November 2022 gross sales had been 17% decrease than final yr, with each downloaded titles (7.8 million, a 15% drop) and bodily gross sales (10.4 million, an 18% lower) affected by Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 2 breaking with custom and releasing in October. Activision’s newest shooter is the best-selling within the franchise, after one full month of gross sales Trendy Warfare 2 has already bought greater than Vanguard has in a yr.
FIFA 23, regardless of the anticipated enhance of the World Cup going down, additionally skilled softer gross sales this yr, although it’s nonetheless the second-best vendor, above Trendy Warfare 2 however, beneath Sony’s God of Warfare: Ragnarok. Ragnarok bought 62% extra models than 2018’s God of Warfare did for a similar size of time, three weeks. 69% of all God of Warfare: Ragnarok gross sales had been on the PlayStation 5, boosting gross sales of the console, with the rest on the PlayStation 4.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, in the event that they had been mixed into one itemizing, can be the second finest vendor of the month, however because it stands, the separate titles spherical out the highest 5. 56% of gross sales had been for Violet, with 44% for Scarlet, reflecting the rising fan sentiment round each video games. Each titles, collectively, had a greater two weeks than Pokemon Sensible Diamond and Pearl (by 17%) and Pokemon Sword and Defend (by 23%).
{Hardware} gross sales additionally dropped year-over-year, with the 690,000 consoles bought representing a 21% drop from 2021. For the primary month of all 2022, the Nintendo Swap was the best-selling console, regardless of PlayStation 5 gross sales going up 49% and Xbox gross sales additionally growing by 22%. The Swap achieved this feat by doubling the gross sales of the PlayStation 5, which got here in a really distant second place.
1.8 million equipment had been bought throughout Europe, an 11% drop from final yr at the moment. Boosted by the arrival of extra PlayStation 5 consoles, the PS5 DualSense controller was the highest vendor, a 66% enhance from final yr. 2 million level and subscription playing cards had been bought, a 19% year-to-year lower from final yr.
High 20 best-seeling video games in Europe in November 2022 (Digital + Bodily):
1. God of Warfare Ragnarok
2. FIFA 23
3. Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 2
4. Pokémon Violet*
5. Pokémon Scarlet*
6. Sonic Frontiers
7. Grand Theft Auto 5
8. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
9. Pink Useless Redemption 2
10. Soccer Supervisor 2023
11. Nintendo Swap Sports activities*
12. The Final of Us: Half 2
13. Horizon: Forbidden West
14. NBA 2K23
15. Gran Turismo 7
16. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
17. God of Warfare
18. It Takes Two
19. Splatoon 3*
20. Spider-Man: Miles Morales
