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Well folks, in what is presumably the last Christmas period before Nintendo unleashes its next major hardware, Switch games have performed admirably as folks look to fill those stockings come Wednesday morning.

In fact, let's look at the numbers here: 8 games in the top 10 are either Switch exclusive or can be played on the Switch, and the same can be said of 26 titles from the complete top 40 charts. That's impressive, and it goes to show just how popular boxed Switch games really are at this time of year.

Naturally, digital sales may paint a different picture, but it's at least a good result for Nintendo in terms of the physical retail space. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the best-selling first-party Nintendo title, followed by Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo Switch Sports, Minecraft (third-party), Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Lots of what we would probably call "evergreen" titles, then.

It'll be interesting to see how things shake out in the new year as we inch toward a new hardware announcement, currently due before the end of March. Will Switch games maintain their current momentum..? Only time will tell.

Here's a look at this week's top 40 in full, with platform breakdowns for all of the titles available on other consoles alongside the Switch:

Last Week​	This Week​	Game​	Platform Split​
3	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
2	2	Hogwarts Legacy	Switch 48%, PS5 21%, PS4 20%, Xbox 10%
1	3	EA Sports FC 25	PS5 41%, Switch 28%, PS4 17%, Xbox 15%
4	4	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5	5	Super Mario Party Jamboree
6	6	Nintendo Switch Sports
10	7	Minecraft
14	8	Super Mario Bros. Wonder
13	9	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
12	10	Astro Bot
9	11	Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate	PS5 57%, PS4 42%, Switch 1%
8	12	The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
9	13	Sonic X Shadow Generations	PS5 38%, Switch 34%, Xbox 16%, PS4 12%
11	14	Marvel's Spider-Man 2
-	15	Mortal Kombat 1	PS5 87%, Switch 8%, Xbox 4%
17	16	Grand Theft Auto V
7	17	Black Myth: Wukong
-	18	Star Wars Outlaws
34	19	Lego Harry Potter Collection	Switch 73%, PS4 11%, PS5 8%, Xbox 7%
15	20	MySims Cozy Bundle
19	21	Just Dance 2025 Edition	Switch 97%, PS5 3%
16	22	Mario & Luigi: Brothership
28	23	Lego Horizon Adventures	PS5 70%, Switch 30%
23	24	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
32	25	Stray	Switch 53%, PS5 37%, Xbox 5%, PS4 4%
25	26	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Switch 50%, PS5 30%, PS4 16%, Xbox 4%
-	27	Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
-	28	Undisputed
-	29	Bluey: The Videogame	Switch 78%, PS5 13%, PS4 7%, Xbox 2%
33	30	Silent Hill 2
27	31	Super Mario Odyssey
37	32	The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition
36	33	My Universe: Pet Clinic Cats & Dogs
-	34	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
20	35	Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
21	36	Gran Turismo 7
40	37	Luigi's Mansion 3
-	38	Tomb Raider I-II-III Remastered	PS5 41%, Switch 36%, PS4 23%
24	39	Dragon Age: The Veilguard
-	40	Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

[Sales Data Compiled by GfK]

UK Charts: Nintendo Can Be Proud Of Its Last Christmas Before 'Switch 2'

Top 40 is chock full of Switch games

www.nintendolife.com

 

[T-0800]

MK11 is killing it on Xbox.

 

[Woopah]

Go go Astrobot!

 

[SweetTooth]

Is Nintendo life the only source to provide those data?

There is no independent agency to track boxed sales?

 

[Three]

Lego Horizon doing better than Silent Hill 2 and DA:Veilguard wasn't on my bingo card but here we are.

 

[Jaybe]

2nd week and Indiana Jones isn’t in the top 40?!

 

[Physiognomonics]

There are 2 IPs fully own by Sony on this list:

- Atro bot (10)
- GT7 (36)

Sony's strategy about their investments since 2019 (bar Helldivers 2 strocke of luck, they bought the sequel at the right time) has been a disaster. And about Lego Horizon and Spider-man, well Sony don't fully own those, they just rented some juicy IPs to boost their own product. A lego / marvels game selling well for Christmas? Duh.

 

[Synastry]

2nd week and Indiana Jones isn’t in the top 40?!

Was it even release on disk in the UK?

Just weird its already out of the top 40 a week later since I was told its selling like hot cake.

