It isn’t simply the United States that releases month-to-month stories on video gaming gross sales. The GSD additionally publishes stories on video gaming gross sales for Europe. In truth, earlier at the moment, they launched their newest month-to-month report. This knowledge is for the month of September 2023, and in addition consists of gross sales from the United Kingdom.
Compared with the yr earlier than, video gaming gross sales had been down in September in Europe. It is value noting, nonetheless, that this was primarily as a result of September 2022 was a five-week month, yet another week than September 2023 was. Another cause sourced was EA Sports FC 24. The recreation was #1 on the European GSD September 2023 prime 10 charts, however gross sales are presently 10% down in contrast with final yr’s launch of FIFA ’23.
As for gaming {hardware}, the developments have been similar to earlier months. The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in Europe, adopted by the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series consoles. The software program might have been lagging in gross sales, however gross sales of {hardware} didn’t have this drawback. They had been up 38% in comparison with the identical 4 week interval in September of final yr. This quantity might even be greater, as markets for Germany and the UK usually are not tracked for {hardware}. You can see the European GSD September 2023 prime 10 charts down beneath.
European GSD September 2023 Top 10 (Digital + Physical)
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | EA Sports FC 24 (EA) |
| 2 | Starfield (Microsoft) |
| 3 | NBA 2K24 (2K Games) |
| 4 | The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft) |
| 5 | Mortal Kombat 1 (Warner Bros) |
| 6 | Payday 3 (Plaion) |
| 7 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 8 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 9 | Titanfall 2 (EA) |
| 10 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
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