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News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 23 Scores Tenth Christmas Number One
God of War Ragnarok takes third
As celebrations sweep the nation of Argentina following its World Cup victory over France, FIFA 23 developer EA Sports has its own reason to pop open a bottle of champagne: the latest football simulator has just secured its 10th Christmas number one at the top of the UK sales charts. Counting only physical purchases,...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Ragnarok Reclaims Number One as Christmas Nears
Merry Midgard
We're mid-way through December, if you can believe it, with Christmas just a couple of weeks away. It looks like God of War Ragnarok may be under a lot of trees this year, potentially right alongside the PS5 itself. No doubt buoyed by the ebb and flow of PS5 stock returning to retail, Sony's action game is back at number one. It...
News November 2022 NPD: Improved PS5 Stock Pushes Sony to Crucial Holiday Win
Top of the lot
PS5’s stock resurgence continues unabated, as Sony dominated the USA hardware sales charts for the fourth successive month – this time in the crucial November shopping period. PlayStation’s new-gen system outsold its competition in both units and dollars, making it a comfortable frontrunner overall. This success contributed to a...
PS Store Sales Charts God of War Ragnarok, Modern Warfare 2 Trade Blows
Who comes out on top?
November saw the release of some of 2022's biggest games, with God of War Ragnarok and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 among them. Sony has just revealed the download charts for PS Store last month, and the two juggernauts both vie for the top spot. Santa Monica Studio's epic sequel takes the biscuit in the PS5 charts, landing...
News UK Sales Charts: Pretty Mixed Results for New PS5, PS4 Games at Retail
NFS does poorly, The Callisto Protocol better
Every year, there's always one day when a huge amount of AAA titles all release at once. The 2022 version saw Need for Speed Unbound, The Callisto Protocol, and Marvel's Midnight Suns all come out on 2nd December 2022, and not all of them have gotten off to the best of starts in the UK sales-wise...
News PS5 Can't Beat Pokémon, But It's Selling Well in Japan Right Now
Numbers on the up
Look, nothing can stop the Nintendo Switch in Japan – especially not with a new Pokémon game on store shelves. But there’s good news for Sony: with the PS5 stock situation finally improving, the console is actually beginning to shift some serious units. The software charts don’t paint a particularly positive picture for the...
News UK Sales Charts: Black Friday Weekend Deals Keep Sony Games Afloat
Wheelin' and dealin'
This past weekend saw all the Black Friday sales kicking off, and as we saw with early deals last week, the discounts mean some of Sony's first-party software is back in the physical charts. The Last of Us: Part I holds onto 38th, while The Last of Us: Part II falls back to 37th. Moving up are Gran Turismo 7, now in 29th, and...
News UK Sales Charts: Black Friday Hands Sony Games Big Sales Spikes
Ragnarok slips to fourth
Early Black Friday sales have caused multiple games from PlayStation Studios across PS5 and PS4 to re-enter the UK's physical sales charts. The Last of Us: Part II jumped up to 18th following offers that brought its price below £10, and then Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales enjoyed a 292 per cent sales spike to take it to...
News PS5, PS4 Finally Shifts Some Software in Japan Again
Still got it
While the PS5 has attracted a somewhat sizeable install base in Japan, there has been concern about its software sales. We know the industry at large is gradually shifting towards digital, but Famitsu’s charts have painted a particularly bleak picture for PlayStation software of late, with the Nintendo Switch effectively steamrolling...
News God of War Ragnarok Records UK's Second Biggest Physical Launch of 2022
Just behind FIFA 23
God of War Ragnarok recorded the UK's second-biggest game launch of the year for physical copies last week, topped only by FIFA 23. Beating out competition from Elden Ring and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, we already knew the sequel had sold more units during its first day of availability than any other entry in the series...
News October 2022 NPD: PS5 Stock Improvements Take Sony to the Top
Stay winning
PS5 is really rolling now! Sony has topped the US hardware charts for a third successive month, outselling the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch in both dollars and units. The company has managed to massively improve PS5 stock of late, and while the system can still take a little effort to find, it’s clear that it’s much more...
PS Store Sales Charts Call of Duty on Top as Modern Warfare 2 Sells Best
Gotham Knights also charts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 generated nearly $1 billion in its opening weekend on the market, setting a new record for the FPS series. Therefore, it was only ever going to claim one spot in the monthly PS Store sales charts: first place. The latest shooter from Infinity Ward was the best-selling PS5 game in both the U
News UK Sales Charts: Modern Warfare 2 Keeps Top Spot as Gotham Knights Slips
Ragnarok is coming, though
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the best-selling physical video game in the UK for a second week in a row. Sales were down 42 per cent, but with almost all games experiencing a dip in their second week on the market, this particular decrease is actually impressive compared to other titles. The FPS is expected to stay in...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Sells Best on PS5
Series back at number one
It's that time of the year once again — the new CoD is out, and it's selling like hot cakes. Yes, the UK's physical games chart has been dominated by Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, which is about as predictable as things come. It sits at number one, and the majority of those boxed copy sales are for PS5, commanding 53 per...