 

[EN250]

Last Week​	This Week​	Game​	Platform Split​
12	10	Astro Bot

Hang in there ASTRO

 

[Mr Moose]

Is Indiana Jones digital only? Better come on a fucking disc when it launches on PS5.
Edit: Was the disc exclusive to Amazon or something? The standard version seems to be on there but not in stock, everywhere else is a digital code or the more expensive versions.

 

[lh032]

28

23

Lego Horizon Adventures

 

[Saber]

Lego Horizon fans with low sales be like:

Veilgard be like:

 

[Jaybe]

Was it even release on disk in the UK?

Just weird its already out of the top 40 a week later since I was told its selling like hot cake.

Apparently Indiana Jones and The Great Circle was #18 in its UK launch week!

 

[Horseganador]

I didn't expect Indiana to be in the top 10... but I also didn't expect that in its second week it's already out of the top 40, even Lego horizon which was an epic fail is in the top.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

has Aaron Greenberg tweeted anything about Indiana Jones? he is like the best source for definitive confirmation of its success

 

[Humdinger]

The chart says Veilguard is 39 now but was 24 last week. That doesn't add up, because it was at 24 over a month ago, Nov 10-16, then dropped out the top 40 completely during the last two weeks of November. I don't see results for the first two weeks of December, though, so maybe it had a resurgence.

It's weird that Indy isn't even in the top 40.

 

[daxgame]

Is Nintendo life the only source to provide those data?

There is no independent agency to track boxed sales?

????
Data comes from GFK

 

[Fake]

Astrobot at top 10.

HL legs are brutal.

 

[kazuyamishima]

There are 2 IPs fully own by Sony on this list:

- Atro bot (10)
- GT7 (36)

Sony's strategy about their investments since 2019 (bar Helldivers 2 strocke of luck, they bought the sequel at the right time) has been a disaster. And about Lego Horizon and Spider-man, well Sony don't fully own those, they just rented some juicy IPs to boost their own product. A lego / marvels game selling well for Christmas? Duh.

UK’s retail charts have become kinda useless since digital share has become very significant nowadays.

 

[mckmas8808]

There are 2 IPs fully own by Sony on this list:

- Atro bot (10)
- GT7 (36)

Sony's strategy about their investments since 2019 (bar Helldivers 2 strocke of luck, they bought the sequel at the right time) has been a disaster. And about Lego Horizon and Spider-man, well Sony don't fully own those, they just rented some juicy IPs to boost their own product. A lego / marvels game selling well for Christmas? Duh.

That's such a dumb way to approach the data in this thread. MY GOD.......console wars have reached a new low.

 

[LordOcidax]

Nintendo month

 

[adamsapple]

That's such a dumb way to approach the data in this thread. MY GOD.......console wars have reached a new low.

 

[SweetTooth]

????
Data comes from GFK

Didn’t click the link, I live only inside GAF

 

[DForce]

Starfield

Week 36 - 1st
Week 37 - 8th
Week 38 - 19th
Week 39 - 34th

Indiana Jones

Week 50 - 18th
Week 51 -

Halo Infinite

Week 49 - 4th
Week 50 - 20th
Week 51 - 34th

Forza Horizon 5

Week 45 - 4th
Week 46 - 16th
Week 47 - 19th
Week 48 - 15th
Week 49 - 11th
Week 50 - 19th
Week 51 - 28th
Week 2 - 40th
Week 3 - 36th

Game Pass impacts sales, but it seems like the interest in Indiana Jones is much lower than in their other major releases. Halo Infinite is also a free-to-play title for it's multiplayer, which saw good numbers when it first launched.

 

[mckmas8808]

Starfield

Week 36 - 1st
Week 37 - 8th
Week 38 - 19th
Week 39 - 34th

Indiana Jones

Week 50 - 18th
Week 51 -

Halo Infinite

Week 49 - 4th
Week 50 - 20th
Week 51 - 34th

Forza Horizon 5

Week 45 - 4th
Week 46 - 16th
Week 47 - 19th
Week 48 - 15th
Week 49 - 11th
Week 50 - 19th
Week 51 - 28th
Week 2 - 40th
Week 3 - 36th

Game Pass impacts sales, but it seems like the interest in Indiana Jones is much lower than in their other major releases. Halo Infinite is also a free-to-play title for it's multiplayer, which saw good numbers when it first launched.

Is it possible Indiana Jones doesn't even sell 1 million copies globally in December?

 

[Synastry]

Is it possible Indiana Jones doesn't even sell 1 million copies globally in December?

The only market I see somewhat saving that game is NA/US cause places like Japan, UK, EU is not looking to good for Indy.

