{"id":131236,"date":"2023-01-16T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143646"},"modified":"2023-01-16T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:45:00","slug":"uk-charts-switch-maintains-strong-representation-in-a-pretty-quiet-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/16\/uk-charts-switch-maintains-strong-representation-in-a-pretty-quiet-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Charts: Switch Maintains Strong Representation In A Pretty Quiet Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7ed3ab2e66697\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7ed3ab2e66697\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch OLED\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7ed3ab2e66697\/switch-oled.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTEwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"510\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7ed3ab2e66697\/switch-oled.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switch OLED\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest UK charts are in and it&#8217;s pretty unremarkable, all told.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fifa_23\">FIFA 23<\/a> regains its dominance at number one after slipping down to number two last week. The Switch version made up 25% of the split, coming in behind the PlayStation 5 version at 41%.<\/p>\n<p>No Nintendo titles enter the top ten this week, but the Switch still has some strong representation with the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nintendo_switch_sports\">Nintendo Switch Sports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/grand_theft_auto_v\" class=\"external\">Grand Theft Auto V<\/a> has once again entered the top ten, which is frankly just absurd at this point. As a reminder, the game originally launched back in September 2013 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 &#8211; nearly a <em>decade<\/em> ago.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at the top ten:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Last Week<\/th>\n<th>This Week<\/th>\n<th>Game<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>FIFA 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>God of War Ragnarok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Pok\u00e9mon Violet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"100%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Minecraft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto V<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[Compiled by GfK]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/01\/uk-charts-mario-and-pokemon-hold-firm-in-another-strong-week-for-nintendo\">&lt; Last week&#8217;s charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Have you purchased any of the top ten this week? Let us know what you picked up in the comments below!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life The latest UK charts are in and it&#8217;s pretty unremarkable, all told. FIFA 23 regains its dominance at number one after slipping down to number two last week. The Switch version made up 25% of the split, coming in behind the PlayStation 5 version at 41%. No Nintendo titles enter the top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}