God of Battle Ragnarok is already a blockbuster success for Sony with solely EA’s FIFA 23 having a bigger launch this yr. Regardless of the historic numbers put up by the most recent Name of Obligation, Sony’s console unique has already knocked Fashionable Warfare 2 down the charts. By way of total gross sales, God of Battle Ragnarok bought extra bodily copies than the primary week of gross sales for Elden Ring, Fashionable Warfare 2, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
Whereas that is solely bodily gross sales numbers and doesn’t embody the possible vital variety of digital downloads Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2 bought, the numbers are historic for each the God of struggle franchise and the PlayStation 5. 82% of week one gross sales have been made on the PS5 with the remaining 18% on the PS4.
For the God of Battle franchise, day one gross sales of Ragnarok surpassed the primary week of gross sales for every other sport within the collection. In comparison with the 2018 God of Battle launch, Ragnarok bought 51% extra copies. One week was all it took for Ragnarok to change into the third best-selling God of Battle title of all time, whereas it’s already quantity 2 in income, behind solely the 2018 launch.
Boosted by God of Battle Ragnarok, the PS5 bought extra copies this week than every other this yr. 12% of PS5 God of Battle gross sales got here from the console bundle, which amounted to 60% of all PS5 consoles bought this week.
On account of the historic debut from God of Battle Ragnarok, Name of Obligation: Fashionable warfare 2 is already down within the chart after simply two weeks. The lower was solely 39% from final week’s chart-topping efficiency, which continues to be on observe for the best-selling Name of Obligation of all time. FIFA 23 drops to the third spot as gross sales are slowly petering out.
Amongst new video games, Sega’s Sonic Frontier carried out the perfect with a debut within the fourth place of the chart. 40% of gross sales have been on the PS5, 34% on the Nintendo Change, 14% on Xbox, and the final 12% on the PS4. Soccer Supervisor 2023, a PC-exclusive title, got here in at quantity 11 regardless of most of the anticipated gross sales being digital.
Stray’s PS4 bodily model was lastly launched, bringing the cat simulator again as much as quantity 23, whereas SquareEnix’s Ways Ogre Reborn remake is true behind at quantity 24. The ultimate new launch of the week is Cobra Kai 2: Dojo’s Rising entry at quantity 28.
Beneath are the best-selling boxed video video games within the UK for the week ending November 12, 2022:
