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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remained strong at the top of the UK physical charts for its second week on shelves.

Sales for Activision's titles were only down 42% week-on-week, which is an excellent performance for a second week. This year's Call of Duty saw its physical launch sales in the UK up over 40% compared to 2021's Vanguard.

EA's FIFA 23 also continued to perform really well, securing No.2 for the second week running with a slight 12% dip in sales.

GfK noted sale increases across the board for Nintendo titles last week, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe charting at No.3 following a 35% growth, Nintendo Switch Sports taking No.4 thanks to a 54% rise, and Splatoon 3 climbing to No.5 after a 19% increase in sales, among others.

It was a quiet week overall, but three new titles entered the Top 40: Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion from Outright Games at No.15, Maximum Games' WRC Generations at No.22 and Square Enix's Harvestella at No.25.

Title
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
FIFA 23
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Minecraft (Switch)
Gotham Knights
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Sorry about the table.

Seems like another slow week.

Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-remains-at-the-top-uk-boxed-charts

 

[feynoob]

I am contemplating whether I should buy mw2 or not. That price is just too much at the moment.

 

[Robins]

I am contemplating whether I should buy mw2 or not. That price is just too much at the moment.

I'd recommend Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion instead

 

[feynoob]

I'd recommend Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion instead

That would be good for my little sister. But she is in to roblox sadly.

 

[Punished Miku]

I couldn't make it through the Harvestella demo, and I like farming games. Need to try it again someday. It looks like it has some potential but didn't do it for me.

 

[Skifi28]

I couldn't make it through the Harvestella demo, and I like farming games. Need to try it again someday. It looks like it has some potential but didn't do it for me.

They supposedly made changes based on feedback from the demo, so it might be worth looking into that.

 

[NahaNago]

So much Nintendo.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I am contemplating whether I should buy mw2 or not. That price is just too much at the moment.

I was almost set to buy it, but then I downloaded the beta, and I realized (once again) that I'm just over the competitive MP FPS genre.

GOW - 'GOWR'

Having said that, MW2 MP seems good (not as good as the OG MW series -- not even close to that greatness) but it's still okay. So if you're into FPS MP, it's not a bad option.

 

[Woopah]

UK continues to be a tough market for Switch RPGs. We'll have to see how it does elsewhere and how strong its legs are (SE embargoing the reviews so late isn't a good sign though).

 

[MrA]

UK continues to be a tough market for Switch RPGs. We'll have to see how it does elsewhere and how strong its legs are (SE embargoing the reviews so late isn't a good sign though).

UK is the switch's weakest market as a whole to begin, niches will be hurt even more.

 

[Woopah]

UK is the switch's weakest market as a whole to begin, niches will be hurt even more.

Weakest of the main markets definitely. I think it is relatively weaker in smaller markets like New Zealand and Australia.