FIFA 23 debuted at the top of FIFA 23 Coins the UK physical charts, surpassing FIFA 22 launch sales.Sales for the current edition are up by 16 percent when compared with 2021, that may seem like a small increase but is significant considering that it follows two consecutive years of significant declines at retail for that FIFA franchise. It was slowing down before that.
Sony's consoles led FIFA 23's sales, with 41% of the copies sold shifting to the PS5 which is now the largest selling platform in the football game and 30% of the sales going to PS4.
Xbox One Xbox One represented 17% of all sales. It was then Nintendo's Switch and the Xbox Series, both at just 6%. The launch numbers for FIFA 23 on Switch were 20% more over FIFA 22.
FIFA 23's superb performance naturally had a knock-on effect on the UK boxed market as a whole with its revenue up 420 percent week-on-week.
It was more than enough to propel Splatoon 3 from the top spot, where it had settled over the last three weeks. Nintendo's game chart ranked No.2 with only a slight decrease of 14% in sales week-to-week.
In addition, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had a surge in sales in the last week that grew 252% and going from tenth to third place. This increase was most notable on PS5 where 63 percent of the copies that buying FUT 23 Coins were transferred were sold.
FIFA 23 debuted at the top of FIFA 23 Coins the UK physical charts, surpassing FIFA 22 launch sales.Sales for the current edition are up by 16 percent when compared with 2021, that may seem like a small increase but is significant considering that it follows two consecutive years of significant declines at retail for that FIFA franchise. It was slowing down before that.
Sony's consoles led FIFA 23's sales, with 41% of the copies sold shifting to the PS5 which is now the largest selling platform in the football game and 30% of the sales going to PS4.
Xbox One Xbox One represented 17% of all sales. It was then Nintendo's Switch and the Xbox Series, both at just 6%. The launch numbers for FIFA 23 on Switch were 20% more over FIFA 22.
FIFA 23's superb performance naturally had a knock-on effect on the UK boxed market as a whole with its revenue up 420 percent week-on-week.
It was more than enough to propel Splatoon 3 from the top spot, where it had settled over the last three weeks. Nintendo's game chart ranked No.2 with only a slight decrease of 14% in sales week-to-week.
In addition, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had a surge in sales in the last week that grew 252% and going from tenth to third place. This increase was most notable on PS5 where 63 percent of the copies that buying FUT 23 Coins were transferred were sold.