UK boxed Christmas charts – WholesGame

With the Christmas purchasing season in full swing, EA Sports activities FC 24 stays the highest vendor for a second week in a row. Following final week’s decline, the primary EA soccer title with out the FIFA branding gained a further 29% in gross sales. Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise dropped one spot to No. 3 because of a 17% leap by Hogwarts Legacy, which reclaimed second place.

Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 3 stays No. 4, promoting nicely regardless of failing to surpass final yr’s version. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the one Sony PlayStation 5 unique within the prime ten this week, leaped a pair of spots from seventh to fifth place.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, in its second week of gross sales, fell 53% from No. 5 to No. 12. This lower is in keeping with the standard second week of gross sales, and regardless of poor crucial reception, Ubisoft’s newest open-world title is having fun with robust fan phrase of mouth.

Nintendo is ending 2023 robust with Minecraft (Nintendo Swap), Nintendo Swap Sports activities, and Mario Kart 8 remaining within the again half of the highest ten.

Mortal Kombat 11 Final, months after the robust debut of Mortal Kombat 1, is again within the prime ten because of deep reductions on the PlayStation 5. The 62% improve was sufficient to go from quantity 14 to eight. Different titles benefiting from reductions embrace Gran Turismo 7, with a 367% improve to No. 29, whereas Tremendous Mario Get together, Purple Lifeless Redemption 2, and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt additionally climbed again into the highest 40.

NBA 2k24 had the biggest single achieve of the week, with a 478% gross sales improve because of PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Swap gross sales, touchdown at thirtieth place.

God of Struggle: Ragnarok, at No. 40, skilled renewed curiosity because of the current Valhalla DLC, introducing a brand new sport mode to the single-player PlayStation 5 unique.