Top 20 best-selling video games in Europe – May 2022

In response to GSD, greater than 7.9 million bodily and digital video games had been offered in Europe in Could 2022.

This represents a 29% gross sales decline in comparison with April 2022 and a 21% decline in comparison with Could 2021. Round 4.5 million online game gross sales final month had been by way of digital obtain shops.

Nintendo Change Sports activities got here in at No.1 with bodily gross sales alone with greater than half of all European gross sales being accounted for by France and Germany. The sport additionally took the highest spot in Spain and Italy, nonetheless, it misplaced the UK prime spot to Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

Greater than 297 000 consoles had been offered in Europe, nonetheless, this knowledge doesn’t embody the UK and German markets. This represents a 3% lower in comparison with April 2022 in addition to a 3% lower in comparison with Could 2021.

New consoles, together with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S, appear to be doing higher in European markets as their month-to-month gross sales have elevated by 26%. Nintendo Change can also be doing all proper with its gross sales in Could 2022 virtually equal to the gross sales in Could 2021, round 135 000 items.

It might seem that the PS5 has had the worst yr thus far with its gross sales for the primary 5 months of 2022 being decrease by virtually 50% in comparison with the identical interval final yr. Xbox Collection X/S gross sales had been virtually the identical when throughout the identical interval of 2021 and 2022, whereas Nintendo Change yearly gross sales have elevated by 20%.

Greater than 992 000 equipment and toys-to-life merchandise had been offered in Europe throughout Could 2022, which is a 14% lower in comparison with final yr and an 8% lower in comparison with April 2022.

The perfect-selling accent was the PS5 DualSense controller with the PS4 DualShock controller proper behind it.

Retailers offered 924 000 level playing cards final month which is a 7% lower in comparison with final yr and a month-to-month gross sales drop of 11%.

In response to the info from Viewers, the Sparkers stream tracker, Sniper Elite 5 had greater than 50 432 hours broadcast with 1.9 million hours watched on varied streaming platforms. This averages out to 37 hours watched for each hour broadcasted.

Throughout Could 2022, the typical hours watched for Sniper Elite 5 was 3 times increased than Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, nonetheless, it was additionally 61% decrease than the typical hours watched for Nintendo Change Sports activities.

Nintendo Change Sports activities had greater than twice as many common hours watched in comparison with FIFA 22, and 45% extra in comparison with GTA 5 regardless of FIFA 22 having 45 instances and GTA 5 having 95 instances the variety of hours broadcast. All of because of this these streamers who selected to broadcast Nintendo Change Sports activities had the very best common viewership.

Elden Ring broadcast hours went down by half in comparison with April, nonetheless, its common watched hours noticed a 9% decline.

Beneath is the highest twenty chart of the best-selling video video games in Europe in Could 2022: