UK Charts: EA Sports FC 24 Physical Sales Down 30% Compared To FIFA 23

It’s time to see how physical sales have fared this week in the UK and, perhaps to nobody’s surprise, EA Sports FC 24 has come out on top following its full release on September 29th, 2023.

However, while FC 24 has undoubtedly made a big splash, its overall physical sales are down by 30% compared to FIFA 23, according to GameIndustry.biz‘s Chris Dring. On the flip side, the Switch version is the only platform to post a slight improvement in sales over the previous title, likely (definitely) because this is the first Switch entry since 2019 not stifled by the atrocious ‘Legacy’ approach.

Looking at the platform split for FC 24’s launch, PS5 has taken the lion’s share of sales at 53%, Xbox Series X/S manages 20%, PS4 17%, and finally, Switch makes up the remaining 9%. It’s a similar story for Mortal Kombat 1, too, which managed to snatch the silver this week following its number-one debut. Here, PS5 once again comes out on top at 80%, Xbox Series X/S at 14%, and Switch at 5%.

Elsewhere, Pikmin 1+2 has taken a bit of a tumble down from number 4 to number 36, but the Switch’s usual suspects, i.e. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Tears of the Kingdom, etc., are still representing the console well in the top ten.

So let’s have a look at this week’s UK top forty in full:

[Compiled by GfK]

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