UK Charts: Switch 2 Anticipation Creates A Quiet Week For Nintendo

Calm before the storm.Last week's Switch 2 blowout was always going to cool Switch 1's software sales a little as all eyes get fixed firmly on what's next. Well, that's exactly what we're seeing in this week's UK charts.As ever, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe keeps Nintendo in the running by holding firm at sixth, and Minecraft continues to perform well — thanks, in no small part, to the movie's box office success, we imagine. You have to scroll a looong old way to catch wind of Nintendo's latest, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, this week, which has continued its downward spiral and now finds itself in 34th place. Yikes.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Apr 9, 2025 - 17:18

UK Charts: Switch 2 Anticipation Creates A Quiet Week For Nintendo

Calm before the storm.

Last week's Switch 2 blowout was always going to cool Switch 1's software sales a little as all eyes get fixed firmly on what's next. Well, that's exactly what we're seeing in this week's UK charts.

As ever, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe keeps Nintendo in the running by holding firm at sixth, and Minecraft continues to perform well — thanks, in no small part, to the movie's box office success, we imagine. You have to scroll a looong old way to catch wind of Nintendo's latest, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, this week, which has continued its downward spiral and now finds itself in 34th place. Yikes.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com