The latest UK boxed-video game software charts are now in for the largest gaming market in Europe and Pokemon Scarlet & Violet have proved to be huge sales beasts for both Nintendo and The Pokemon Company. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet were the biggest boxed-video game release of the year so far in the UK, surpassing launch sales of FIFA 23, which is always incredibly popular in Europe. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are the second biggest Pokemon releases of all-time after Pokemon Sun & Moon on Nintendo 3DS.
“In fact, in terms of units, it is the second biggest Pokémon launch of all time, behind Pokémon Sun and Moon on the 3DS. Sun and Moon arrived during a period of huge interest in the series following the release of the smartphone game Pokémon Go (way back in 2016)
Scarlet and Violet’s first week sales are 25% bigger than the previous ‘new generation’ Pokémon release, Sword and Shield, which launched on Switch in November 2019. It’s also 70% bigger than last year’s Diamond and Pearl remakes and 56% bigger than January’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus
The launch of Pokémon has also boosted sales of Switch consoles, GfK says. Switch hardware sales rose 62% week-on-week, led by the OLED model. It is the biggest week of the year so far for Nintendo Switch console sales.”
Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending November 20:
| Last Week | This Week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| New Entry | 1 | Pokemon Purple |
| New Entry | 2 | Pokémon Scarlet |
| 2 | 3 | FIFA 23 |
| 1 | 4 | God of War Ragnarok |
| 2 | 5 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
| New Entry | 6 | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Dual Pack |
| 7 | 7 | Horizon: Forbidden West |
| 5 | 8 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 6 | 9 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
| 4 | 10 | Sonic Frontiers |
