It’s time for everybody’s favorite kind of content: hot, steamy financial reports! 2022 is in the rearview mirror, and in terms of scintillating spicy gaming sales metrics it was a mild decline, with a 6% fall in game sales and a much more hefty notable 29% decline in console sales from 2021. Reasons for this include stock shortages and a fall in the popularity in older titles. The “end” of the pandemic was also likely a factor in dampening sales.
While game sales fell 6%, there was a 20% increase in new game sales, showing that the issue is not people not wanting video games but rather losing ground for older titles. While the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console, sales were down roughly 28% for the platform and it barely beat out its competitors for the crown.
The list of top-selling games in the UK for 2022 is as follows (asterisks mark games for which digital sales figures are unknown):
| 1 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 3 | LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros) |
| 4 | Elden Ring (Bandai Namco) |
| 5 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 6 | God of War Ragnarok (Sony) |
| 7 | FIFA 22 (EA) |
| 8 | Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony) |
| 9 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 10 | Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)* |
| 11 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo)* |
| 12 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 13 | Gran Turismo 7 (Sony) |
| 14 | Pokémon Violet (Nintendo)* |
| 15 | WWE 2K22 (2K Games) |
| 16 | F1 22 (EA) |
| 17 | Pokémon Scarlet (Nintendo)* |
| 18 | Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Nintendo/Mojang)* |
| 19 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)* |
| 20 | Sonic Frontiers (Sega) |
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Written by Amelia Fruzzetti
A writer and Nintendo fan based in Seattle, Washington. When not working for NinWire, she can be found eating pasta, writing stories, and wondering about when Mother 3 is finally going to get an official localization.
