Finest-selling video video games in Europe – September 2023

When in comparison with final yr, Video games Gross sales Knowledge (GSD) reveals that gross sales figures for video video games are down all through Europe this September. Not even releases of recent titles comparable to Starfield, Mortal Kombat, and The Crew had been sufficient to make up for the decline.

All and all, outcomes from the GSD present that gross sales have dropped by simply over 15% this September. Nonetheless, it must be famous that final September was technically a five-week month, and this September was not, so this performed a major position within the total figures. When evaluating each gross sales months measure for measure, it reveals that gross sales have truly solely dropped by simply over 1% this yr.

Another excuse for the decline in gross sales is attributed to the launch of EA Sports activities FC 24. Regardless of getting off to an excellent begin, gross sales of EA’s newly rebranded soccer title at the moment are 10% decrease than the launch of its predecessor, FIFA 23.

Despite the fact that FIFA 23 loved one of many strongest launches lately when put next with the launch of FIFA 22, gross sales of EA Sports activities FC 24 are nonetheless down by virtually 4%. It had been predicted there might have been a lower in gross sales as a result of EA’s title change and rebranding of the sport and this now seems to be true.

Regardless of this, EA Sports activities FC 24 nonetheless offered strongly, notably within the UK, and took the No.1 place throughout all main European international locations. This decline in gross sales additionally prolonged to the opposite huge sports activities sport launched final month, NBA 2K24. Gross sales are down over 15% in contrast with the opening weeks of NBA 2K23.

Bethesda’s new IP and Microsoft unique, Starfield, was the subsequent greatest vendor of the month. After a lot anticipation, the title loved a constructive launch, partly in due to it being obtainable on Recreation Move from day one. Nonetheless, after combined evaluations, Starfield wasn’t in a position to overthrow Forza Horizon 5 as Xbox’s greatest launch title this console technology, and gross sales for the sport are at the moment 13% decrease than Forza Horizon 5 achieved in its first month of launch.

With that stated, Recreation Move knowledge is just not public, so there isn’t any means of realizing precisely how properly Starfield carried out total. What is understood is that Starfield took the No.2 spot in each the UK and German charts. NBA 2K24 then again was No.2 in each Spain and Italy. The Crew Motorfest, a French-developed sport, grasped the No.2 spot in France.

With gross sales at launch considerably greater than the earlier title within the franchise, The Crew Motorfest is maybe the most important shock this September. The Ubisoft-developed racing sport reported a gross sales improve of 6.5% in its first three weeks on sale, in contrast with the 2018 launch of The Crew 2.

The final main new launch in September was NetherRealm Studios, Mortal Kombat 1. The gory combating sport appeared within the No.5 place steadily throughout Europe, nonetheless, within the first three weeks of the sport’s launch, gross sales are down virtually 40% in comparison with Mortal Kombat 11, which was launched again in 2019.

In {hardware} gross sales, the PlayStation 5 continues to guide the European charts. When evaluating gross sales from the identical four-week interval final September, console gross sales had been up greater than 38% in comparison with 2022. Total 416,000 sport consoles had been bought and tracked throughout Europe’s main markets.

In contrast with the gross sales figures from the identical interval final yr, Sony’s PS5 console gross sales are up a staggering 175%. This spectacular determine was bolstered by the actual fact that there have been nonetheless inventory shortages of PS5s in September 2022. When it comes to the opposite consoles, gross sales of Nintendo Swap have declined by 28% and Xbox Collection X/S gross sales are additionally down by round 35% in contrast with the earlier September.

So far as accent gross sales go, round 1.1 million extra elements had been bought all through September. Each Sony’s PS5 DualSense Controller and the Xbox Collection Wi-fi controller drove the vast majority of gross sales. There have been additionally over 1 million factors playing cards and pockets playing cards bought in the course of the month.