 

[Jaybe]

Is it possible Indiana Jones doesn't even sell 1 million copies globally in December?

We are way more likely to get the # of whips cracked than sales from Microsoft

 

[DForce]

Is it possible Indiana Jones doesn't even sell 1 million copies globally in December?

I would assume it's under 1 million copies sold.

This is only UK physical sales, but it's #96 on the top paid games on the UK store and #54 in the US.

 

[mckmas8808]

I would assume it's under 1 million copies sold.

This is only UK physical sales, but it's #96 on the top paid games on the UK store and #54 in the US.

Is that #96 and #54 on Xbox's digital store for the month of December?

 

[nial]

All I want for Christmas is good Astro Bot legs.

 

[nial]

There are 2 IPs fully own by Sony on this list:

- Atro bot (10)
- GT7 (36)

Sony's strategy about their investments since 2019 (bar Helldivers 2 strocke of luck, they bought the sequel at the right time) has been a disaster. And about Lego Horizon and Spider-man, well Sony don't fully own those, they just rented some juicy IPs to boost their own product. A lego / marvels game selling well for Christmas? Duh.

What is this post, lmao. Your Sony hatred gets dumber and dumber every day.

 

[DForce]

Is that #96 and #54 on Xbox's digital store for the month of December?

I think it's updated multiple times throughout the day.

 

[mckmas8808]

I think it's updated multiple times throughout the day.

Oh wow lol! That's quite surprising. Good to know. If you don't mind......where's the newest Dragon Age: Veilguard and Star Wars: Outlaws on those same Xbox lists? I feel like those two games are good comparables for Indy.

 

[DForce]

Oh wow lol! That's quite surprising. Good to know. If you don't mind......where's the newest Dragon Age: Veilguard and Star Wars: Outlaws on those same Xbox lists? I feel like those two games are good comparables for Indy.

Star Wars Outlaws
US: 48
UK: 85

Dragon Age: Veilguard
US: 70
UK: 53

 

[mckmas8808]

Star Wars Outlaws
US: 48
UK: 85

Dragon Age: Veilguard
US: 70
UK: 53

So Indy is today, selling worse than both Star Wars Outlaws and Dragon Age: Veilguard overall on the UK and US digital Xbox stores. That's INSANE!!!!! I would have lost that bet 40 times over. Especially since the game came out 2 weeks ago. GamePass is literally killing MS first party video game sales.

There's literally no way they are making this money up in GP subs.

 

[jm89]

Astro doing good in the UK digital charts aswell. At position 10, pretty much everything in front is your popular gaas/multiplayer games.

 

[mckmas8808]

Astro doing good in the UK digital charts aswell. At position 10, pretty much everything in front is your popular gaas/multiplayer games.

Where is it at in the UK digital charts at the moment?

 

[jm89]

Where is it at in the UK digital charts at the moment?

Not sure. We don't really get separate digital lists. Also to clarify I meant PSN digital charts in my previous comment.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

There are 2 IPs fully own by Sony on this list:

- Atro bot (10)
- GT7 (36)

Sony's strategy about their investments since 2019 (bar Helldivers 2 strocke of luck, they bought the sequel at the right time) has been a disaster. And about Lego Horizon and Spider-man, well Sony don't fully own those, they just rented some juicy IPs to boost their own product. A lego / marvels game selling well for Christmas? Duh.

They bought the sequel? They own Helldivers 1, which they completely funded when Arrowhead was like 15 employees over a decade ago. Sony then saw the potential of Arrowhead and invested 10's of millions of dollars in a sequel as Arrowhead built up their studio to over 100 employees. After Arrowhead showed Sony a prototype of HD2, Sony doubled their investment

Sony deserves immense praise for HD2. As much as any other first party game

 

[coachmcguirk91]

So Indy is today, selling worse than both Star Wars Outlaws and Dragon Age: Veilguard overall on the UK and US digital Xbox stores. That's INSANE!!!!! I would have lost that bet 40 times over. Especially since the game came out 2 weeks ago. GamePass is literally killing MS first party video game sales.

There's literally no way they are making this money up in GP subs.

