<ul>
<li>According to media research firm Circana, Hogwarts Legacy was the top-selling game of 2023 with around 22 million copies sold.
</li>
<li>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III fell to second place, breaking the franchise's usual dominance of the sales charts.
</li>
<li>The only other times Call of Duty was knocked from first place were in 2013 and 2018 when Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 were released.
</li>
<li>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was listed as the number five top seller of 2023, but the list only includes digital sales data up to September.
</li>
<li>Other top sellers include Madden NFL 24 at number three and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at number four.
</li>
<li>2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took the number seven spot, and Mario Kart 8 came in at number 19.
</li>
<li>The controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy, including its association with JK Rowling and some antisemitic caricatures, did not seem to affect its sales significantly.
</li>
<li>The game delivered on the promise of a true open-world Harry Potter title, which fans had been waiting for decades.
</li>
</ul>

* According to media research firm Circana, Hogwarts Legacy was the top-selling game of 2023 with around 22 million copies sold.
    
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III fell to second place, breaking the franchise's usual dominance of the sales charts.
    
* The only other times Call of Duty was knocked from first place were in 2013 and 2018 when Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 were released.
    
* The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was listed as the number five top seller of 2023, but the list only includes digital sales data up to September.
    
* Other top sellers include Madden NFL 24 at number three and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at number four.
    
* 2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took the number seven spot, and Mario Kart 8 came in at number 19.
    
* The controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy, including its association with JK Rowling and some antisemitic caricatures, did not seem to affect its sales significantly.
    
* The game delivered on the promise of a true open-world Harry Potter title, which fans had been waiting for decades.

Call of Duty didn't top the yearly sales charts for one of the first times since 2009

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