We learned yesterday that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 became the best-selling digital entry in the franchise's history and now, unsurprisingly, we've also learned that it was last week's top-selling game in the UK.

Black Ops 4 unseated FIFA 19 to claim the top spot in UK sales for the 41st week of the year. This has become old hat for the Call of Duty franchise annually at this point and there's a good chance that it could remain atop the charts for a couple more weeks.

What's perhaps most interesting though is that, according to GamesIndustry.biz, Black Ops 4 has the lowest physical sales in the UK in 11 years, which makes it the worst boxed-copy launch since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. By comparison to last year's Call of Duty: WWII, physical sales are down nearly 50%.

There are many reasons as to why this could be the case but one of which just seems to the aforementioned rise in digital sales. Activision confirmed in their statement this weekend that Black Ops 4 had more users this weekend online compared to WWII last year, so there's a chance that Call of Duty isn't falling off whatsoever and more consumers are just embracing digital purchases. It'll be interesting to see what the numbers from other regions end up telling us about Black Ops 4 once they come out.

As always, the full top-40 list for last week in the UK is below.

Last Week

This Week

Title

Age Rating

Publisher

1

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4

PEGI 18+

ACTIVISION

1

2

FIFA 19

PEGI 3+

EA SPORTS

2

3

ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

4

WWE 2K19

PEGI 16+

2K

3

5

FORZA HORIZON 4

PEGI 3+

MICROSOFT

4

6

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN

PEGI 16+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

5

7

SUPER MARIO PARTY

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

8

8

CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

6

9

SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER

PEGI 18+

SQUARE ENIX

11

10

MARIO KART 8 DELUXE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

7

11

TEKKEN 7

PEGI 16+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

10

12

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

9

13

PROJECT CARS 2

PEGI 3+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

28

14

THE EVIL WITHIN 2

PEGI 18+

BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

17

15

MINECRAFT

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

15

16

SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

13

17

MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION

PEGI 7+

MICROSOFT

14

18

F1 2018

PEGI 3+

CODEMASTERS

16

19

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

PEGI 16+

MICROSOFT

25

20

LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

21

THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU: FINAL REMIX

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

22

22

ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION

PEGI 7+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

32

23

THE SIMS 4

PEGI 12+

EA GAMES

24

24

LEGO THE INCREDIBLES

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

12

25

FORZA MOTORSPORT 7

PEGI 3+

MICROSOFT

26

26

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

27

EA SPORTS UFC 3

PEGI 16+

EA SPORTS

19

28

NBA 2K19

PEGI 3+

2K

27

29

SONIC MANIA PLUS

PEGI 3+

SEGA

30

30

HELLO NEIGHBOR

PEGI 7+

GEARBOX PUBLISHING

38

31

MARIO KART 7

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

33

32

GOD OF WAR

PEGI 18+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

36

33

ROCKET LEAGUE: COLLECTORS EDITION

PEGI 3+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

20

34

PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS

PEGI 16+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

23

35

FAR CRY 5

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

37

36

TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

34

37

RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD

PEGI 18+

CAPCOM

18

38

THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE

PEGI 18+

BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

39

CAPTAIN TOAD: TREASURE TRACKER

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

39

40

LEGO WORLDS

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE