With almost 12 million video games being offered all through Europe throughout the month of October, Name of Responsibility Fashionable Warfare 2 presently sits soundly on prime of the European gaming charts.
The First-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and revealed by Activation Blizzard shot straight to the #1 spot lower than one week after its launch. Early gross sales experiences present that Fashionable Warfare 2 has already greater than doubled its gross sales in comparison with final yr’s Name of Responsibility: Vanguard. Fashionable Warfare 2 has almost exceeded Name of Responsibility: Vanguard’s whole gross sales and is already within the prime 3 best-selling video games of the yr, after simply 2 weeks.
Sport gross sales are up throughout the board in comparison with final yr’s numbers, with the recognition of digital downloads persevering with to develop in favor of bodily retail copies. Beating the likes of FIFA 23 and the ever-popular GTA V, which take the quantity 2 and three spots respectfully, Name of Responsibility MW2 appears to be nicely on its technique to changing into this yr’s best-selling recreation and one of many highest-grossing Name of Responsibility of all time.
Rounding out the remainder of the highest 5 spots are WB Video games Superhero Motion role-playing recreation, Gotham Knights, and Nintendo’s turn-based action-adventure, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.
A number of different video games additionally broke into the charts this month. With Paradox Interactive’s technique recreation, Victoria 3 snapping up the quantity 9 spot, and Focus Leisure’s survival epic sequel, A Plague Story Requiem coming in at quantity 12 on the listing.
What’s considerably shocking although, is that it was the PS5 and never the Nintendo Change, that took the title of the best-selling console for the month. That is the primary time in over a yr that the Nintendo console has been knocked off the #1 spot.
With Black Friday and Christmas simply across the nook, it is going to be fascinating to see the whole variety of video games offered and if Name of Responsibility will nonetheless be on prime of the listing come the brand new yr.