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[Lunatic_Gamer]

The new God of War has been a big hit over Christmas, boosted by a PS5 hardware bundle. It is actually the fourth biggest new game launch of the year (in terms of sales from physical retailers).

God of War leapt two places despite sales falling 29% week-on-week. Of course, this is for the post-Christmas week, and every game reported a sales decline during this period.

FIFA 23 drops to No.2 after a 65% sales drop week-on-week, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe rose a place to No.3 after a 40% sales fall, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 falls two places to No.4 due to a 64% sales tumble.

In terms of games released in December, Need for Speed Unbound is down to No.31 after a 54% sales slide, The Callisto Protocol drops to No.34 after a 61% sales slip, and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is one below it at No.35 due to a 58% drop.

For 2022, boxed game sales were down by over 10% compared with 2021.

Last Week	This Week	Title
3	1	God of War: Ragnarok
1	2	FIFA 23
4	3	Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
5	4	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
5	5	Pokémon Violet
6	6	Nintendo Switch Sports
8	7	Pokémon Scarlet
12	8	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
10	9	Minecraft (Switch)
7	10	Sonic Frontiers

God of War Ragnarok ends 2022 at No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

All game sales were down in the post-Christmas week

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[ANDS]

. . .and how do you feel feel about that Lunatic_Gamer?

 

[FalsettoVibe]

. . .and how do you feel feel about that Lunatic_Gamer?

Ands, how do you feel about that?
See what I did there?

Spoiler

I'll see my way out.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Official GOTY right there.


for longest award speech.

 

[dotnotbot]

Better than COD and FIFA? Impressive, very nice.

 

[Kerotan]

Well deserved. I'm about 37 hours in and still a bit to go before I'm finished. Insane the quality considering the quantity.

 

[feynoob]

how do you feel about that?

 

[feynoob]

Fifa 23 still being top 2 after all these weeks and having a higher digital conversion is insane.

 

[sandbood]

Better than COD and FIFA? Impressive, very nice.

Yes it was bundled with every PS5 sold there.

 

[Thief1987]

Yes it was bundled with every PS5 sold there.

It wasn't. I understand that you are butthurting, but you don't need to lie

 

[20cent]

Oh yes I needed this, some kind of validation regarding my game purchase choice. Many other people bought the same game as me, my life is a success for few seconds right now, I could not feel any better. AWESOME.

 

[dotnotbot]

Yes it was bundled with every PS5 sold there.

FIFA and COD had a lot of bundles as well.

 

[SlimySnake]

Pretty crazy that it beat Fifa. Amazing stuff.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Every PS5 sold for the last 2 months in Australia was the GoW bundle. Digital too so you can't resell that pos

Sickening

 

[remember_spinal]

FIFA and COD had a lot of bundles as well.

Yeah, and either way you look at it, God of War Ragnarok bundles being able to help it outsell FIFA and CoD (while those also have bundles) probably means PS5 shipments are huge right now. Even Japan is getting large amounts of stock…

Happy people are finally able to get consoles two years later

 

[reksveks]

Just on the bundle conversation, the only bundle that Amazon and Game UK are really selling in any significant numbers is the GoW one.

It's still a good sign either ways. Game UK still has the GoW one in stock.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Yeah, and either way you look at it, God of War Ragnarok bundles being able to help it outsell FIFA and CoD (while those also have bundles) probably means PS5 shipments are huge right now. Even Japan is getting large amounts of stock…

Happy people are finally able to get consoles two years later

Launch crew checking in

Although Amazon screwed up my digital order, which I was not happy about

They're very readily available now, but the GoW bundle is still going for 1k in Australia on ebay for some reason

I get the feeling some people like to overpay for the sake of overpaying

 

[Heisenberg007]

Jim, Cory, Eric, and Hermen.

For Goodness sakes, someone PLEASE put Jim Ryan's face on Borat and save it as a GIF that we can use. We're going to need it a lot more in the coming days!

 

[remember_spinal]

Jim, Cory, Eric, and Hermen.

For Goodness sakes, someone PLEASE put Jim Ryan's face on Borat and save it as a GIF that we can use. We're going to need it a lot more in the coming days!

You can add Yoshi P to the list also

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Jim, Cory, Eric, and Hermen.

For Goodness sakes, someone PLEASE put Jim Ryan's face on Borat and save it as a GIF that we can use. We're going to need it a lot more in the coming days!

No one needs to see more Jim Ryan face

 

[Heisenberg007]

No one needs to see more Jim Ryan face

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Obligatory

 

[Kagey K]

Oh yes I needed this, some kind of validation regarding my game purchase choice. Many other people bought the same game as me, my life is a success for few seconds right now, I could not feel any better. AWESOME.

