Animal Crossing: New Horizons Tops UK Charts and Over Triples New Leaf’s Debut Sales

With the end of the week, GFK shared the physical sales charts for the UK (via GamesIndustry) providing insight on the ups and downs of the local market.

The chart shows Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch at the top. It sold 3.5 times as much as its predecessor, New Leaf, on 3DS.

It’s also the biggest launch of a single Switch game since the release of the console (even if this is debatable. If you combine Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, Animal Crossing slides in second place).

Doom: Eternal debuted in second place for the week, with physical sales dropping by a third compared to its own predecessor from 2016.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is still going strong in third place, followed by the inevitable FIFA 20 and Mario Kart 8: Deluxe completing the top 5.

Grand Theft Auto V is still unsinkable in sixth place, while two Crash Games (N.Sane Trilogy and Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled) are separated by Forza Horizon 4. Red Dead Redemption 2 closes the top 20, still going strong but not quite matching Grand Theft Auto’s exploits.

A lot of the entries climbed considerably compared to the week prior, showing that in times of Coronavirus, many are leaning on evergreen games.

You can read the full chart below.

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