The European annual video game sales report 2023

Primarily based on the info put out by the GSD (Sport gross sales information) – an establishment that collects and reviews 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% compared 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 sport in Europe. Regardless of promoting round 10% fewer video games than final 12 months – most probably due to the sudden rebrand and the actual fact there was a World Cup in 2022 – the favored soccer sport, formally often called FIFA, nonetheless managed to assert the highest spot this 12 months, forward of its rivals.

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

Name of Responsibility needs it might say the identical, however sadly, after a lackluster launch, Fashionable Warfare 3 needed to accept a spot outdoors 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 might 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 planet of Nintendo, the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (No.7) and Tremendous Mario Bros Surprise (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 identified for.

In actual fact, when 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 stated, each ended the 12 months within the high 10 and marked one other good 12 months for the platform general.

Rockstar’s GTA V and Purple 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 virtually 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 Prime 20 had been; Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (No.11), Murderer’s Creed Mirage (No.12), and the Resident Evil 4 Remake (No.17).

Concerning which platform bought probably the most sport models, regardless that Sony had one among its biggest years ever by way of 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 Collection X/S at No.5.

On the subject of the most important 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.

Virtually 7.5 million sport consoles had been bought all through the tracked European markets in 2023. Total, it is a substantial improve of just a little over 40% from the 2022 figures. Most of this may be attributed to the PlayStation 5, because the console noticed a 177% development in gross sales for 2023. And this may be attributed to the truth that Sony was lastly in a position to overcome the semi-conductor part disaster within the earlier years and begin manufacturing correct portions of {hardware} demanded by clients.

This staggering improve in gross sales simply made the PS5 the best-selling console of the 12 months. The Nintendo Change remained robust in second place, regardless of gross sales dropping by roughly 10% from final 12 months. The Xbox Collection 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 shocking flip of occasions, it was the PlayStation 4, not the PlayStation 5, that really loved the most important proportion development in gross sales. Because the console was briefly provide for a lot of 2022, renewed inventory in 2023 resulted in a whopping 671% improve in gross sales for the 12 months.

Equipment and add-ons additionally loved a fruitful 12 months, with simply over 20.5 million further objects 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 Collection X/S Wi-fi controller coming in at No.2.