Last year’s final UK retail chart saw a lead God of War: Ragnarokwhich previously ranked third for two weeks in a row.
The game was reportedly a big hit over Christmas thanks to a bundle with PlayStation 5. At the same time, sales of the title itself fell by 29%. If we talk only about retail, then God of War: Ragnarok became the fourth biggest new release in 2022.
FIFA 23 dropped from first place to second — the drop in sales for the week amounted to 65%. Closes the top three Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, which previously was on the fourth line. Its sales fell by 40%. The fourth place is now Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIsales of which fell by 64%.
Need for Speed: Unbound dropped from twenty-eighth line to thirty-one – a drop in sales amounted to 54%. Sales The Callisto Protocol fell by 61%, and the game itself found itself in thirty-fourth place. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunionseeing a drop in sales of 58%, dropped to thirty-fifth place.
It is also reported that in 2022, physical game sales fell by more than 10% compared to 2021.
Chart from 25 to 31 December
(in brackets is the place a week earlier)
God of War: Ragnarok (3);
FIFA 23 (1);
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (4);
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2);
Pokemon Violet (5);
Nintendo Switch Sports (6);
Pokémon Scarlet (8);
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (12);
Minecraft (Switch) (10);
Sonic Frontiers (7).
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