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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]
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