Best-selling video games in Europe – September 2023

When in comparison with final 12 months, Video games Gross sales Information (GSD) reveals that gross sales figures for video video games are down all through Europe this September. Not even releases of recent titles akin to Starfield, Mortal Kombat, and The Crew had been sufficient to make up for the decline.

All and all, outcomes from the GSD present that gross sales have dropped by simply over 15% this September. Nevertheless, it must be famous that final September was technically a five-week month, and this September was not, so this performed a big position within the total figures. When evaluating each gross sales months measure for measure, it reveals that gross sales have really solely dropped by simply over 1% this 12 months.

Another excuse for the decline in gross sales is attributed to the launch of EA Sports activities FC 24. Regardless of getting off to a very good begin, gross sales of EA’s newly rebranded soccer title at the moment are 10% decrease than the launch of its predecessor, FIFA 23.

Though FIFA 23 loved one of many strongest launches in recent times in comparison with the launch of FIFA 22, gross sales of EA Sports activities FC 24 are nonetheless down by virtually 4%. It had been predicted there could have been a lower in gross sales resulting from EA’s title change and rebranding of the sport and this now seems to be true.

Despite this, EA Sports activities FC 24 nonetheless bought strongly, significantly within the UK, and took the No.1 place throughout all main European nations. This decline in gross sales additionally prolonged to the opposite huge sports activities sport launched final month, NBA 2K24. Gross sales are down over 15% in contrast with the opening weeks of NBA 2K23.

Bethesda’s new IP and Microsoft unique, Starfield, was the subsequent largest vendor of the month. After a lot anticipation, the title loved a optimistic launch, partly in due to it being accessible on Recreation Go from day one. Nevertheless, after combined evaluations, Starfield wasn’t in a position to overthrow Forza Horizon 5 as Xbox’s largest launch title this console technology, and gross sales for the sport are presently 13% decrease than Forza Horizon 5 achieved in its first month of launch.

With that stated, Recreation Go knowledge just isn’t public, so there isn’t any approach of understanding precisely how effectively Starfield carried out total. What is thought is that Starfield took the No.2 spot in each the UK and German charts. NBA 2K24 then again was No.2 in each Spain and Italy. The Crew Motorfest, a French-developed sport, grasped the No.2 spot in France.

With gross sales at launch considerably increased than the earlier title within the franchise, The Crew Motorfest is probably the most important shock this September. The Ubisoft-developed racing sport reported a gross sales improve of 6.5% in its first three weeks on sale, in contrast with the 2018 launch of The Crew 2.

The final main new launch in September was NetherRealm Studios, Mortal Kombat 1. The gory preventing sport appeared within the No.5 place steadily throughout Europe, nevertheless, within the first three weeks of the sport’s launch, gross sales are down virtually 40% in comparison with Mortal Kombat 11, which was launched again in 2019.

In {hardware} gross sales, the PlayStation 5 continues to guide the European charts. When evaluating gross sales from the identical four-week interval final September, console gross sales had been up greater than 38% in comparison with 2022. Total 416,000 sport consoles had been bought and tracked throughout Europe’s main markets.

In contrast with the gross sales figures from the identical interval final 12 months, Sony’s PS5 console gross sales are up a staggering 175%. This spectacular determine was bolstered by the actual fact that there have been nonetheless inventory shortages of PS5s in September 2022. When it comes to the opposite consoles, gross sales of Nintendo Swap have declined by 28% and Xbox Collection X/S gross sales are additionally down by round 35% in contrast with the earlier September.

So far as accent gross sales go, round 1.1 million further elements had been bought all through September. Each Sony’s PS5 DualSense Controller and the Xbox Collection Wi-fi controller drove nearly all of gross sales. There have been additionally over 1 million factors playing cards and pockets playing cards bought through the month.