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Animal Crossing: New Horizons gets its third consecutive number 1 in the UK charts.

Nintendo Switch exclusivity secures its place at the top despite a 24% drop in sales week after week. It’s yet another week Switch has dominated the boxed gaming business in the UK, with Mario Kart 8: Deluxe at # 2 (sales down 23%), Super Mario 3D World at # 8. (sales down 3%), New Super Mario Bros U at No.9 (sales down 15%) and Ring Fit Adventure at No.10 (down 37%). There are 10 Switch games in the Top 20 best-selling games.

Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2021 is in third place despite a 29% drop in sales. This week, 87% of the game’s sales were on Nintendo Switch.

Switch is proving to be the savior of UK box retailers. For the first two weeks of 2021, game sales are up 27.4% compared to the same period last year, and this is almost entirely due to games for Nintendo Switch (overall, sales Switch games are up 120% year-to-date). Sales of PlayStation games are also up slightly when we combine sales of PS4 and PS5 games.

The only Top Ten game to increase sales week after week was the hugely popular Grand Theft Auto 5, which moved up four places to fourth thanks to a 6% sales increase.

There’s just one new game to hit the charts this week, and it’s the first new game to break into the Top 40 of 2021. Five Nights At Freddy’s: Core Collection makes # 32, released by Maximum Games. 55% of its sales were made on Nintendo Switch, 24% on PS4 and 21% on Xbox One.

Here are the Top Ten GfK for the week ending January 16: