God of Conflict 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 newest Name of Obligation, Sony’s console unique has already knocked Fashionable Warfare 2 down the charts. By way of total gross sales, God of Conflict 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 embrace the seemingly vital variety of digital downloads Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2 bought, the numbers are historic for each the God of warfare 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 Conflict franchise, day one gross sales of Ragnarok surpassed the primary week of gross sales for every other recreation within the sequence. In comparison with the 2018 God of Conflict launch, Ragnarok bought 51% extra copies. One week was all it took for Ragnarok to develop into the third best-selling God of Conflict title of all time, whereas it’s already quantity 2 in income, behind solely the 2018 launch.
Boosted by God of Conflict Ragnarok, the PS5 bought extra copies this week than every other this yr. 12% of PS5 God of Conflict 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 Conflict 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 remains 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 really fizzling out.
Amongst new video games, Sega’s Sonic Frontier carried out the very best with a debut within the fourth place of the chart. 40% of gross sales have been on the PS5, 34% on the Nintendo Swap, 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 Techniques 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 5, 2022: