The British swept 1 million boxes of video games off the shelves in three weeks of quarantine
In the UK, sales of physical copies of games have risen in three weeks. During this time, British players have bought more than 1 million boxes, despite the quarantine for coronavirus.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Before the introduction of self-isolation and the mass closure of retailers, 150 thousand boxes were sold weekly in the country.
But from March 29 to April 4, 350 thousand copies were sold (3% more than a week earlier).
The main game of British retail over these seven days turned out to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. This may be due to the recent release of the battle royale CoD: Warzone, which is presented in Modern Warfare as a separate mode.
On the second line of the rating is the new Resident Evil 3: Remake. Things are going worse for her than last year’s remake of Resident Evil 2. The new game is selling twice as slowly in the UK. And note that Resident Evil 2 managed to top the chart last year.
Resident Evil 3: Remake
In addition, Switch is an Animal Crossing phenomenon:
New Horizon, which beat DOOM Eternal in popularity, fell back to 4th place last week. Title sales in weekly terms fell by 35%
UK Retail Sales Chart for March 29 – April 4
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Resident Evil 3
3. FIFA 20
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5. Persona 5 Royal
6. Forza Horizon 4
7. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy
8. GTA V
9. Jedi: Fallen Order
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
Let’s add that some exclusives for PS4 and Xbox One are firmly entrenched in the top twenty (Uncharted 4, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, Sea of Thieves and The Last of Us Remastered). Sales of games for Switch, on the contrary, dropped sharply, as these consoles were almost sold out in the country.
Also on the topic:
- Anthem is still the leader of the UK chart, although its sales have fallen by 71%Call of Duty: Warzone has started.
- What’s in Activision’s free battle royale? Is there any news?
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