2.9 million video games were sold in the UK in October, an increase of 3.2% on the previous year.

That’s according to GSD, which tracks digital and physical sales in the UK.

Unsurprisingly, the month was led by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. This is the first game in the series to be available on the subscription service Game Pass (available on Xbox and PC) since launch, which inevitably had an impact negative on him. premium sales. Indeed, compared to 2023’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, launch sales are 11% lower.

If we focus only on sales of the franchise on PlayStation platforms (PS4 and PS5), where Game Pass is not available, we can see that premium sales increased by 24% year-on-year. So overall it looks like a positive launch for the series this year.

Almost 75% of the game’s sales came on PlayStation platforms, with 15% on PC and just under 11% on Xbox.

In 2nd place is EA Sports FC 25. Sales of the football game are 14% lower in October compared to what last year’s version managed in the same time period.

We have another new game at No.3 in the form of Dragon Ball: Sparkling! Zero by Bandai Namco. It’s been a real success so far, with sales in its first four weeks 80% higher than its predecessor, 2020’s Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

Right behind Dragon Ball is another big October success story in Undisputed by Steel City Interactive and Plaion. The game started life as a small indie title created by three brothers, and went on to obtain numerous major boxing licenses. It is the second biggest sports game release of the year, ahead of F1 24, NBA 2K25 and EA Sports College Football 25 (but behind EA Sports FC 25). And as a fighting game, it even managed to surpass Tekken 8, which was released earlier this year.

Another new game at No.4 is Silent Hill 2. It’s a solid release for the remake of the classic horror game, although it doesn’t reach the heights of other recent horror remakes. Launch sales are 32% lower than the 2023 remake of Dead Space and 62% lower than the Resident Evil 4 remake (also released in 2023).

New from Nintendo is Super Mario Party Jamboree at No.9. Sales were up 11% over 2018’s Super Mario Party, but down 4% over 2021’s Mario Party Superstars (based on first two weeks of sales). Nintendo doesn’t share digital data with the chart company, so this date is just physical unit sales.

Finally, at No.10 we have Sonic X Shadows Generations from Sega. The game fared much better than last year’s 2D Sonic Superstars entry (launch sales were up 150%), but was down 21% from 2022’s Sonic Frontiers release.

Elsewhere, Metaphor: Refantazio debuts at No. 12 and the Until Dawn remake comes in at No. 30.

On the hardware side, game console sales rose 14 percent month-on-month, with just under 144,000 devices sold, NielsenIQ/GfK data showed. However, sales were down 18% from October 2023.

PS5 console sales were up 27% month-on-month, but down 18% year-on-year. Switch sales were up 13% month-over-month but down 18% year-over-year, while Xbox Series consoles were down 7% month-over-month and down nearly 17% year on year.

Elsewhere, 681,000 accessories were sold in the UK last month, down more than 8% on September but up almost 16% on October 2023. PlayStation controllers continue to dominate the top two positions (White at no. 1 this month and Midnight Black at No.2), while PlayStation Portal continues to do well, climbing four places to No.4.

UK GSD September 2024 Top 10 (Digital & Physical)

*Digital data not available

GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold through digital stores for PC, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Major participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, CD Projekt, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Saber Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Kepler, Konami, Marvelous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda) . , Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Games are the notable absentees, along with smaller studios.