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Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales pass 1 million in UK – Games charts 10 April
Nintendo’s lockdown blockbuster has reached a major sales milestone, becoming one of only two 2020 games to sell over 1 million in the UK.
On the face of it there was little of note going on in the retail sales charts for the UK last week, with no new entries in the top 10. But it actually saw an important milestone, as Animal Crossing: New Horizons physical sales passed the 1 million mark.
Apart from FIFA 21, it is the only 2020 game to do so and while digital sales are not known they’re likely to be pushing the game’s overall sales in the UK to roughly 2 million.
The lack of data for digital sales does make it increasingly difficult to gauge a game’s success though, as while Outriders has already fallen out of the top 10, dropping as far as number 16, it has proven extremely popular on Game Pass.
UK all formats retail chart – 10 April
1 (2) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
2 (1) FIFA 21 (PS4/XO/NS/PS5)
3 (5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
4 (3) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS)
5 (10) Minecraft (NS)
6 (4) Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
7 (12) Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4/XO/PS3/360/PC)
8 (11) Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (PS4/XO/PS5/XSX)
9 (7) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
10 (9) Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (PS5/PS4/XO)
Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK
Japanese console chart – 4 April
1 (1) Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
2 (2) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS)
3 (4) Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa No Teiban! (NS)
4 (5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
5 (6) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
6 (8) Minecraft (NS)
7 (7) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
8 (10) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
9 (-) Outriders (PS4)
10 (12) Splatoon 2 (NS)
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U.S. all formats chart – February
1 (-) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS)*
2 (1) Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5)
3 (-) Persona 5 Strikers (PS4/NS/PC)
4 (3) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PS5)
5 (4) Madden NFL 21 (XO/PS4/PC)
6 (-) Little Nightmares 2 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
7 (2) Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (XO/PS4/PS5)
8 (6) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)*
9 (5) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)*
10 (8) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare (XO/PS4)
*does not include digital sales
Note: U.S. charts are organised by revenue, not unit sales
The NPD Group/NPD Funworld
GameCentral Top 20 – 2020
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
2. The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
3. Spelunky 2 (PS4/PC)
4. Ori And The Will Of The Wisps (XO/NS/XSX/PC)
5. Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
6. Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR)
7. Nioh 2 (PS4)
8. Hades (NS/PC)
9. Cyberpunk 2077 (XO*/PS4*/PC/Stadia)
10. Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PC)
11. Doom Eternal (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
12. The Pathless (PS4/PS5/PC/iOS)
13. Star Wars: Squadrons (XO/PS4/PC)
14. Horace (NS/PC)
15. Ghostrunner (XO/PS4/NS*/PC)
16. Paper Mario: The Origami King (NS)
17. Streets Of Rage 4 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
18. Immortals Fenyx Rising (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
19. Mortal Shell (XO/PS4/PC)
20. Wasteland 3 (XO/PS4/PC)
The chart above lists our best reviewed titles of 2020 but as usual does not include remakes (with the special exception of Final Fantasy 7), remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.
*Not recommended at launch
Readers’ Top 20 – 2020
1. The Last Of Us Part 2 (PS4)
2. Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS4)
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
4. Hades (NS/PC)
5. Ghost Of Tsushima (PS4)
6. Astro’s Playroom (PS5)
7. Demon’s Souls (PS5)
8. Immortals Fenyx Rising (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
9. Doom Eternal (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
10. Star Wars: Squadrons (XO/PS4/PC)
11. Cyberpunk 2077 (XO*/PS4*/PC/Stadia)
12. Ori And The Will Of The Wisps (XO/NS/XSX/PC)
13. Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PS5)
14. Streets Of Rage 4 (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
15. Horace (NS/PC)
16. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
17. Wasteland 3 (XO/PS4/PC)
18. Paper Mario: The Origami King (NS)
19. Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR)
20. Lonely Mountains: Downhill (XO/PS4/NS/PC)
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