PS5 Sales Jump 316% Year-on-Year in the UK in February, Hogwarts Legacy Best-Selling Game - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 March 2023 / 6,058 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the UK in February 2023, according to GfK Entertainment and reported by GamesIndustry.
PS5 sales were up 316 percent compared to February 2022 and up 27 percent compared to January 2023. PS5 sales are up 180 percent year-to-date.
Sales for the Xbox Series X|S increased 21 percent month-on-month and 15 percent year-on-year. Year-to-date, Xbox Series X|S sales are down 5.3 percent.
The Nintendo Switch saw sales dip 15 percent compared to January and down 29 percent compared to February 2022.
There were over 143,000 video game consoles sold in the UK in February (GfK panel data, not upweighted). This is up 65 percent year-on-year and up 14 percent month-on-month.
GSD data shows that 2.8 million physical and digital games were sold in the UK in February, which is up 11 percent year-on-year. This was mainly due to the success of Hogwarts Legacy.
Hogwarts Legacy was by far the biggest game in February with sales 100 percent higher than last year's Elden Ring. It is already on the verge of outselling Elden Ring in just three weeks and is already the sixth best-selling game of the last 12 months.
Atomic Heart debuted in 17th place with 85 percent of sales on the PS5 and PC. Though, it should be noted the game is available on Xbox Game Pass.
The Last of Us Part II on the success of the HBO TV series shot up to seventh place with sales more than double month-on-month. The Last of Us Remastered is in 14th place with sales up over 50 percent. The Last of Us Part I also saw n increase in sales.
There are no Nintendo games in the top 10, however, Nintendo does not share digital sales of its games.
Here are the software (digital + physical) charts:
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
| 2 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 4 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 5 | NBA 2K23 |
| 6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 7 | The Last of Us: Part 2 |
| 8 | WWE 2K22 (2K Games) |
| 9 | Dead Space Remake |
| 10 | God of War Ragnarok (Sony) |
| 11 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 12 | Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) |
| 13 | Undisputed (Plaion) |
| 14 | The Last of Us: Remastered (Sony) |
| 15 | Borderlands 3 (2K Games) |
| 16 | Powerwash Simulator (Square Enix) |
| 17 | Atomic Heart (Focus Entertainment) |
| 18 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) |
| 19 | The Last of Us: Part 1 (Sony) |
| 20 | Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintend)* |
* Digital data unavailable
GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Major participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Games are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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insane. The PS5 should surpass sales of xbox one by the end of the year.
4.16x times higher than February 2022 is something. We already seen big increases from Spain and Japan too.
They really weren't kidding with the forecast. January was crazy but we already know Japan's February is much higher and now UK too. Could be over 1.5m globally for February.
Yes. It has to be above 1.6 million if we are estimating based on what we know.
Japan is up 34% over Jan
UK is up 27%
If we average to 30% then we get 1,63 million for February.
This is truly collosal. But it's not unprecedented. This is basically what happens when you keep folding over demand. It didn't go down.
Last of us franchise getting extra legs thanks to the hbo series
The PS5 is going HAM and The Last of Us games are having such an impressive boost from the tv show! Especially TLOU Part ll!
Assuming a general consistency across regions that at least 1.6 million for the month. Switch falls below 1 million for the month.
The Last of Us games charting so strongly makes me smile :)
As expected PS5 exploded even more and Switch is gonna be down significantly more compared to January. Seems that Xbox Series rebounded some after a poor January which is nice to see.
As for any estimates, remember that they don’t track PS direct in the UK., at least not in this report
PS5 might not hit the 6 million shipping target for this quarter, but it will sure as hell get an A for effort.
The most important fact in this list: Look at the top 10 titles, Hogwarts is the only new game. Everything else is an old one or sequel or re-release.
Nintendo basically disappearing in the UK, the PS5 seems to be crowned the winner of the generation this month. Nobody is buying the other 2 in the UK anymore. Hogwarts of all things being a system seller for the PS5, that's a surprise. Lucky timing with Xbox weakness right now. Personally it makes sense, I don't like the other PS5 exclusives as much and Elden Ring is not for me, Harry Potter is the first next gen game for me. The real "first" next gen game (since Harry Potter will eventually release for PS4) will be Final Fantasy 16. That's exciting still. Looks like Final Fantasy returned to form. Sony has it in the bag this year, sad because I actually prefer the Xbox, I hope Starfield impresses and I go back to Xbox for a while. I would have preferred to see Baldur's Gate 3 and FF16 both release day one on Xbox like with PS5. Exclusives work.
