Best-selling video games in the UK in December 2022

December was a great month for bodily gross sales, with over 3.5 million video games bought in comparison with 2.85 digital downloads, nonetheless, general gross sales have been nonetheless down 8% from 2021. In complete, 6.4 million video games have been bought within the U.Okay., bringing an finish to what was a good 12 months for gross sales, with hopes that 2023 will construct off the end-of-year momentum.

No video games launched in December cracked the highest ten for the month, which isn’t shocking given the Triple-A releases from November and October. FIFA 23 managed to take the highest spot, although it was carefully adopted by Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 2. PlayStation unique God of Battle: Ragnarok is quantity 3, and it seemingly cannibalized Trendy Warfare 2’s gross sales on PlayStation 4 and 5. The newest Name of Obligation bought 54% of its complete on PlayStation consoles, in comparison with 46% on Xbox, regardless of the bigger set up base on PlayStation.

Pokémon Violet and Scarlet would have ended the month within the third spot if gross sales have been mixed, however as they’re separate, the pattern of Violet, in fifth, outselling Scarlet, in ninth, continues and the hole between the 2 video games solely grew over December. Two different Nintendo Swap exclusives earned spots within the high ten, reflecting the console’s sturdy end-of-year efficiency, Mario Kart 8 and Swap Sports activities have been in seventh and eighth respectively. Sonic Frontiers made it in at quantity 10, with gross sales principally approaching the Swap.

New titles upset, with one of the best efficiency coming from EA’s Want for Pace Unbound at quantity 14, The Calisto Protocol at sixteenth, and Disaster Core: Last Fantasy VII Reunion on the backside of the chart, in twentieth, just under Gotham Knights.

Console gross sales have been up 24% from November, which is sweet information, even when year-to-year gross sales have been down 17%. Nintendo Swap completed the month because the top-selling console, ending sturdy throughout a 12 months during which it was persistently rating third behind the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X. Complete Swap gross sales have been down in comparison with final 12 months, and whereas PlayStation 5 gained from final December, it nonetheless completed in second.

Controllers, led by the PlayStation 5 DualShock, led the best way for equipment as soon as once more, with over 1.85 million bought throughout the month. That’s a 44% improve from November, however once more, as with video games and consoles, down from December 2021 by 11%.