PS5 Best-Selling Console in the UK in 2023, FC 24 and Hogwarts Legacy Top Selling Games - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 January 2024 / 12,121 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the UK in 2023, according to GfK Entertainment and reported by GamesIndustry.
Sales for the PS5 jumped 55.2 percent year-on-year, which makes it the biggest year ever for the console and the best year for PlayStation since 2014.
The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with sales down 16.7 percent year-on-year, while the Xbox Series X|S was the third best-selling console with sales down 14.2 percent.
The PlayStation 4 did actually see sales up 633 percent year-on-year as there was severe stock shortages in 2022, which improved in 2023.
Overall, there were 2.38 million video game consoles sold (panel data) in the UK in 2023. This is up 9.4 percent compared to 2022.
GSD data shows there were 38 million games sold in 2023, which is up 2.6 percent compared to 2022.
EA Sports FC 24 was the best-selling game in the UK in 2023. With the rebrand sales for the game were down 8.4 percent compared to FIFA 23 with 2.39 million units sold.
Hogwarts Legacy was the second best-selling game in the UK in 2023, as well as the best-selling physical game of the year.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the third best-selling game with sales down nearly 39 percent compared to 2022's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It should be noted, Modern Warfare 2 released in October, while Modern Warfare 3 released in November.
Over half of the sales for EA Sports FC 24, Hogwarts Legacy, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were on PlayStation consoles.
The best-selling new IP in 2023 was Starfield, which came in 31st place. However, the game is available on Xbox Game Pass. This compares to 2022 with Elden Ring as the best-selling new IP, which came in fourth place.
Two Disney IPs performed well with Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in sixth place and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor in seventh place.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came in ninth place and Super Mario Bros. Wonder came in 11th place. However, Nintendo does not share digital sales.
Other new releases includes Assassin's Creed Mirage in 14th place, the remake of Resident Evil 4 in 15th place, NBA 2K23 in 16th place, WWE 2K23 in 18th place, and F1 23 in 19th place.
There were nine million accessories and add-on products sold in the UK in 2023, which is down 4.5 percent year-on-year.
Here are the top 10 best-selling games in the UK in 2023 (Digital + Physical):
| Position | Title |
| 1 | EA Sports FC 24 (EA) |
| 2 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 4 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 5 | Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar) |
| 6 | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Sony) |
| 7 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (EA) |
| 8 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 9 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)* |
| 10 | Diablo 4 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 11 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)* |
| 12 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
| 13 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 14 | Assassin's Creed Mirage (Ubisoft) |
| 15 | Resident Evil 4 Remake (Capcom) |
| 16 | NBA 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 17 | LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros) |
| 18 | WWE 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 19 | F1 23 (EA/Codemasters) |
| 20 | Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) |
*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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For Starfield to be 31st it must have had basically zero legs since it launched in the UK in 1st place with sales comparable to other territories.
Perhaps a lot of gamepass users in UK
It's pretty poor. Even if we write off console sales completely. Steam Sales of a Bethesda RPG should be enough to put it well above 31st.
For easier view and review: https://steamdb.info/charts/?compare=377160,489830,1716740
Nice, I didn't know steamdb had a compare feature.
Actually previous Bethesda games didn’t sell that well on PS systems. Probably because Morrowind was an Xbox exclusive and the core fan base has always been on PC with the modding communities.
Skyrim:
“ Within two days after the game's launch, 3.4 million physical units were sold. Of those sales, 59% were for the Xbox 360, 27% for the PS3, and 14% for the PC.”
Fallout 3:
“ According to NPD Group, as of January 2009, the Xbox 360 version had sold 1.14 million units, and the PlayStation 3 version had sold 552,000 units”
Both of those examples are during the PS3/360 generation though. PS4 would have been much bigger for Bethesda than Xbox One and the same would have been true for PS5 vs Xbox Series.
It's on gamepass lol
No Xbox data? This report is incomplete.
“ while the Xbox Series X|S was the third best-selling console with sales down 14.2 percent.”
Thank you I completely missed it!
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