Sony and EA rule Europe’s charts

2024 is off to a strong begin, with 12.14 million video video games bought, nevertheless it’s a disappointing drop of seven.3% from final 12 months. The European market had a incredible 2023, so a little bit of a pullback is to be anticipated.

EA Sports activities FC 24, the primary EA soccer title with out the FIFA license, has been similar to FIFA 23 final 12 months. FC 24 ended the month because the best-selling title total, whereas The Final of Us Half 2 Remastered, in second, was the best-selling new launch of January. Sony’s newest unique marks a major two-and-a-half occasions increase from the unique remaster, reflecting the explosive development of the PlayStation 5.

Bandai Namco’s long-awaited Tekken 8 is already successful, promoting over 80% greater than Capcom’s Avenue Fighter 6 first week of launch. One other new launch, Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown, positioned within the chart at No. 9, a powerful begin for a title that’s a brand new tackle a traditional franchise.

One other new launch would have been on the chart, Palworld, however the information solely collects info from main publishers and thus missed out on the record-setting recreation’s explosive debut on PC and Xbox.

Rounding out the highest ten are Hogwarts Legacy, Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 3 which at this level has proven it lacks the endurance of the 2022 launch, Grand Theft Auto 5, Want for Pace, and amazingly, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. The motion title had a deep low cost on Steam, which can be constructing anticipation for the Xbox-exclusive sequel later this 12 months.

Console gross sales are down in comparison with January 2023 by just one.4%, reflecting the elevated inventory of PlayStation 5 models, making it the highest vendor for the month. Each the Nintendo Change and the Xbox Collection consoles dipped this month.

Reflective of console gross sales, equipment additionally dropped by 1.4%, ending the month with 1.8 million bought.