UK Charts: Several New Releases Push Animal Crossing: New Horizons Down To Fourth Place

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 + 2 should have gone in at Number 1...
A very worthy update of two classics...

Animal Crossing will probably reclaim #1 next week and then 3D All Stars being #1 the week after. Not much happening until Crash 4.

Just hoping TH Pro comes to switch, will look out for it next year.

Avengers being number one despite bs like 10 dollar battle passes for every new hero and the abundance of exclusive deals (that includes the PS4 Spiderman deal) on top of beta impressions being pretty mixed goes to show that the “vote with your wallet” saying died a long time ago and continues to have no worthy meaning.

Of course, NBA2k is also a good example.

A sad state when the top 10 is dominated by remakes, continuations and very old releases.

@Daniel36 Trust me, if /publisher developers would make games that the people of the UK would love to buy you would see them here in this top 10...

I suspect 3d All stars will be number 1 when that releases. Its crazy how Nintendo games are doing so well and without ever dropping in price like their competitors

Whelp it's doomed, call it in, Animal Crossing will not recover, it was a fad all along.

@Entrr_username there are huge names and Sony is controlling the UK
It was expected
Wait for the next few weeks to see how it will be shaped up

@Entrr_username You say that but it sold less than a third of what the PS4 exclusive Spider-Man managed at launch, so despite being number 1 I don't think its sold in great numbers

How is possible that GTA V it's still on the top 10, it was launched ages ago and it's still there. There's so many players with such a horrible taste? Those must be kids that have been mislead by their favorite dumbtubers

It’ll be number one again next week.

@mushpototo

Same for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe then I suppose?

@TheFullAndy so true

@Entrr_username There's been many games that debut at #1 that are considered flops and didn't see new entries. Depends how long this game hangs around and I really don't think it will unless there is a big discount. I see THPS hanging around and easily outselling it.

I love my Switch, and I support Nintendo, but sometimes you have to loose to learn. I think it would be good for Nintendo's growth to have to struggle a bit to motivate R&D of tech to street date so they feel they have skin in the game to stay more relevant with their hardware (the SoC chip is out there). They obviously have a strong handle on software. And, yes I have read about the Bloomberg et al 2021 Q1 rumor mill.

@Entrr_username Vast majority of console gamers are casuals, nothing wrong with that but they really don't care to vote with their wallet... Well they have, they've bought it but ya know ignorance is bliss

@muscpt

What? In what way do you think Nintendo are losing? Because it isn't in game or hardware sales!

@muscpt Stay more relevant with their hardware? You mean the console which is currently the best selling on the market and has games selling far more than any of its competitors? If anything the Switch makes the upcoming PS5 and Series X seem a bit outdated as they're still locked to the TV

@Paraka ah yes, and fads typically last for 6 months?

@TheFullAndy he's saying they should lose to learn.

@MeowMeowKins

Then currently not much to learn it appears.

@TheFullAndy yup

Switch owners are waiting for the next Nintendo old port.

@carlos82

"If anything the Switch makes the upcoming PS5 and Series X seem a bit outdated as they're still locked to the TV"

Game Units sold April through June 2020

1. PS4- 91 million units
2. Switch - 50.43 million units

Top 10 Best selling games in the USA YTD 2020 (NPD)

1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (On Switch)
3 The Last of Us: Part II
4 Final Fantasy VII: Remake
5 Ghost of Tsushima
6 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
7 MLB: The Show 20
8 Resident Evil 3 Remake
9 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (On Switch)
10 Mortal Kombat 11 (On Switch)

There is a massive market for games "locked to the TV". Switch has not changed that. 2 different things with different needs and games available.

@MeowMeowKins - Absolutely! Look at the Wii, it's prophetic what has happened. Nintendo may never revisit the franchise again.

Doesn't even run at 120 FPS!

@Agramonte I don't doubt there is and thats a convenient list to prove that point, lets face it Animal Crossing is the best selling console game this year and Nintendo's exclusives have easily outsold anything Sony or Microsoft have. Japan have long moved away from the TV whilst Microsoft are heading that way with Xcloud, my point is that they are sticking to the same concept the platform holders have since I've been gaming, in just making it more powerful.

@Paraka I feel you, but you're gonna want to stick a /s next to both of those

@Agramonte
That 91 million figure for PS4 includes digital-only games, while the 50.43 million figure for NSW does not, which makes the entire comparison moot.

NPD also doesn't track Nintendo's digital sales, which again, makes the comparisons moot.

@carlos82 I do believe they have found the lanes as to what the can offer, but Nintendo dose need to address frame rate drops.

Honestly, these Avengers retail launch sales are pretty lackluster. It sold ~56,000 copies at launch - an extremely generous 75% digital attach rate would put it's total sales at 224,000. Considering how massive the Avengers brand is (the 4 Avengers films alone have accumulated ~$7.8 billion and the latest entry is the biggest film of all time), that is a much smaller launch than I expected.

A big AAA Avengers game should be selling Red Dead or Call of Duty numbers at launch, especially in a year where this is the only big Marvel-related entertainment release of the year thus far due to the entire movie industry getting delayed by Covid.

@MeowMeowKins - I am pretty sure the last bit about Animal Crossing and the "Nintendo is doomed" was a dead giveaway.

I'm still wondering why you guys didn't report the latest Japanese charts.

Ring Fit did great at second place with 53,594 units sold. Crystal Chronicles on the Switch managed 48,957 units in its premiere week to take third. New Horizons sold 34,401 units to take fourth. Captain Tsubasa and Jump Force Deluxe premiered to take sixth and seventh respectively with Clubhouse Games closing out at number 10 to round things off. Nintendo dominates the charts besides with 16 out of the next 20 spots being Switch games.

Amazing how well Mario Kart Deluxe is doing. Both Smash Bros and Mario Kart still have very active online communities! Sadly, I've yet to play a single game of Doom 2016 online with anyone!

@carlos82

They are sticking to "the same concept" because it sells 1.04 Billion games. And keeps another 42 million PS+ subscriptions a year.

Why Nvidia is also launching a new $699 PC graphic card on the 17th. Microsoft launching Xcloud for PC Game Pass on the 14th will make zero difference. The 3080/3070 will sell like hotcakes.

2 different things, for 2 different needs.

Also, The simple fact we are still talking about Xbox in the gaming community shows there are entire other markets that want things Japan does not.

@Agramonte I wasn't trying to say you were wrong and there's clearly still a huge market for these and I'm still very much in that market. All I was saying on reply to someone who was saying that Nintendo's tech is out of date, was simply that the concept they have actually feels more modern in how its changed how I can play

@carlos82 Yeah for a handheld/hybrid it is the "most advanced". Anyone playing 2017 ZBOTW on a bus can realize that still today. After 3 years nobody has come with anything better in that category, shows how far ahead Nintendo was back in 2017 with the concept. People can't argue that away from Nintendo.