FIFA 23 back at number one thanks to Black Friday – Games charts 26 November-GameCentral-Entertainment – Metro

More entertaining than the England game (pic: EA)

Black Friday and the World Cup has propelled FIFA 23 back to the top of the UK retail charts, just ahead of Modern Warfare 2.

It’s not new releases that had the most impact on this week’s new physical sales charts but Black Friday, with FIFA 23 not only extra popular because of the World Cup but thanks to some decent price cuts in the sales.

Modern Warfare 2 discounts were more modest but still enough to propel it to number two, while the brand new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were supplanted after just a week – although Pokémon games are always underrepresented in the UK charts since they insist on counting them as two separate games.

What will happen to them next week remains to be seen, as there are a number of new releases due, including Need For Speed Unbound, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and The Callisto Protocol.

UK all formats retail chart – 26 November

1 (3) FIFA 23 (PS5/PS4/XO/NS)
2 (5) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS5/XO/PS4)
3 (1) Pokémon Violet (NS)
4 (8) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
5 (4) God Of War Ragnarök (PS5/PS4)
6 (2) Pokémon Scarlet (NS)
7 (10) Sonic Frontiers (PS5/NS/XSX/PS4)
8 (9) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS)
9 (-) Just Dance 2023 Edition (NS/PS5/XSX)
10 (11) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS)

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Japanese console retail chart – 20 November

1 (-) Pokémon Scarlet/Violet (NS)
2 (1) Splatoon 3 (NS)
3 (3) God Of War Ragnarök (PS5)
4 (-) Monochrome Mobius (PS4)
5 (2) Tactics Ogre: Reborn (NS)
6 (R) Minecraft (NS)
7 (9) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
8 (-) Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days (NS)
9 (-) SympathyKiss (NS)
10 (4) Sonic Frontiers (NS)

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U.S. all formats chart – October

1 (-) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
2 (-) Gotham Knights (XSX/PS5/PC)
3 (1) FIFA 23 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
4 (2) Madden NFL 23 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
5 (-) NHL 23 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5)
6 (-) Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope (NS)
7 (291) Persona 5 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
8 (3) NBA 2K23 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)*
9 (-) Bayonetta 3 (NS)*
10 (9) Elden Ring (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)

*does not include digital sales

Note: U.S. charts are organised by revenue, not unit sales

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GameCentral Top 10 – 2022

1. Elden Ring (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
2. Total War: Warhammer 3 (PC)
3. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
4. Gran Turismo 7 (PS4/PS5)
5. Citizen Sleeper (NS/XSX/PC)
6. Neon White (NS/PC)
7. Sniper Elite 5 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
8. Tunic (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
9. Card Shark (NS/PC)
10. Horizon Forbidden West (PS4/PS5)

The chart above lists our best reviewed titles of 2022 but as usual does not include remakes, remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.

Readers’ Top 20 – 2021

1. Returnal (PS5)
2. Metroid Dread (NS)
3. Psychonauts 2 (XO/PS4/XSX/PC)
4. Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
5. Forza Horizon 5 (XO/XSX/PC)
6. Resident Evil Village (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
7. Life Is Strange: True Colors (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
8. The Forgotten City (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
9. Far Cry 6 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia/Luna)
10. Outriders (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC/Stadia)
11. Chicory: A Colorful Tale (PS4/NS/PS5/PC)
12. Tales Of Arise (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
13. Little Nightmares 2 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
14. Death’s Door (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
15. It Takes Two (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
16. Monster Hunter Rise (NS)
17. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (PS4/NS/PC)
18. Deathloop (PS5/PC)
19. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
20. Halo Infinite (XO/XSX/PC)

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