There's no getting around it: Nintendo Switch is destroying the UK's physical games chart right now. In the all formats top 10, five of the games are exclusive to the hybrid system — six if you include the boxed version of Minecraft for Switch. The first multi-platform game in the list is Just Dance 2021, although just eight per cent of sales are attributed to the PlayStation 4 version.
Looking at just PS4 games, it's none other than Grand Theft Auto V that sells most on Sony's last-gen console. It's up several places to fourth in the all formats top 10 due to a bump in sales. FIFA 21 moves down a couple of places to sixth, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War isn't far behind in seventh. If you're wondering, the week's best-selling physical PS5 game is Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which appears on the all formats chart in number 12.
Here's the latest top 10 in full — and remember, we're talking purely physical sales here.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 16th January 2021
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Just Dance 2021
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Minecraft (Switch)
- FIFA 21
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Ring Fit Adventure
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Are there any people left on the planet who haven't bought GTA V ?
Why is GTA V still so popular in UK? Is a new copy needed when you get caught for scam in GTA Online? Should be more than enough used copies on eBay.
Even NSMBU made a comeback - perhaps more people are getting on board to bridge some of the binge gap between 3D All-Stars and the upcoming 3D World? Like I said before, only Galaxy 2 and NSMB Wii seem to be holding Mario back from the "all the flagships officially portable" achievement.
@Cornaboyzzz yes, estimatedly anyone without the hardware to run it. Which should be a dwarfing number even after compatible PCs factoring in.
I'm so lost on how it's still making sales in copies........
@Cornaboyzzz Myself, I was gonna ask if there was anyone else.
I hope rockstar still making gta 6 for ps5, it's like mario kart 8 situations, why make mario kart 9 when 8 is still selling.
Nice going, Sony. No need to make more ps5s available. Everything is fine. Obviously. Let your competitors take advantage of it and let the hype die out.
@Cornaboyzzz Yeah, me. And i don't intend to.
People need to stop buying 5 so Rockstar has incentive to make 6
@Cornaboyzzz that will be me! Surprisingly, I had played a bit but always wanted and never managed to buy it and finish it. Can't believe myself really, especially at this point lol
this is why we will never see a GTA 6.
@Cornaboyzzz here! waiting for the ps5 upgrade
Gta 5 the g.o.a.t word up son
I would say the reason gta5 is the best selling playstation is due to lockdown. Fair weather gamers.
Do they track the sales in places like CEX? Because surely the majority of people buy physicalll copies there.
With a new gen upgrade for GTA V, they should be able to reach 1 trillion copies sold very soon.
Glad i still own my Ps4 and wasnt in a hurry to get rid of it for a shiny new Ps5. I'll just wait a few years before i jump next-gen. That way i'll have a good amont of next-gen only games to play.
@JapaneseSonic of course it does, but the whole strategy of releasing a console without enough stock clearly hasn't worked well, now has it? They could have delayed its release or at least not make it available worldwide, as they've done in the past. Now the hype is dying and they're allowing the competitor to take over. Nintendo struggled in the UK for years and now they allowed them to take the lead. By the time enough ps5s are available, it will be too late for Sony.
@Nepp67 - Shark Card bundles. It costs less to buy the game with cards than buying cards from the store. I have a guy on my friends list who buys a copy every few weeks.
@Gaming365247. Hold my l for the clowns i mean browns haha😁🤔😱😀.chiefs is the best.haha.word up son
Crazy to think a game that was made for and originally released on PS3 is still selling so well some 7+ years later.
I haven’t played the game since the original PS3 release and I’ve never played the online mode but it must feel so dated now.
@Cornaboyzzz I'm waiting to play the PS5 version of GTAV on the PS6 so I can play it in checkerboard 8k.
The thing that surprises me right now about GTAV selling so well is that if you waited 7 years to play it why not wait until the PS5 version? GTAV never got any PS4 Pro enhancements, X1X either, so I've been expecting for awhile now for them to sell a proper 4k and HDR version this gen.
Still not sure if I'll ever play it, my backlog is insane and there are always new games coming out I'd rather play, but at this point if I was going to play it I'd wait for a proper PS5 version. Surely they'll have one, too much money to be had not too.
@naruball Personally I'd be happy if they just added 20 more tracks for £10 every couple of years. There's not really much going to change between 8 and 9 and its not like they need a graphical upgrade.
@naruball - for the last week of 2020, ~80k PS5s were sold in europe (less than switch, but more than 2.5 times xbox s/x combined) so stock is dripfeeding into the supply chain, but rebuilding sizeable supply chains is not a simple matter. there is currently limited container capacity from china, and typically sony have used distribution centres in rotterdam for PS4s in europe - so whether that adds a layer of bureaucracy or the need to now ship PS5s to one of the UKs ports, movement will be somewhat curtailed in the short-term. most launch units were shipped by airfreight to meet release dates, but that is not sustainable long term. PS5 had the biggest launch of any console ever in the UK, so i doubt interest is going to die anytime soon, but the biggest threat to PS5 demand (or any of the consoles) is a damaging economic recession.
@Bazooka new copies tend to give money for online with a new copy bundled in
@naruball.... Don't worry Ragnarok is coming........... PS5 is just giving the industry to catch it breath for a minute........ Sony has just closed PS4 with a bang [TLOU II + GOT].
They are gonna also bomb drop Peter Parker on everyone....
The Time closes near.........
You Must Prepare Yourself......
RAGNAROK IS COMING..........
@Bazooka no this will be new sales only
@naruball Next gen as a whole should've probably started in holiday 2021 instead of holiday 2020. PS5 launching alongside Horizon Forbidden West and Series X|S launching alongside Halo Infinite.
@GREGORIAN Ragnarok is coming... to ps4 as well.
I don’t own Grand Theft Auto V. I played it on PS3 and that was more than enough for me. Outside of the cool 3 character dynamic, I felt it was the most uninteresting GTA yet. Obviously an unpopular take.
I’d like to see Rockstar increase their output of smaller games, like Bully and Max Payne 3. I really thought they were on to something pretty special with the shooting mechanics of Max Payne 3 but haven’t seen them expand on it yet.
If R made a GTA with the shooting mechanics of MP3 and the level of satire found in Vice City or even San Andreas, I’d be excited.
@naruball Might I remind you what happened when Xbox used your strategy? Oh thats right- THE RED RING OF DEATH.
Gta 5 is currently on sale physically and digitally so makes sense, especially in lockdown
Rockstar have zero incentive to release GTA6. This is the ultimate cashcow.
They will like sell GTA Online seperately at this rate.
@TheLightSpirit Maybe they can just project it onto the sun?
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