Hades on Nintendo Switch enters UK sales top 10 – Games charts 20 March

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is back as the UK number one but the physical release of Hades has also managed to make an impact.

In the end, Spider-Man: Miles Morales only enjoyed a solitary week at number one, replaced by chart veteran Animal Crossing: New Horizons – although that’s more an indication of the amount of PlayStation 5 stock released last week than anything else.

The biggest new entry last week was Hades, released for the first time in physical form on the Nintendo Switch and getting all the way to number seven despite the game being six months old.

It fared considerably better than Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville, whose new Switch version only boosted it as far as number 26. Although even that was notably better than the next gen version of Marvel’s Avengers, which saw the game rise only to number 30.

UK all formats retail chart – 20 March

1 (3) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
2 (2) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS)
3 (1) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5/PS4)
4 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
5 (7) Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4/XO/PS3/360/PC)
6 (6) Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (PS4/XO/PS5/XSX)
7 (-) Hades (NS)
8 (5) Minecraft (NS)
9 (9) Super Mario 3D All-Stars (NS)
10 (16) Minecraft Dungeons (NS/PS4/XO)

Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK

Japanese console chart – 14 March

1 (1) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS)
2 (3) Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa No Teiban! (NS)
3 (4) Ring Fit Adventure (NS)
4 (-) A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (NS)
5 (2) Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town (NS)
6 (6) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
7 (7) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
8 (8) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)
9 (5) Bravely Default 2 (NS)
10 (10) Minecraft (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

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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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