GfK and GamesIndustry have unveiled the ranking of the best-selling retail video games in the United Kingdom in the first week of 2023. God of War: Ragnarok remains firmly in first place. FIFA 23 follows in second position, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 rises in third place.
Below the top 10 UK for the week ending January 7, 2023:
God of War: Ragnarok
FIFA 23
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Pokémon Violetto
Nintendo Switch Sports
Pokémon Scarlatto
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Minecraft (Switch)
New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe
God of War: Ragnarok
Basically the podium remained unchanged from last week, except for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which overtook Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, now in fourth place. The rest of the UK chart is dominated exclusively by Nintendo Switch games, including Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and the evergreen Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
According to data from GfK, God of War: Ragnarok took first place despite UK sales dropping 36% on a weekly basis. Similar speech for FIFA 23, which saw a -49% of copies sold.
Considering that there haven’t been any new games released recently, it’s no surprise that overall UK retail sales are down 47% on the previous week, which itself was down 52%. Clearly we can expect the numbers to start growing in the coming days with the first major releases of 2023, such as One Piece Odyssey, Forspoken and Dead Space Remake.
