UK sales for December 2018 – Nintendo the biggest publisher of physical games
Posted on January 9, 2019 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch
New sales data is in from the UK for the month of December 2018.
Nintendo had a great month, as over 30% of all games sold were on the company’s platforms. Switch accounted for 29.5% of that figure. Nintendo was the UK’s biggest publisher of physical games in December and Nintendo-published games comprised 19.3% of all games sold. During the month, Switch was the second most-popular platform, following just behind PS4’s 39.7% share.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had a strong debut with 284,155 physical copies sold. Other Nintendo titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Pokemon: Let’s Go charted.
You can find the full top 20 UK physical chart below.
| Ranking | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| 2 | FIFA 19 |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
| 4 | Super Smash Bros Ultimate |
| 5 | Battlefield V |
| 6 | Spyro Reignited Trilogy |
| 7 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 8 | Forza Horizon 4 |
| 9 | Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy |
| 10 | Spider-MAn |
| 11 | Fornite: Deep Freeze Bundle |
| 12 | Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu |
| 13 | Assassin’s Creed Odyssey |
| 14 | Just Cause 4 |
| 15 | Fallout 76 |
| 16 | Super Mario Party |
| 17 | WWE 2K19 |
| 18 | Just Dance 2019 |
| 19 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
| 20 | Grand Theft Auto V |