News UK Sales Charts: Gotham Knights, A Plague Tale: Requiem Make Decent Sales Debuts
Place in second and fifth
It's all change at the top of the UK's list of best-selling physical video games as new entries like Gotham Knights and A Plague Tale: Requiem push most of last week's winners down the pack. While FIFA 23 still claims top spot, Gotham Knights debuts in second place and the rat-infested sequel from Asobo Studio takes fifth...
News September 2022 NPD: Replenished PS5 Stock Sends Sony's System Soaring
The Last of Us' PS5 remake starts strong
PS5 stock is finally on the rise, and Sony is reaping the rewards big time. The new-gen system topped the US hardware charts for the second successive month in September 2022, dominating in both overall unit sales and revenue. In fact, the console enjoyed double-digit growth year-over-year, propelled by...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West Soars Back into the Top Three
Thunderjaw-dropping
The UK's latest physical games charts are in, and it's pretty predictable stuff up at the top. FIFA 23 is number one for the third week running, and the indomitable Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is in second. Coming up in third, however, is Horizon Forbidden West, which makes a huge leap from 28th all the way to third. This can presumably...
PS Store Sales Charts Sports Outpace The Last of Us PS5 on Both Sides of Pond
Ellie and Joel out of the top two
There was no stopping NBA 2K23 and FIFA 23 in September, as the two titles have traded places across PS5 and PS4 in North America and Europe respectively. EA Sports’ soccer sim has done especially well for itself on both sides of the pond when you consider it launched at the very tail end of the month – but...
News UK Sales Charts: Indie Hit Stray Struts into Third with Physical PS5 Release
Landing on its feet
For the first time in about a month, Horizon Forbidden West isn't the UK's best-selling physical PS5 game. That honour belongs to Stray, the sci-fi adventure game about a domestic cat in a cyber-city that won hearts earlier this year. With the arrival of its boxed release, the game has pounced on a number three debut, which is a...
News August 2022 NPD: PS5 Finally Outsells Switch Following Stock Improvements
Madden, Saints Row, Spider-Man top the charts
If it wasn't for the well-documented PS5 stock situation, it's fair to assume that Sony's current-gen console would be absolutely flying right now. But as it stands, the stock-strangled system is only just starting to dominate the gaming market, close to two years after its initial launch. Stock...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us 1 Slips While Horizon Forbidden West Holds Steady
Dat bundle
If the UK's physical sales data is anything to go by, Horizon Forbidden West has got to be PS5's most successful exclusive so far. Granted, it's being bundled with the console itself, but it still continually puts the open world epic near the top of the chart every week. It's holding its place at number two once again. Fellow first-party...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West and The Last of Us 1 Grounded in the Top 5
NBA 2K23 makes its debut
The UK's physical sales chart always shifts a fair amount whenever Nintendo releases a first-party title, and it's happened again with Splatoon 3. It knocks The Last of Us: Part I off its number one perch, which now resides in fourth place. Meanwhile, Horizon Forbidden West is holding steady in second, its sales buoyed by...
PS Store Sales Charts Saints Row Sells Well Despite Mixed Reception
MultiVersus still most popular F2P game
The mixed critical reception Saints Row received at launch hasn't stopped it from becoming the best-selling PS5 game in Europe and the second best-selling in the USA for the month of August 2022. Volition's open world reboot was only beaten to first place in North America by Madden NFL 23, while it beat out...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us 1, Horizon Forbidden West Champion PS5
Gold and silver for Sony's first-party titles
As was probably to be expected, The Last of Us: Part I has made its debut in the UK's physical sales chart at number one. The remake of this modern classic sits in first place despite lower initial sales than Saints Row, though that comparison comes with all sorts of caveats. Not least of which is the...
News UK Sales Charts: Saints Row Claims the Throne, Sells Best on PS5
Horizon Forbidden West in second
Despite a lukewarm critical reception (though we liked it), Saints Row has surged to the top of the UK's physical games chart for a number one debut. It dethrones Horizon Forbidden West, which has been in the top spot for several weeks running. Deep Silver's bonkers open world title sells just over half of its copies...
