This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

It may be a mild surprise to some of our American readers, but FIFA is absolutely huge this side of the pond, and that reputation has yielded fruit once again as the latest entry - FIFA 20 - has topped the UK sales charts this week.

It knocked Link’s Awakening from the top spot, whil Dragon Quest XI: Tales of an Elusive Age just missed out on the top ten, debuting at number 11.

Interestingly, the Switch version of FIFA 20 accounted for just 1% of total sales. What’s depressing is that EA will likely chalk this poor performance up to Switch owners not being interested in FIFA games, rather than the fact the release this year is identical to FIFA 19 barring updated kits, squads and some new menu music.

That being the case, it will be interesting to see if we’ll get a FIFA game on Switch at all next year.

Here’s the top 20 all format chart in full:

1 FIFA 20
2 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
3 Borderlands 3
4 Gears 5
5 Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fuelled
6 The Division 2
7 Sea of Thieves
8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
9 Minecraft: XBOX Edition
10 Forza Horizon 3
11 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
12 Grand Theft Auto V
13 Code Vein
14 Spyro Reignited Trilogy
15 Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
16 Minecraft
17 Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
18 Super Mario Maker 2
19 NBA 2K20
20 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Source: UKIE