EA Sports FC 24 was Europe’s best-selling sport in September forward of fellow new launch Starfield.
Sales of EA’s new soccer model, which launched within the final third of the month, have been down 10% in contrast with final yr’s notably robust FIFA 23 launch.
That’s in accordance with GSD knowledge revealed on GamesBusiness.biz, which covers bodily sport gross sales from main European markets and digital gross sales from most main publishers, excluding Nintendo and 505 Games.
Starfield, which was launched in early September and was additionally obtainable on Game Pass at launch, was final month’s second best-selling title.
The Xbox Series X/S and PC launch didn’t topple Forza Horizon 5 as Microsoft‘s largest sport launch this technology, though the racing title was additionally launched for Xbox One, that means it had a considerably bigger potential userbase.
New releases took the subsequent three locations on the month-to-month chart, with NBA 2K24 at No.3, The Crew Motorfest at No.4, and Mortal Kombat 1 at No.5. Of these titles, solely The Crew Motorfest outperformed its predecessor’s launch gross sales.
On the {hardware} entrance, PS5 continued to dominate gross sales throughout European markets tracked by GSD, which exclude the UK and Germany.
Sales of Sony‘s console have been up 175% over the identical interval final yr, when there have been nonetheless important inventory shortages.
Nintendo Switch gross sales have been down 28% in contrast with final September, whereas Xbox Series X/S gross sales have been down 35%.
Starfield was the best-selling sport within the US in September, forward of Mortal Kombat 1 and EA Sports FC 24, market analysis agency Circana reported on Wednesday.
