
PS5 Best-Selling Console in the UK in July, Old Call of Duty Games Back in Top 5 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 August 2023 / 5,506 ViewsThe PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the UK in July 2023, according to GfK Entertainment and reported by GamesIndustry.
Sales for the PlayStation 5 are up very slightly compared to June, while sales through the first seven months of 2023 are up 68 percent year-to-date. Sales have improved even more in August.
The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console in the UK in July with sales dropping 15 percent month-on-month. Switch sales year-to-date are down 8.5%.
The Xbox Series X|S was the third best-selling console in July as sales dropped 12 percent from June to July. Xbox Series X|S sales year-to-date are down 22.8 percent.
Overall, hardware sales are down seven percent in July compared to June, while year-over-year sales are up seven percent.
GSD data shows that 2.36 million physical and digital games were sold in the UK in July, which is up 31 percent year-on-year. 1.66 million of the game sales were digital, which is up 40 percent year-on-year, while physical sales were up 12 percent to 701,000 units.
FIFA 23 rose three spots to retake first place on the software charts, while Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2shot their way up to second and third places, respectively, due to digital sales.
Two classic Call of Duty games re-entered the top five due to Microsoft fixing the matchmaking on Xbox platforms and discounting them on the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012) took fourth place and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) came in fifth place.
Hogwarts Legacy is down one spot to sixth place, F1 23 dropped four spots to seventh place, and Minecraft re-entered the top 10 in eighth place.
There were 550,000 accessories and add-on products sold in the UK in July, which is down three percent compared to June, but up three percent compared to a year ago. The white PS5 DualSense controller was the best-selling accessory.
Here are the top 10 best-selling games in the UK in June 2023 (Digital + Physical):
Position | Title |
1 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
2 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
3 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision Blizzard) |
5 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – 2009 Edition (Activision Blizzard) |
6 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
7 | F1 23 (EA) |
8 | Minecraft (Mojang) |
9 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – 2022 Edition (Activision Blizzard) |
10 | Diablo 4 (Activision Blizzard) |
* Digital data unavailable
GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via PC digital stores, 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, Kepler, 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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It's just so crazy to me that GTA V is still selling. Continues to get in the top 10 almost every month and it's 10 years old.
It gives Mario Kart a run for its money, and that's no easy feat.
FFXVI has fallen out of the top 40 I hear, great game.
Yeah the game has no legs it seems, it can't even sell 5k weekly in Japan either. Oh well at least it sold well when it launched,
Not very fair on Nintendo as they don't disclose digital sales.
Self-inflicted, though, since they're the ones choosing not to release them.
Activis..er Microsoft with 4 of the top selling games plus a fifth with Minecraft. Microsoft's domination begins.
Domination isn't what we should be hoping for in the videogame industry.