EA Sports FC 24 Tops UK Boxed Charts for Christmas

EA Sports FC 24 retains its position as the best-selling game in the UK retail charts for 2023, going into the Christmas season. According to the latest data from GfK, the game saw a 29% surge in sales after a slight decline the previous week. Hogwarts Legacy reclaimed the second spot with a 17% increase in sales, pushing Super Mario Bros Wonder down to third place. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 maintained its fourth position, while Spider-Man 2 jumped from seventh to fifth. After debuting at fifth last week, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora plummeted to twelfth place due to a 53% drop in sales. Elsewhere, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate broke into the top 10 at eighth, rising from fourteenth after a 62% sales boost driven by PlayStation 5 promotions. The physical charts also saw several re-entries, including NBA 2K24 at thirtieth, which experienced a 478% sales spike thanks to retailer discounts on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. Other notable re-entries included Gran Turismo 7 at twenty-ninth with a 367% increase, as well as Super Mario Party, Red Dead Redemption 2, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition. Additionally, God of War Ragnarök re-entered the charts at fortieth, following price cuts and the release of its Valhalla DLC.