While it didn’t reach the top spot in Gfk’s UK physical sales charts for the week ending December 23rd, Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder still performed very well. It ranked second, overcoming Hogwarts Legacy (which dropped to third).
EA Sports FC 24 remains on top for the holidays, but according to GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring, Super Mario Bros. Wonder “narrowly missed” dethroning it. Even more interesting is how its physical sales have already eclipsed Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (fourth and fifth, respectively).
It’s also not far from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. However, as Dring notes, these are only physical sales. “Switch tends to be more physical than the other platforms, and doubly so at Christmas.” To overtake the likes of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder would need a higher percentage of digital sales, which is hard to determine since Nintendo doesn’t share that data.
Check out the top ten best-selling physical titles in the UK for the week ending December 23rd. You can also read our review of Super Mario Bros. Wonder here.
Super Mario Wonder narrowly missed out on No.1 in the UK boxed charts last week. In terms of physical, the game has eclipsed Spider-Man 2 and COD and isn’t far off Zelda.
Note: Just physical. Switch tends to be more physical than the other platforms, and doubly so at Christmas
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) December 28, 2023
Nintendo doesn’t share digital. But it would need to be a high digital % share for Mario to be bigger than Spider-Man 2. Which over Christmas, would be unusual. But I don’t have the data to back that up
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) December 29, 2023
| Last Week | This Week | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | EA Sports FC 24 |
| 3 | 2 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
| 2 | 3 | Hogwarts Legacy |
| 4 | 4 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
| 7 | 7 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
| 12 | 8 | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora |
| 10 | 9 | Minecraft (Nintendo Switch) |
| 17 | 10 | Grand Theft Auto 5 |
