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UK software sales – November 21, 2021 – Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have biggest Switch launch of 2021

Posted on November 22, 2021 by (@NE_Brian) in News, Switch

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This week’s UK software sales are in, and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl are off to a strong start. The two games placed at #1 and #2 respectively. The double pack also made the top ten.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl are now the biggest launches on Switch of 2021 having toppled Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. Brilliant Diamond actually managed to do that by itself.

For sales across all platforms, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl had the second biggest boxed game launch of the year for 2021. They’re behind FIFA 22 but ahead of Call of Duty: Vanguard.

To compare these titles to other Pokemon releases, launch sales are down 26 percent compared to Sword and Shield. However, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are up 13 percent compared to Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee.

Here’s a look at the best-selling games in the UK over the past week:

Top 40 Entertainment SoftwareWeek 46 Year 2021
Ending 20th November
LWTWTitleAge RatingLabel
 1POKEMON BRILLIANT DIAMONDPEGI 7+NINTENDO
 2POKEMON SHINING PEARLPEGI 7+NINTENDO
 3BATTLEFIELD 2042PEGI 16+EA GAMES
14CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARDPEGI 18+ACTIVISION
25FIFA 22PEGI 3+EA SPORTS
146MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALESPEGI 16+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
57MARIO KART 8 DELUXEPEGI 3+NINTENDO
118FAR CRY 6PEGI 18+UBISOFT
 9POKEMON BRILLIANT DIAMOND & SHINING PEARL: DUAL PACKPEGI 7+NINTENDO
1510JUST DANCE 2022PEGI 3+UBISOFT
311ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONSPEGI 3+NINTENDO
812MINECRAFTPEGI 7+NINTENDO
713MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARSPEGI 3+NINTENDO
2114RIDERS REPUBLICPEGI 12+UBISOFT
 15ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLAPEGI 18+UBISOFT
416FORZA HORIZON 5PEGI 3+MICROSOFT
1017MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXYPEGI 16+SQUARE ENIX
 18NERF LEGENDSPEGI 7+MAXIMUM GAMES
1919RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APARTPEGI 7+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
 20THE LAST OF US PART IIPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1321SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD + BOWSER’S FURYPEGI 7+NINTENDO
1722LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTIONPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
623JURASSIC WORLD: EVOLUTION 2PEGI 16+SOLD OUT SALES & MARKETING
 24KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITSPEGI 12+MAXIMUM GAMES
1625FORTNITE MINTY LEGENDS PACKPEGI 12+EPIC GAMES
3026JUST DANCE 2021PEGI 3+UBISOFT
1827GRAND THEFT AUTO VPEGI 18+ROCKSTAR
 28GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR’S CUTPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
2729NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U DELUXEPEGI 3+NINTENDO
3630LEGO JURASSIC WORLDPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
2431POKEMON SWORDPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2232MINECRAFT DUNGEONSPEGI 7+MOJANG
2533THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILDPEGI 12+NINTENDO
3334SUPER MARIO ODYSSEYPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2935HOT WHEELS UNLEASHEDPEGI 3+MILESTONE
3236SUPER MARIO PARTYPEGI 3+NINTENDO
2637LUIGI’S MANSION 3PEGI 7+NINTENDO
3138SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATEPEGI 12+NINTENDO
 39DEMON’S SOULSPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
3440METROID DREADPEGI 12+NINTENDO

Update (11/22): Post updated with the top 40.

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