The European annual online game gross sales report 2023

Primarily based on the information put out by the GSD (Recreation gross sales information) – an establishment that collects and experiences online game gross sales throughout most of Europe’s main markets – over 182 million video video games had been bought in Europe in 2023, throughout PC and console platforms mixed. This is a rise of roughly 1.7% in comparison year-to-year with the figures from 2022.

Total it was one other 12 months that noticed the EA Sports activities’ soccer title, this 12 months it’s EA Sports activities FC 24, comfortably declare the No.1 place because the best-selling recreation in Europe. Regardless of promoting round 10% fewer video games than final 12 months – more than likely due to the sudden rebrand and the very fact there was a World Cup in 2022 – the favored soccer recreation, formally generally known as FIFA, nonetheless managed to say the highest spot this 12 months, forward of its opponents.

Hogwarts Legacy, the Harry Potter motion role-playing recreation got here closest, taking the No.2 and changing into a smash hit all through most of Europe. Because the GSD charts began in 2017, apart from FIFA, no different title has bought extra video games in a single 12 months than that of Hogwarts Legacy.

Name of Obligation needs it might say the identical, however sadly, after a lackluster launch, Fashionable Warfare 3 needed to accept a spot exterior of the highest 3 within the charts this 12 months. In comparison with MW2, gross sales on this 12 months’s version of the world-renowned shooter have dropped by greater than 30%, and 2023 may need been thought-about a disappointing 12 months for Activision Blizzard if not for Diablo 4, which made it to the No.6 place within the chart.

On the earth of Nintendo, the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (No.7) and Tremendous Mario Bros Marvel (No.9) every bought nicely and, even in any case these years, each franchises proceed to epitomize the high-quality video games that Nintendo are recognized for.

In actual fact, should you simply accounted for bodily gross sales alone, the 2 titles would have made it to the No.3 and No.4 positions, however as Nintendo doesn’t publicly disclose its digital gross sales information, they need to accept the decrease positions on the chart. With that mentioned, each ended the 12 months within the prime 10 and marked one other good 12 months for the platform general.

Rockstar’s GTA V and Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 each made it into the highest 10 once more this 12 months, with general gross sales on RDR 2 surprisingly being up by nearly 20% in comparison with figures from 2022.

The one different new launch to make it into the highest 10 was the PS5 unique, Spider-Man 2, coming in at No.10. Another notable new releases to make it into the High 20 had been; Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (No.11), Murderer’s Creed Mirage (No.12), and the Resident Evil 4 Remake (No.17).

Relating to which platform bought essentially the most recreation models, although Sony had considered one of its biggest years ever when it comes to console gross sales with the PS5, it in the end needed to accept the No.2 place, behind PC. Following subsequent was the Nintendo Change at No.3, the PlayStation 4 at No.4, and Xbox Sequence X/S at No.5.

In relation to the largest markets in Europe for video video games, the UK stays No.1 for an additional 12 months, with Germany not far behind at No.2, and France, Spain, and Italy within the third, fourth, and fifth locations respectively.

Nearly 7.5 million recreation consoles had been bought all through the tracked European markets in 2023. Total, this can be a substantial enhance of a bit of over 40% from the 2022 figures. Most of this may be attributed to the PlayStation 5, because the console noticed a 177% progress in gross sales for 2023. And this may be attributed to the truth that Sony was lastly capable of overcome the semi-conductor element disaster within the earlier years and begin manufacturing correct portions of {hardware} demanded by clients.

This staggering enhance in gross sales simply made the PS5 the best-selling console of the 12 months. The Nintendo Change remained sturdy in second place, regardless of gross sales dropping by roughly 10% from final 12 months. The Xbox Sequence X/S needed to accept third place, as gross sales on the console(s) decreased by round 18% or so, from the earlier 12 months.

In a considerably stunning flip of occasions, it was the PlayStation 4, not the PlayStation 5, that really loved the largest proportion progress in gross sales. Because the console was briefly provide for a lot of 2022, renewed inventory in 2023 resulted in a whopping 671% enhance in gross sales for the 12 months.

Equipment and add-ons additionally loved a fruitful 12 months, with simply over 20.5 million extra gadgets being bought all through Europe in 2023. Evaluating this with 2022, it is a rise of almost 10%. So far as the No.1 accent in Europe, the distinction goes to the DualSense PS5 controller, with the Xbox Sequence X/S Wi-fi controller coming in at No.2.