Metroid Prime Remastered is second biggest physical game of 2023

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Hogwarts Legacy box — Its grip on the number one spot is slipping (pic: WB Games)

Despite launching a month after the game was released digitally, and suffering stock shortages, Metroid Prime Remastered has come within a thousand copies of knocking Hogwarts Legacy off the UK number one spot.

Not only that but it managed to become the fourth fastest selling entry in the entire Metroid franchise and the second highest physical launch of the year, behind Hogwarts but ahead of Dead Space and Fire Emblem Engage.

The news bodes well for Nintendo’s future plans for the series, but it wasn’t all good news for this week’s new releases, with Koei Tecmo’s Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, making a disappointing start at number eight.

UK all formats retail chart – 4 March

1 (1) Hogwarts Legacy (PS5/XSX)
2 (-) Metroid Prime Remastered (NS)
3 (2) FIFA 23 (PS5/PS4/XO/NS)
4 (4) God Of War Ragnarök (PS5/PS4)
5 (5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
6 (3) Kirby’s Return To Dream Land Deluxe (NS)
7 (9) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS5/XO/PS4)
8 (-) Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5)
9 (10) Minecraft (NS)
10 (12) Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS5/PS4/XO/XSX/PC)

Japanese console retail chart – 26 February

1 (-) Kirby’s Return To Dream Land Deluxe (NS)
2 (-) Octopath Traveler 2 (NS)
3 (-) Like A Dragon: Ishin! (PS4)
4 (-) Like A Dragon: Ishin! (PS5)
5 (3) Pokémon Scarlet/Violet (NS)
6 (1) Hogwarts Legacy (PS5)
7 (5) Splatoon 3 (NS)
8 (-) Octopath Traveler 2 (PS5)
9 (-) ARK: Survival Evolved (NS)
10 (7) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)

U.S. all formats chart – January

1 (1) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
2 (-) Dead Space (XSX/PS5/PC)
3 (4) Madden NFL 23 (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
4 (5) FIFA 23 (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
5 (-) Fire Emblem Engage (NS)*
6 (7) Elden Ring (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
7 (-) Forspoken (PS5/PC)
8 (3) God Of War Ragnarök (PS4/PS5)
9 (-) One Piece Odyssey (PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
10 (2) Pokémon Scarlet/Violet (NS)*

*does not include digital sales

Note: U.S. charts are organised by revenue, not unit sales

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GameCentral Top 20 – 2022

1. Elden Ring (XO/PS4/XSX/PS5/PC)
2. Bayonetta 3 (NS)
3. Immortality (XSX/PC/iOS/Android)
4. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (NS)
5. Total War: Warhammer 3 (PC)
6. Rogue Legacy 2 (XO/NS/XSX/PC)
7. Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope (NS)
8. Gran Turismo 7 (PS4/PS5)
9. Hyper Demon (PC)
10. Citizen Sleeper (NS/XSX/PC)
11. Return To Monkey Island (NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
12. Roadwarden (PC)
13. God Of War Ragnarök (PS4/PS5)
14. Neon White (PS4/NS/PS5/PC)
15. Pentiment (XO/XSX/PC)
16. The Case Of The Golden Idol (PC)
17. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (XO/PS4/NS/XSX/PS5/PC)
18. Vampire Survivors (XO/XSX/PC/iOS/Android)
19. Marvel’s Midnight Suns (XSX/PS5/PC)
20. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (NS)

The chart above lists our favourite games of 2023 but, as usual, does not include remakes, remasters, expansions, re-releases, compilations, games not yet released in the UK, or versions of games previously released on other formats.