Electronic Arts Football has found the killer. After ten years, the dominance of physical publishing ends. Great Britain namely, for 2023 they report that the top selling game is Hogwarts Legacy. The action-adventure set in the magical world of Harry Potter outperformed the FIFA series accordingly. EA Sport FC 24. The last time Rockstar Games did this was Grand Theft Auto V in 2013.
According to experts, this failure is not related to the name change. After 30 years, EA lost its FIFA license and was forced to change the name of its long-running soccer game. Sales were down from the previous year, but EA Sports FC 24 continued to sell well. This can be confirmed at the end of the week by sales data for the digital version. Better results are expected there.
Let’s go back to the boxes. The majority of Hogwarts Legacy sales are for the professional version. PlayStation 5, which accounted for more than half of sales. The second largest platform was PS4, followed by Nintendo Switch. The PS4 version was released in May, the Nintendo Switch version hit shelves in November, and the PS5 version in February. Xbox games sell more digitally, so their lower physical sales aren’t surprising.
According to Gfk, 12.76 million boxed video games were sold in the UK in 2023. This represents a 5% decline compared to 2022. We’ll soon find out how Hogwarts Legacy and its competitors fare in the United States.
Hogwarts Legacy is also the best-selling game of the final week of 2023 in the UK. It beat out Super Mario Bros Wonder, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Source :Indian TV