Its to make sure the community is strong so when you go to play the multipkayer you can find matches... oh wait.

It's so so can be spoiler free I guess, smart ppl will wait for the Goty version and get the dlc for free.

 

[Kagey K]

Nm

 

[JimmyRustler]

My UK mates sure do like their bore-fests...

I'm still struggling to finish the game as I mostly can't play it longer than 30-60 minutes before the gameplay loop puts me to sleep.

 

[remember_spinal]

My UK mates sure do like their bore-fests...

I'm still struggling to finish the game as I mostly can't play it longer than 30-60 minutes before the gameplay loop puts me to sleep.

US too

 

[DenchDeckard]

Shows the importance of getting first party content out.

GG Sony, if anything you nailed a strong release schedule in 2022.

 

[JawaSaysUtinni]

Bought GoW yesterday, to enjoy during my last day before heading back to work.

Really glad I didn’t sit it out. Stunning and so far very enjoyable. Side missions are really well integrated into the story. They don’t feel needlessly tacked on.

Combat is of course on point. I’ll finish this and then back to Elden Ring.

 

[Ronin_7]

Context:

UK Sales: Week 52, 2022 (Dec 25 - Dec 31)
God of War Ragnarök - 24.000+ / 395.500+ (-29%)
FIFA 23 - 22.500+ (-65%)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (-40%)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 14.500 / 522.500 (-64%)

 

[remember_spinal]

Context:

UK Sales: Week 52, 2022 (Dec 25 - Dec 31)
God of War Ragnarök - 24.000+ / 395.500+ (-29%)
FIFA 23 - 22.500+ (-65%)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (-40%)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 14.500 / 522.500 (-64%)

Also, the week after christmas which is generally pretty slow, the fact that games and consoles are stilling so much is pretty good. Last year the christmas season was completely dead

 

[Ronin_7]

Also, the week after christmas which is generally pretty slow, the fact that games and consoles are stilling so much is pretty good. Last year the christmas season was completely dead

Last year there was no stock.

 

[reksveks]

Xbox Series S and X hits 1m UK sales in strong December | UK Monthly Charts

560,000 games consoles were sold in December in the UK, which generated just short of £200 million, GamesIndustry.biz c…

www.gamesindustry.biz

Monthly numbers for last year, will be interesting to see what this year's will be. I suspect we may have to wait til the second half of the week to get it.

 

[Banjo64]

Last year there was no stock.

Yes there was. Last December was actually they first time Sony actually got a grip on their UK stock situation.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

Last year there was no stock.

Wasn't there

 

[mxbison]

Yes it was bundled with every PS5 sold there.

Yeah, they smuggled a GoW copy into all those FIFA and CoD bundles.

 

[JimmyRustler]

US too

God damn it... Our AAA gaming is doomed. CoD + Sports Game + Bloated Bore Fests for the next decade to come...

 

[reksveks]

interesting tidbits from https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2...knocks-call-of-duty-down-a-peg-to-take-bronze

Physical game sales down 10% over 2021

Sadly my UK table doesn't have the boxed chart numbers per month so will just wait for the monthly charts

Interestingly, the Switch version of FIFA 23 came joint first with the PlayStation 4 version in terms of the platform split, making up 28%. It just goes to show that EA's lack of effort with Nintendo's platform is seemingly paying off, at least in the UK.

I was going to make a joke about the high performance market but ehh.

 

[Ronin_7]

Yes there was. Last December was actually they first time Sony actually got a grip on their UK stock situation.

False

 

[Belthazar]

Shocked that Sonic is still on the top 10 almost 2 months after release.

 

[Thebonehead]

False

False

 

[Banjo64]

False

It’s not, but maybe you just weren’t paying attention at the time

 

[Gudji]

 

[Ronin_7]

It’s not, but maybe you just weren’t paying attention at the time

True.

 

[lh032]

PLAYSTATIONNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!
CAN.YOU.STOP.WINNINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!???

 

[sendit]

How does a game available on a single platform outsell FIFA 23 in the same year the World Cup happens.

 

[tommib]

How does a game available on a single platform outsell FIFA 23 in the same year the World Cup happens.

2 platforms.

 

[reksveks]

How does a game available on a single platform outsell FIFA 23 in the same year the World Cup happens.

for the week or for the year?

 

[jm89]

DAMMIT JIM

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Yes there was. Last December was actually they first time Sony actually got a grip on their UK stock situation.

2021 might've been easier compared to 2020 but it was definitely not a great situation. The last few weeks is the first time I've seen a PS5 in stock for more than 5 minutes since launch.

Right before christmas the GoW bundle was available to anyone (no invite required) for a good few days. There will be plenty of people out there with a copy of GoW that they didn't really care much for.