News UK Sales Charts: Business as Usual for Horizon Forbidden West in First Place
Third week in a row in top spot
Horizon Forbidden West has recorded its third week in a row at the top of the physical UK sales charts thanks to some plentiful PS5 Stock in the region. Despite being a digital code, an official Horizon Forbidden West PS5 console bundle is counted as a boxed copy by GfK and so it helps significantly boost the PS5, PS4...
News July 2022 NPD: Free-to-Play MultiVersus Tops Charts, PS5 Out in Front
MLB The Show 22 still hitting dingers
This is an incredible result for free-to-play platform fighter MultiVersus: it topped the July 2022 NPD software charts for the United States, beating games like Elden Ring and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The release’s success was driven by Founder’s Packs, which included additional content and provided fans...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West on Top Again Due to PS5 Bundle
Two Point Campus takes second
Horizon Forbidden West has recorded its second week in a row at the top of the physical UK sales chart, meaning it has spent three of the last four weeks in the region's prime slot. Interestingly, the PS5, PS4 sequel actually sold 35 per cent better last week compared to the seven-day stretch before, meaning sales are...
PS Store Sales Charts PS Plus Extra Makes Stray July's Most Downloaded PS5, PS4 Game
MultiVersus the most popular F2P game
Stray was the most downloaded PS5 game last month in the USA and Canada, largely thanks to its day one inclusion in PS Plus Extra. It also racked up the most downloads on PS4 in the region and charted highly across Europe for the two platforms. The stats were shared earlier today on the
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West Back on Top, GT7 Sales Improve
Aloy still going strong
PS5, PS4 exclusive Horizon Forbidden West is once again the best-selling physical game in the UK, taking first place for sales of boxed titles last week. This is the second time in three weeks that Aloy's latest open world adventure has come out on top in the region, only beaten last week by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:...
News UK Sales Charts: TMNT Shredder's Revenge Kicks Shell with Surprise Top 10 Debut
Cowabunga!
The latest charts from last week's physical game sales have finally appeared, and there's a pleasant surprise among the usual suspects. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge made the jump to physical media, and it's done pretty well for itself. A number eight debut doesn't sound too hot, but that's not bad at all for a smaller...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West Soars Back to the Top
96% of copies sold on PS5
Horizon Forbidden West continues to sell like hot cakes in the UK. While its position in the physical chart fluctuates, a more regular stream of PS5 stock means it's never too far from the top. This week, it's landed back at number one, up six positions. As expected, sales lean heavily to the PS5 version with 96 per cent of...
News UK Sales Charts: Far Cry 6 Bounces Back While LEGO Star Wars Claims the High Ground
Country feeling like Mustafar right now
The UK is going through a heatwave right now, so we imagine that sales of physical games have generally been down as people stay out of the sun. Still, those that did buy some new titles to play have successfully dethroned F1 22, down a place after spending a couple of weeks on top. LEGO Star Wars: The...
News June 2022 NPD: PS5 Sees Double Digit Growth, Biggest Dollar Sales of Year So Far
Back in business
Sony has once again proven that when it’s able to put PS5 stock on shelves, it’s able to generate dizzying sales statistics. For the month of June 2022, the new-gen system delivered double digit dollar sales growth year-over-year in the United States – and has driven the most revenue across all hardware platforms in the first...
News UK Sales Charts: Klonoa Grabs a Top 10 Debut While Horizon Forbidden West Sells More PS5s
F1 22 remains top of the podium
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, the remaster collection of the original two games, has landed a fairly solid debut in the UK's physical games chart. While Bandai Namco's platfomer isn't sitting on top of the pile, a respectable fifth place is a decent result for what is a lesser known franchise making a comeback...
PS Store Sales Charts The Quarry and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Battle for PS5 Number One
Shredder's Revenge makes a splash on PS4
June's North American and European charts for the PS Store are in, and there's an interesting battle at the very top. On the PS5 charts, The Quarry and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order both earn themselves a number one and number two spot; Supermassive's horror adventure clinches it in the US, while Europe...
News UK Sales Charts: British Grand Prix Boosts Perfectly Timed Release for F1 22
Pole position
F1 22, the latest Formula One racer from Codemasters, debuts at number one in the UK's physical chart with some impeccable timing. Launching just before the British Grand Prix got underway at Silverstone, it's no wonder the game arrives in first place, with the PS5 and PS4 versions combined accounting for 71 per cent of copies sold...
