UK software sales – January 17, 2021 – Switch and Animal Crossing lead the way

Update (1/18): Post updated with the top 40.

Original (1/17): This week’s UK software sales are in, and it’s again Switch that’s putting in a lot of work.

Although Animal Crossing is down 24 percent compared to last week, it’s still at the top of the chart. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe follows in second (sales down 23 percent). Super Mario 3D All-Stars (down 3 percent), New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (down 15 percent), and Ring Fit Adventure (down 37 percent) are also in the top ten.

Ten Switch titles are among the UK’s twenty best-selling games this week. Just Dance 2021 is from Ubisoft rather than Nintendo, and despite a 29 percent sales dip, Switch accounts for 87 percent of the game’s sales this week.

Five Nights At Freddy’s: Core Collection is the only new release over the past week, and it came in at #32. 55 percent of its sales were on Switch, followed by 24 percent for PS4 and 21 percent for Xbox One.

As a final note, GamesIndustry says that “Switch is proving to be the savior for UK boxed retailers.” During the first two weeks of 2021, “game sales are up 27.4 percent compared with the same period last year, and this is almost entirely down to games for Switch”. Sales on Nintendo’s console have risen 120 percent year-to-date.

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

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