![]() ![]() GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)* UK GSD May 2023 Top 10 (Digital + Physical) Position However, this controller was in very short supply.Ī Switch Carry Case tie-in with Zelda also makes the charts at No.32. The highest charting new accessory is actually the Zelda edition of the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (it reached No.20), which was launched to coincide with the game. The best-selling accessory continues to be the PS5 DualSense controller, although we have a new No.2 in the form of the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, boosted by the launch of the latest Zelda game. Overall, console sales are up 16.6% so far in 2023 compared with the year before, with PS5 sales up 81%, Switch sales down 8% and Xbox Series S and X sales down 19%.įinally, in the accessories and peripherals space, 441,268 add-on products were sold in the UK last month (GfK panel data), which is down 9% over April and down 5% over May last year. Xbox Series S and X sales also fell 10% in May compared with April, and are also down over the same period in 2022. PS5 sales dropped 23% month-on-month, and it's the first time all year that PS5 sales were lower than they were during the same period in 2022. ![]() Also, April saw continued sales of the special Mario edition of the Switch, which was launched to coincide with the Super Mario Bros movie in March.Īlmost 35% of all Switch consoles sold in May were for the Zelda OLED version. Why are Switch sales down over April considering Zelda launched in May? Well, the Tears of the Kingdom Special Edition OLED Switch actually arrived in April. However, Switch sales are up 28% over May last year. Nintendo Switch ended PS5's four-month run as the UK's No.1 console, taking the top spot despite a 5% dip in sales month-on-month. That's actually a 10% drop over May last year, and 14% down on April. According to GfK panel data, just under 96,000 consoles were sold last month. The Legend of Zelda also had a big impact in the console hardware space, too. The other new release in the charts is LEGO 2K Drive, which crossed the finishing line at No.19. 53% of the game's sales were on PS4 during May, with 24% on Xbox One, with the remainder coming on the current generation machines. ![]() The other significant release of May this year was Hogwarts Legacy, which arrived on older generation platforms following its huge launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S and X in February. There was no major game released in May 2022. The success of Zelda fired the software market in May, with game sales up nearly 30% compared with the same period last year, leading to over 2.17 million titles sold. It only sits behind 2006's Twilight Princess and 2017's Breath of the Wild. It's the biggest Zelda game launch in UK history, and its lifetime sales have already surpassed most previous games in the series. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was comfortably the No.1 game in May (GSD data), and that's without Nintendo sharing digital data with the GSD charts (Nintendo is the only major company that currently withholds these figures). Fans had been waiting several years for Tears of the Kingdom's release, and they clearly came out in droves to buy the game in the month of May.The UK games market in May was driven by the launch of one particularly big Nintendo Switch game. According to information released by last month, Tears of the Kingdom actually managed to overtake physical sales of Hogwarts Legacy in its debut weekend. While Tears of the Kingdom remains behind Hogwarts Legacy in America (for now), the latest Zelda game is ahead in the UK. Given how well the game continues to sell, it will be interesting to see Nintendo's updated sales figures when they release! According to sales figures released by Nintendo in early May, Breath of the Wild had sold 29.81 million copies, making it the fourth best-selling game on Switch. It seems that the overall popularity of Tears of the Kingdom may have convinced newcomers to try the series. That's a big jump up from the month before, when the game was ranked 28th. ![]() According to Piscatella, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the 13th best-selling game in the month of May. Interestingly enough, the success of Tears of the Kingdom has also led to increased sales for the previous Zelda game. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game of May 2023, instantly becoming the #2 best-selling title of 2023 year-to-date, despite only physical sales from Nintendo being included in the best-selling titles charts.- Mat Piscatella June 27, 2023 ![]()
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