News UK Sales Charts: Only Three Top 10 Games Are Available on PlayStation
Not switching it up
The UK's physical games charts are usually dominated by Nintendo Switch titles, but it's getting pretty ridiculous now. The country's love affair with the hybrid console is strong as ever; the latest result shows a top 10 in which seven of the games are only on Switch. That leaves us with very little to write about on a...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West Back on Top, 95% of Copies Sold Were PS5
Horizon Zero Chill
It seems PS5 stock floated back into view in the UK last week, because first-party games clambered back up the physical charts once again. Horizon Forbidden West is up from third to first, selling almost all its copies on the newer console; the PS4 version accounts for just five per cent of the week's sales. Elsewhere, Gran...
PS Store Sales Charts Evil Dead: The Game Prevents Flawless Victory for NBA 2K22
Ash vs basketball
The top PS Store downloads for May 2022 arrived last week, and they somehow passed us by. As it turns out, it wasn't the most eventful month for Sony's digital storefront, although Evil Dead: The Game put a dent in NBA 2K22's armour. The multiplayer horror title takes first place on the PS5's US chart, while 2K's basketball...
News May 2022 NPD: PS5 Stock Issues Put Sony Back in Last
As industry takes a tumble
Sony managed to improve PS5 supply in the USA in April 2022, but stock issues pegged it right back in May 2022, unfortunately. The new-gen console was outsold by both the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S, although an overall 19 per cent dip in industry spend year-over-year suggests the hardware production problems are...
News UK Sales Charts: The Quarry PS5, PS4 Physical Sales Run Away with 84% Share
Scary
The latest UK bestsellers list is in, telling us which games people have been buying in brick and mortar stores. One new release, The Quarry, arrives at number four on the chart, selling most copies on PS5 or PS4. Combined, the platforms command an 84 per cent share of the title's debut sales. We would say that Game Pass is affecting physical...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West Back on Top Thanks to PS5 Restocks
Machines are taking over
Once again, PS5 stock returning to store shelves has seen Aloy take the throne atop the UK's physical games chart. Horizon Forbidden West was in second last week, but returns to number one thanks to an increase in PS5 availability. It's pretty clear that buyers are grabbing a copy of the action RPG alongside their brand new...
News UK Sales Charts: 92% of Sniper Elite 5 Sales Are on PS5, PS4
Debuts at number one
Sniper Elite 5 is the latest chapter in Rebellion's ongoing love affair with covertly firing high calibre rounds into digital Nazis, and it seems to have struck a chord this time around. The new game launched last week, and not only has it done well critically, people are putting down the cash for it too. In the UK's physical...
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West on Top with New PS5 Bundle
Other PS5 titles also boost sales
Horizon Forbidden West has come top of the newest weekly UK sales chart documenting physical purchases thanks to the latest PS5 hardware bundle offered by Sony. While the official bundle only included a code for a digital download, Chris Dring of GamesIndustry.biz has clarified GfK counts codes supplied in bundles...
News UK Sales Charts: Evil Dead: The Game Sells Best on PS5 with Top 10 Debut
Shop smart, shop S-Mart
It's been a little quiet in terms of key new releases lately, but one has managed to make its debut on the UK's physical games chart. Evil Dead: The Game arrives in fifth place, with the PS5 version commanding 56 per cent of the sales. Meanwhile, Horizon Forbidden West holds onto its spot at number three, no doubt thanks to...
News April 2022 NPD: PS5 Back on Top After Supply Issues Thwart Sales
LEGO Star Wars the best-selling game
After just one month on the market, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is already among the six best-selling LEGO titles of all time in the US after selling more copies than any other game in the country for the month of April 2022. It also achieved the "highest launch month dollar sales for any LEGO title in...
PS Store Sales Charts LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Rules the Galaxy
MLB The Show also shows up
This probably won't come as much of a surprise, but LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was the most downloaded game on PS Store for the month of April. As you can see on the PS Blog's latest charts, the latest adventure in a galaxy far, far away dominates, taking number one on both PS5 charts and first and second place on...
News UK Sales Charts: More PS5 Stock Aids Horizon Forbidden West, Sifu Charts
LEGO Star Wars also still selling
You could cut and paste last week's top 10 best selling physical games in the UK into this article and get away with it if it wasn't for Sifu. Besides the boxed copy of Sloclap's now potentially not so brutal brawler, the list is virtually identical to last week. Nintendo Switch Sports is still at number one.
News UK Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7 Bounce Back Once Again
Boomerang bestsellers
Sony's games tend to perform very well when it comes to physical copies — so long as people can also buy the console. We've seen this several times with the UK's boxed bestsellers; if PS5 stock is available, its games will almost immediately float up to the top 10. The platform holder has struggled to keep supply consistent,...
