 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS5/XO/PS4)2 (1) FIFA 23 (PS5/PS4/XO/NS)3 (-) Bayonetta 3 (NS)4 (8) Horizon Forbidden West (PS5/PS4)5 (2) Gotham Knights (PS5/XSX)6 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)7 (3) Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope (NS)8 (9) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS)9 (7) Splatoon 3 (NS)10 (14) Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PS5/NS/XO/PS4) Ukie Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Japanese console retail chart – 23 October 1 (1) Splatoon 3 (NS)2 (-) Persona 5 Royal (NS)3 (-) Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher (NS)4 (R) Gran Turismo (PS5)5 (2) Dragon Quest 10: Rise Of The Five Tribes Offline (NS)6 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)7 (5) Minecraft (NS)8 (3) NieR:Automata – The End Of YoRHa Edition (NS)9 (-) Persona 5 Royal (PS5)10 (-) Dragon Quest 10: All in One Package Ver.1-6 (C)2022 Enterbrain, Inc. All rights reserved. U.S. all formats chart – September 1 (-) FIFA 23 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)2 (1) Madden NFL 23 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)3 (-) NBA 2K23 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)*4 (-) Splatoon 3 (NS)*5 (-) The Last Of Us Part 1 (PS5)6 (-) Teenage Mu){kind=link}
There’s no prizes for guessing what this week’s new number one is, as Call Of Duty and Bayonetta both outdo their predecessors.
Although there’s been no official comment from Activision, everything suggests that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been a massive hit, with reports that it’s the biggest PlayStation launch ever for the series and that physical sales are up 42% on last year in the UK.
Usually physical sales go down even if a game has done better, as more people move to digital downloads every year, so to see that kind of increase is hugely impressive. Even so, it’s still only the third biggest physical launch of the year, behind FIFA 23 and Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
It never had a chance of beating Call Of Duty, but Bayonetta 3 has also done well, with a slight increase on the 2018 Switch version of Bayonetta 2 – which almost certainly translates into a significant increase in overall sales.
1 (-) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS5/XO/PS4)2 (1) FIFA 23 (PS5/PS4/XO/NS)3 (-) Bayonetta 3 (NS)4 (8) Horizon Forbidden West (PS5/PS4)5 (2) Gotham Knights (PS5/XSX)6 (4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)7 (3) Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope (NS)8 (9) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS)9 (7) Splatoon 3 (NS)10 (14) Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PS5/NS/XO/PS4)