started slowly but each year it generated more momentum than before.

 

[Sevenfold]

The fucking legs on that kart game.

 

[v_iHuGi]

Legs Morales on track to 20M+.

 

[prinz_valium]

Nintendo Switch is catching up to PS4 ltd sales number

UK 2020
Switch 1.5M
PS4 0.45M

LTD
PS4 LTD - 7.58 mil
Xbox One LTD - 5.6 mil ltd
Switch - 4 mil ltd

2 months of 2021


Nintendo Switch started slowly but each year it generated more momentum than before.

That's still 4m Units to go.
So at least 3 years of sales.

 

[RAIDEN1]

I might have checked the latest Yakuza out, if it weren't for the turn based combat, instant turn-off...

 

[Woopah]

Nintendo Switch is catching up to PS4 ltd sales number

UK 2020
Switch 1.5M
PS4 0.45M

LTD
PS4 LTD - 7.58 mil
Xbox One LTD - 5.6 mil ltd
Switch - 4 mil ltd

2 months of 2021


Nintendo Switch started slowly but each year it generated more momentum than before.

It is catching up but I don't think Switch can just grow and grow forever. Either this year or next year it'll start to slow down.

If it does catch PS4 I'll be impressed!

 

[Bodomism]

It is catching up but I don't think Switch can just grow and grow forever. Either this year or next year it'll start to slow down.

If it does catch PS4 I'll be impressed!

In Japan, Nintendo Switch is currently tracking above 3DS which was deemed impossible back in 2017-2019.

Nintendo Switch still hasn't received a single price cut. The momentum isn't to stop anytime soon.

 

[Woopah]

In Japan, Nintendo Switch is currently tracking above 3DS which was deemed impossible back in 2017-2019.

Nintendo Switch still hasn't received a single price cut. The momentum isn't to stop anytime soon.

It'll still sell well but it can't grow indefinitely, I think this year or last year will be the peak years for Switch hardware and it'll be down YoY after that (assuming the Switch Plus launches in 2021).

 

[Enjay]

That demon's souls ps4 port is looking more likely.

 

[MrA]

As I've said before, this would be more fun with numbers, but funny that Mario and spiderman had the same drop by percent, bravely default 2 doesn't sound like it's doing too hot in the UK, shame,
Anyone know how scalped ps 5 units are going in the UK? in the us they're down to ~800, so either sony is getting better with supply, the weekly demand is getting close to being reached, or the number of people willing to pay over 800 has simply been saturated, or some mix of all three.

 

[e&e]

It'll still sell well but it can't grow indefinitely, I think this year or last year will be the peak years for Switch hardware and it'll be down YoY after that (assuming the Switch Plus launches in 2021).

Wanna bet?

 

[Woopah]

Wanna bet?

Sure! So we are saying that in calendar year 2022, global Switch sales will be higher than in 2020 or 2021 correct?