It’s time to see how physical sales have fared this week in the UK and, perhaps to nobody’s surprise, EA Sports FC 24 has come out on top following its full release on September 29th, 2023.
However, while FC 24 has undoubtedly made a big splash, its overall physical sales are down by 30% compared to FIFA 23, according to GameIndustry.biz’s Chris Dring. On the flip side, the Switch version is the only platform to post a slight improvement in sales over the previous title, likely (definitely) because this is the first Switch entry since 2019 not stifled by the atrocious ‘Legacy’ approach.
Looking at the platform split for FC 24’s launch, PS5 has taken the lion’s share of sales at 53%, Xbox Series X/S manages 20%, PS4 17%, and finally, Switch makes up the remaining 9%. It’s a similar story for Mortal Kombat 1, too, which managed to snatch the silver this week following its number-one debut. Here, PS5 once again comes out on top at 80%, Xbox Series X/S at 14%, and Switch at 5%.
Elsewhere, Pikmin 1+2 has taken a bit of a tumble down from number 4 to number 36, but the Switch’s usual suspects, i.e. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Tears of the Kingdom, etc., are still representing the console well in the top ten.
So let’s have a look at this week’s UK top forty in full:
| Last Week | This Week | Game |
|---|---|---|
|
NEW |
1 | EA Sports FC 24 |
|
1 |
2 |
Mortal Kombat 1 |
|
2 |
3 |
Hogwarts Legacy |
|
5 |
4 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
|
8 |
5 |
Grand Theft Auto V |
|
9 |
6 |
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
|
10 |
7 |
Minecraft |
|
– |
8 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
|
14 |
9 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II |
|
22 |
10 |
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition |
|
12 |
11 | The Witcher III: Wild Hunt GOTY Edition |
|
16 |
12 | Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle |
|
20 |
13 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
|
11 |
14 |
The Crew Motorfest |
|
6 |
15 | Cyberpunk 2077 |
|
15 |
16 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
|
23 |
17 | Nintendo Switch Sports |
|
17 |
18 | Street Fighter 6 |
|
3 |
19 | Lies of P |
|
30 |
20 | Diablo IV |
|
24 |
21 | Pikmin 4 |
|
29 |
22 |
Pokémon Violet |
|
26 |
23 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe |
|
– |
24 | Saints Row |
|
27 |
25 | Super Mario Odyssey |
|
– |
26 | Dark Souls Trilogy |
|
21 |
27 |
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition |
|
18 |
28 | Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantasy VIII Remastered – Twin Pack |
|
25 |
29 | Pokémon Scarlet |
|
31 |
30 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury |
|
38 |
31 | FIFA 23 |
|
36 |
32 | Mario Party Superstars |
|
37 |
33 | Fae Farm |
|
19 |
34 | Starfield |
|
13 |
35 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga |
|
4 |
36 | Pikmin 1+2 |
|
39 |
37 | Resident Evil 4 |
|
28 |
38 | Lego Harry Potter Collection |
|
– |
39 | Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising |
|
7 |
40 | Payday 3 |
[Compiled by GfK]
< Last week’s charts
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