Thanks to GamesIndustry, we have new insight into the UK gaming market for November 2022.
Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet performed huge as expected. Both games (plus the double pack) would have ended up at #3 on the latest sales chart had they been combined. This also isn’t counting digital data. Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet had the second biggest launch for a Pokemon game in UK history – only Sun and Moon did better.
On the hardware front, Switch was the best-selling console. The system’s sales rose 175 percent month-on-month. The recently-released Switch OLED for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet comprised 8 percent of all Switch consoles sold. As another factor, many Black Friday deals were in place for Switch.
You can check out the best-selling games in the UK for October 2022 below.
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 2 | God of War Ragnarok (Sony) |
| 3 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 4 | Pokémon Violet* (Nintendo) |
| 5 | Pokémon Scarlet* (Nintendo) |
| 6 | Football Manager 2023 (Sega) |
| 7 | Sonic Frontiers (Sega) |
| 8 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 9 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 10 | LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros) |
| 11 | Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)* |
| 12 | Gotham Knights (Warner Bros) |
| 13 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 14 | Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony) |
| 15 | The Last of Us: Part 2 (Sony) |
| 16 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)* |
| 17 | NBA 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 18 | LEGO Harry Potter Collection (Warner Bros) |
| 19 | Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition* (Nintendo/Mojang) |
| 20 | Splatoon 3* (Nintendo) |
* Digital data unavailable
