The latest boxed software charts have come through from the biggest gaming market in Europe, the United Kingdom. The latest Pokemon games for the Nintendo Switch, Pokemon Violet and Pokemon Scarlet, have been slipping in the top ten since their release on Friday, 18th November. This week Pokemon Violet is at No.5 and Pokemon Scarlet is at No.7. The best-selling game this week is unsurprisingly FIFA 23, which is assuredly getting a boost in sales due to the ongoing World Cup 2022. Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending 3rd December:
“Pokémon Violet slips to No.5 after a 30% sales drop, and Pokémon Scalet also dropped 30% and falls to No.7. One game that has done well this week is Mario + Rabids: Kingdom Battle. The 2017 Ubisoft game has been rising in sales over multiple weeks due to various promotions, and this week it is at No.18. The game is actually higher in the charts this week than its successor, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, which was only released in October.”
| Last Week | This Week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | FIFA 23 |
| 2 | 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
| 5 | 3 | God of War Ragnarok |
| 4 | 4 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 4 | 5 | Pokemon Purple |
| New Entry | 6 | The Callisto Protocol |
| 6 | 7 | Pokémon Scarlet |
| 8 | 8 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
| 7 | 9 | Sonic Frontiers |
| 15 | 10 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
