EA Sports FC 24 and PS5 lead the last month of 2023 in terms of sales in the UK

Data compiled by GSD crowned the PlayStation 5 and EA Sports FC 24 games last December 2023, though Hogwarts Legacy is the year's best-seller overall.

We've only just started a new year, but there's still some interesting data to salvage from 2023. For example, it was confirmed that Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling video game of the entire year in the UK, which is a very commendable achievement for a Harry Potter game .

Especially since it wasn't easy at all, during a year shared with him Starfield, EA Sports FC 24, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder or Modern Warfare 3.

However, Sales data for December 2023 They reversed another winning trend, at least if we're talking about British territory. The data comes from GSD, which is provided by Games industry.

At the platform level, PlayStation 5 has had an excellent year, far superior to Xbox Series Of course, in the UK it would be no less.

As for the best-selling game of the month, that honor goes to EA Sports FC 24, the soccer simulator from Electronic Arts, which has been devastating its sales… especially on PS5.

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They sold throughout December Total 6.9 million games in the UK. This is really good data, because it means 2% more That's in December 2022.

It was EA Sports FC 24 This month's best-selling gamealthough it failed to reach the overall numbers of Hogwarts Legacy, the best-selling title of 2023 in the UK.

In second place, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 offered a lot of “war”, despite losing the first place it won in November.

With the platform closed, the magic of Hogwarts Legacy has not diminished this Christmas, even though it has been a few months since its launch (except for the Switch version, which arrived in November).

We only have one newcomer in the rankings, and that's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Ubisoft mega game He took an honorable eighth place in the top ten.

Curiously, December was a much better month than November for Super Mario Bros. Wonderone of the most powerful Nintendo Switch exclusives of 2023.

At the hardware level, the PS5 was able to outperform its competitors. Sony console It sold 19% less than in Novemberbut it was enough to outperform the Switch (whose sales were up 39%) and the Xbox Series

This is the ranking of the best-selling games for December 2023:

1. EA Sports FC 24
2. Call of duty modern warfare 3
3. Hogwarts Legacy
4. Super Mario Bros Wonder
5. GTA V
6. Marvel Spider-Man 2
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. Avatar: The Frontiers of Pandora
9. Red Dead Redemption 2
10. Nintendo Switch Sports

GamesIndustry data shows it has sold out 2.07 million attachments (63% more than in December 2022), as well Over 500,000 consoles between the three platforms (2% more than in November and 7% more than in December last year).

Were you surprised to see… EA Sports FC 24 On the top? EA may have lost the FIFA stamp, but that didn't affect sales at all. And words are not necessary with the PS5, which has become the best-selling console of 2023 globally.