With the Christmas purchasing season in full swing, EA Sports activities FC 24 stays the highest vendor for a second week in a row. Following final week’s decline, the primary EA soccer title with out the FIFA branding gained a further 29% in gross sales. Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel dropped one spot to No. 3 due to a 17% soar by Hogwarts Legacy, which reclaimed second place.
Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 3 stays No. 4, promoting properly regardless of failing to surpass final yr’s version. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the one Sony PlayStation 5 unique within the high ten this week, leaped a pair of spots from seventh to fifth place.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, in its second week of gross sales, fell 53% from No. 5 to No. 12. This lower is consistent with the standard second week of gross sales, and regardless of poor vital reception, Ubisoft’s newest open-world title is having fun with robust fan phrase of mouth.
Nintendo is ending 2023 robust with Minecraft (Nintendo Change), Nintendo Change Sports activities, and Mario Kart 8 remaining within the again half of the highest ten.
Mortal Kombat 11 Final, months after the robust debut of Mortal Kombat 1, is again within the high ten due to deep reductions on the PlayStation 5. The 62% improve was sufficient to go from quantity 14 to eight. Different titles benefiting from reductions embody Gran Turismo 7, with a 367% improve to No. 29, whereas Tremendous Mario Get together, Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2, and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt additionally climbed again into the highest 40.
NBA 2k24 had the biggest single acquire of the week, with a 478% gross sales improve due to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Change gross sales, touchdown at thirtieth place.
God of Warfare: Ragnarok, at No. 40, skilled renewed curiosity due to the current Valhalla DLC, introducing a brand new recreation mode to the single-player PlayStation 5 unique.
Beneath are the best-selling boxed video video games within the UK for the week ending December 16, 2023.