Hogwarts Legacy goes back to No. 1 after PS4 and Xbox One launch|UK Boxed Charts

Hogwarts Legacy’s release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One has sent the Harry Potter spin-off back to the top of the UK boxed rankings.

The game’s launch sales on PS5 and Xbox Series S and X broke all previous records. Although the PS4 and Xbox One releases are much smaller in comparison, they are still the fourth biggest releases of the year, trailing only the Star Wars: Jedi Survivor and Resident Evil 4 remakes but leading Dead Island 2.

As a result, Star Wars can no longer claim the top spot on the UK boxed charts, a position it held for a whole week. After a 68% reduction in sales from the previous week to the week before, the game is now ranked second.

The latest physical release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was around a third less successful than the 2019 release of its predecessor, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Launch sales were really 30% higher than Fallen Order’s, because to digital data that arrived late in the week.

This is because digital accounted for over two-thirds of Survivor’s sales, but just slightly more than a third of Fallen Order’s debut statistics (digital data courtesy of GSD).

Dead Island 2 falls to No. 3 in the Top 5 following a 51% decline in sales. With sales down 4% week-over-week, FIFA 23 has dropped to No. 5, while Mario Kart 8: Deluxe remains at No. 4.

Minecraft Legends, another recent release, remains in the Top Ten at position No. 10 despite a 2% dip in sales week over week.

Here is the GfK UK Boxed Top Ten for the week ending May 6, 2023: