EA Has Had the Most UK Christmas Number 1 Games - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 February 2022 / 2,733 Views
Head of GamesIndustry Christopher Dring via Twitter has revealed the list of the all the number one video games for the UK for Christmas week going back to 1984 via GfK.
Electronic Arts has had the most number ones for Christmas in the UK with 13, followed by Activision at 10. Two IPs are tied for the most number ones with Activision's Call of Duty and EA's FIFA at nine each.
Ghostbusters was the first Christmas number one in 1984, while FIFA 22 was the number one in 2021.
Nintendo has only ever had one game at the top for Christmas week with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1998. Sony Interactive Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios have never had a Christmas number one in the UK.
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UK is a lost cause then. :-P
goooo suck a dick EA last games u released good was titanfall2 apex legends and star wars jedi fallen order,
just let go of respawn entertainment and they will thrive without u haha
Hmm interesting... I'm a bit surprised that both Sony and MS have never had a number one in the UK at Christmas.
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I blame it on their slacker attitude and habit of taking Christmas holidays,. EA knows how to ruin typo meant run a labour camp and its cheap all you need are some drums and whips.
I Lord mjk45 head of the EA Employee Welfare Department, wish all the Executives a merry and prosperous Christmas , as for the rest of you and that include you SuperNintend0rk get back to work.
Lol the only reason EA have had the most number one games is that they make FIFA. Simple as that.
Yes it makes a great stocking filler and gives the poms something to do during the holidays in leu of not have a nice Australian summer holiday period full of delightful Ashes cricket results to enjoy .
SuperNintend0rk please stop posting I need you to get back to working on BoTW 2.
Haha I wish I could be working on that game right now! Or just playtesting it! :P
The UK, at least Great Britain, is a relatively competitive territory. So, neither Sony nor Microsoft have a large enough chunk of the market there to have a number one game. It's always going to be a third party.
That makes sense. It's still possible for an exclusive to be number one but it's pretty unlikely.
Not impossible, of course. But, the math makes it tough. It would have to be something like a Mario Kart that is purchased by half of the install base.
Yeah Game Pass will stop Xbox from selling enough but maybe Sony will one day.
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