Gotham Knights takes No.2 in week of fresh releases | UK Physical Charts

FIFA 23 has held on to the top spot in the UK physical charts for a third week, despite a 19% decline in sales.

There was a substantial number of brand new releases last week; Gotham Knights entered the chart at No.2 following its launch on October 21, and Mario + Rabbids: Spark of Hope took third place, having launched the day before.

WB Montreal's Batman title sold particularly well on PS5, with 78% of total sales coming from the platform. The remaining 22% came from Xbox Series X.

Ubisoft's Mario mash-up title is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, so the platform accounted for 100% of all sales.

A Plague Tale: Requiem also launched October 17, and entered the charts at No.5. The title is a sequel to Asobo Studio's 2019 game A Plague Tale: Innocence, and it landed a higher position than its predecessor, which debuted at No.9 during a quiet month.

Sales for the sequel triumphed on PS5, with 90% of its first-week copies shifted on the platform, and the remaining 10% coming from Xbox Series X.

The final big release of the week was the Switch and current generation version of Persona 5 Royal, bringing the game back up to No.6 in the charts. 79% of sales of the 2019 JRPG were generated on the Nintendo Switch, while 17% came from PS5, and 4% from Xbox Series X.

Further down the chart, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed made its debut at No.15, from studio Illfonic. 56% of the sales came from PS5, 23% from Xbox Series X, and 21% from PS4.

Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending October 22: