Crash and co. fend off Team Marvel
In what is proving to be a fairly uneventful summer, several titles new and old continue to jostle for position within the UK retail charts. This week sees the return of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled to the number one spot in the charts, fending off the debut of Nintendo’s Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, which was forced to settle for second place.
In tried and true “dunno what to buy” fashion, perennial mainstays FIFA 19 and Red Dead Redemption 2 crawled back up into the Top Five. But the most surprising comebacks fall to Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Marvel’s Spider-Man, with both titles leaping back into the Top Ten from numbers 30 and 21 respectively.
In fact, a plethora of older titles made re-entry in the Top 40 this week, including The Last of Us, Minecraft Xbox, Battlefield V and Tekken 7, no doubt scooped up in online summer sale offers. While we may be a little starved for releases right now, clearly the people are keeping occupied. It looks like Wolfenstein: Youngblood is going to be able to just saunter right into the number one spot next week.
U.K. video game sales chart w/e: July 20, 2019
(Chart reflects in-store physical sales only)
1. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled – Activision
2. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker 2 – Nintendo
4. FIFA 19 – Electronic Arts
5. Red Dead Redemption 2 – Take 2
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Activision
8. F1 2019 – Codemasters
9. Marvel’s Spider-Man – Sony Interactive
10. Mortal Kombat 11 – Warner Bros. Interactive
U.K. video game charts [Ukie]
