{"id":29875,"date":"2018-07-02T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/crash_bandicoot_is_the_fastest_selling_switch_game_in_2018_as_it_rockets_to_uk_number_one"},"modified":"2018-07-02T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:20:00","slug":"crash-bandicoot-is-the-fastest-selling-switch-game-in-2018-as-it-rockets-to-uk-number-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/02\/crash-bandicoot-is-the-fastest-selling-switch-game-in-2018-as-it-rockets-to-uk-number-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash Bandicoot Is The Fastest Selling Switch Game In 2018 As It Rockets To UK Number One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/crash_bandicoot_is_the_fastest_selling_switch_game_in_2018_as_it_rockets_to_uk_number_one\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/crash_bandicoot_is_the_fastest_selling_switch_game_in_2018_as_it_rockets_to_uk_number_one\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news1-1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/crash_bandicoot_is_the_fastest_selling_switch_game_in_2018_as_it_rockets_to_uk_number_one\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/crash_bandicoot_is_the_fastest_selling_switch_game_in_2018_as_it_rockets_to_uk_number_one\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news1-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Crash clearly has plenty of selling power as he returns to number one for the eighth time\u00a0thanks to the arrival of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/crash_bandicoot_n_sane_trilogy\"><strong>Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy<\/strong><\/a> on new platforms, including here on Nintendo Switch. In fact, his performance was so good he not only held off Ubisoft&#8217;s <strong>The Crew<\/strong> <strong>2<\/strong>, but sold more copies than any other title on Switch in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The multiformat charts also saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_tennis_aces\"><strong>Mario Tennis Aces<\/strong><\/a> drop from first to fourth place, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> yo-yoing\u00a0from fourth to six. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fifa_18\"><strong>FIFA 18<\/strong><\/a> dropped a place but it&#8217;s still holding firm at the number three slot thanks to ye olde World Cup. Here&#8217;s the top ten:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong><em>(22)<\/em> Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy<strong><br \/>2<\/strong><em>(NEW)<\/em> The Crew 2<strong><br \/>3<\/strong><em>(2)<\/em> FIFA 18<strong><br \/>4<\/strong><em>(1)<\/em> Mario Tennis Aces<strong><br \/>5<\/strong><em>(3)<\/em> <strong>God of War<\/strong><strong><br \/>6<\/strong><em>(4)<\/em> Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<strong><br \/>7<\/strong><em>(-)<\/em> <strong>Star Wars Battlefront II<\/strong><strong><br \/>8<\/strong><em>(7)<\/em> <strong>Grand Theft Auto V<\/strong><strong><br \/>9<\/strong><em>(5)<\/em> <strong>Fallout 4<\/strong><strong><br \/>10<\/strong><em>(12)<\/em> <strong>Far Cry 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of this week&#8217;s chart data for the UK? Crash clearly has plenty of popularity in 2018. Not bad for an old PS1 mascot&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crash clearly has plenty of selling power as he returns to number one for the eighth time\u00a0thanks to the arrival of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on new platforms, including here on Nintendo Switch. 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