Matt Piscatella showed it was the second best selling game of the week in US, behind only COD. But losing to a game, even COD, in its 6th week shouldn't be seen as good. I would be shocked if Indy has broken 1 million copies WW. It has a CCU peak of 12k on Steam

Gamepass numbers seem decent, but Indy surely had a budget of 100+ million, and that is not even mentioning licensing fees Microsoft has to pay for. I would be shocked if there is a sequel, as much as I enjoyed the game

 

[nial]

They bought the sequel? They own Helldivers 1, which they completely funded when Arrowhead was like 15 employees over a decade ago. Sony then saw the potential of Arrowhead and invested 10's of millions of dollars in a sequel as Arrowhead built up their studio to over 100 employees. After Arrowhead showed Sony a prototype of HD2, Sony doubled their investment

Sony deserves immense praise for HD2. As much as any other first party game

 

[SweetTooth]

Sony has always given their studios and creative leads absolute freedom and support. That is their moto since 1994 with David Jaffe with multiple project, supporting TLG for almost a decade, helping Kojima after Konami fiasco, supporting Shenmu 3 project ...etc

And Now with Helldivers and Resogun devs. They don't get enough credit for how great they are as partners.

 

[jm89]

These guys are something else, probably pcmr.

Arrowhead is on the map because of playstation.

Helldivers 1 whilst well received was never huge, sony put immense faith in arrowhead for years. Arrowhead are where they are because of Sony.

 

[Mattyp]

So Indy is today, selling worse than both Star Wars Outlaws and Dragon Age: Veilguard overall on the UK and US digital Xbox stores. That's INSANE!!!!! I would have lost that bet 40 times over. Especially since the game came out 2 weeks ago. GamePass is literally killing MS first party video game sales.

There's literally no way they are making this money up in GP subs.

Jesus mate the hot takes; the entire point of gamepass titles is to keep people subscribing to and choosing to subscribe to gamepass.

They made $500 million this month with gamepass subs I’m sure they’ll be fine.

It’s been shown before 9/10 sales on Xbox UK are digital.

 

[Thief1987]

It’s been shown before 9/10 sales on Xbox UK are digital.

Have you missed post about game's digital performance in UK?

 

[Banjo64]

has Aaron Greenberg tweeted anything about Indiana Jones? he is like the best source for definitive confirmation of its success

by all internal metrics it was a huge success.

 

[DForce]

Jesus mate the hot takes; the entire point of gamepass titles is to keep people subscribing to and choosing to subscribe to gamepass.

They made $500 million this month with gamepass subs I’m sure they’ll be fine.

It’s been shown before 9/10 sales on Xbox UK are digital.

Digital sales don't appear to be doing well.

And $500 per month from Game Pass? That doesn't account for all the operating costs associated with the service. If everything was fine then there's no logical reason why they would be putting more games on PlayStation.

 

[Radical_3d]

Mortal Kombat 11 selling more than 1.

 

[sainraja]

So Indy is today, selling worse than both Star Wars Outlaws and Dragon Age: Veilguard overall on the UK and US digital Xbox stores. That's INSANE!!!!! I would have lost that bet 40 times over. Especially since the game came out 2 weeks ago. GamePass is literally killing MS first party video game sales.

There's literally no way they are making this money up in GP subs.

If MS is pushing Game Pass, then the # of subs matter more to them compared to sales of games. Sales of any title should be a bonus for them at this point. If they can successfully convert their user base (and they mostly have) into paying subscribers, they've accomplished part 1 of their goal. Now, what we are seeing MS do, is try to expand outside of those users and it remains to be seen how much success they find there.

It is an odd time for subs given there are sooo many now.

Yes, better sales for titles published by their studios would be good for them but it's not what they are pushing for. But I don't think, at this point anyway, that any of this should be too alarming for them, if not expected, as long as a lot of that is converting into subs, even if they are month to month and not for a full year.

 

[mckmas8808]

If MS is pushing Game Pass, then the # of subs matter more to them compared to sales of games. Sales of any title should be a bonus for them at this point. If they can successfully convert their user base (and they mostly have) into paying subscribers, they've accomplished part 1 of their goal. Now, what we are seeing MS do, is try to expand outside of those users and it remains to be seen how much success they find there.

It is an odd time for subs given there are sooo many now.

Yes, better sales for titles published by their studios would be good for them but it's not what they are pushing for. But I don't think, at this point anyway, that any of this should be too alarming for them, if not expected, as long as a lot of that is converting into subs, even if they are month to month and not for a full year.

I wouldn't be surprised if this Indy game cost $200 million after you include gave development, marketing, and licensing cost. That money HAS to be made back. And Gamepass subs just don't cut it. We know that at this point.

MS isn't working under a different economy here within the industry. The days of sales don't matter are over for Xbox. That goes for both hardware and software.