Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops UK charts once more

Multiple 12 months after the sport first went on sale, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has reclaimed the highest spot within the UK sport gross sales chart for the previous week. Gross sales for the title truly dropped by 21 % week-on-week, but it surely nonetheless managed to work its solution to the highest.

The Nintendo Swap unique sport is now considered one of solely two video games launched final 12 months to promote greater than 1 million copies within the UK. On condition that the sport is simply obtainable on one console, it’s spectacular that it managed to hit this quantity.

Nonetheless, Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched simply because the pandemic actually hit the UK, and lockdowns got here into full impact for the primary time. Individuals have been turning to indoor leisure, and as a sport that guarantees a whole lot of hours of leisure, each it and the Nintendo Swap have been clear frontrunners.

FIFA 21 noticed gross sales fall by 34 % week-on-week, and in consequence, has dropped to second place within the chart. The sport was nonetheless EA’s best-selling title for the week although.

General, boxed gross sales for video games have been down by 28 % week-on-week within the UK. All titles within the high ten noticed gross sales drops. This can be because of elevated gross sales in March promotional intervals, or extra digital platforms providing reductions, inflicting patrons to vary their spending habits.

Newer releases similar to Monster Hunter Rise weren’t resistant to the drop in gross sales. Capcom’s Swap unique entry fell two locations to sixth, with gross sales down by 56 % week-on-week.

Sq. Enix’s model new MMO Outriders dropped ten locations to sixteenth, with gross sales down by 74 % week-on-week. The sport is accessible on Recreation Cross nonetheless, so there may be more likely to be a big lean in direction of digital gross sales over bodily ones.

With no new massive releases developing this week, legacy titles will possible see a comeback over the subsequent seven days. Nonetheless, if any titles make a shock splash, the chart might look very totally different subsequent week.

The highest ten best-selling video games for the week ending April 10, 2021 have been as follows.