Hitman 3 falls on No. 11
Animal Crossing: New Horizons returns to the top of the UK charts after temporarily losing their place to Hitman 3 last week.
IO Interactive’s stealth game drops to No. 11, which may seem like a sharp drop, but weekly sales have dropped by 68%, which is a relatively normal decline for a core game in its second week on sale .
Animal Crossing takes number 1, despite sales falling 12% week-on-week, while Mario Kart 8: Deluxe raises a spot to number 2, which also declined 12% the previous week.
It was not all drops, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War rises two-place to number 3 after a 2% increase, while Grand Theft Auto 5 is to number 4 after a 7% increase.
Otherwise, it’s a pretty quiet week for game retail. There are two new entries in the chart, PGA Tour 2K21 at No. 31 (sales with 52%) and Fortnite: The Last Laugh bundle, returning to No. 36 after a 50% increase in sales.
Next week also looks pretty quiet, while next week launches the first major game of the year: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury on Nintendo Switch.
Here is the GfK Top Ten for the week ending January 30:
| Last week | This week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Animal crossing: new horizons |
| 3 | 2 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe |
| 5 | 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War |
| 6 | 4 | Grand Theft Auto 5 |
| 4 | 5 | Spider-Man: Miles Morales |
| 9 | 6 | Minecraft (switch) |
| 7 | 7 | Ring Fit Adventure |
| 8 | 8 | Dans net 2021 |
| 11 | 9 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
| 10 | 10 | FIFA 21 |