Information from: Game sales dip but PS5 drives console market up 60% | European Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
Hardware
- 1.3m Consoles Sold, 60% more than last year
- PS5 is first with sales 376% higher than last year
- Switch is second with sales 35% lower than last year
- Xbox is third with sales 26% lower than last year
(Console hardware sales cover Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.)
(UK sales are not included, UK specifically was #1 PS5 (+126%), #2 XBS (+4%), #3 Switch (-19%)
Software
- 24.6m Video Games Sold
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 was the biggest release, though sales for the first 4 weeks were 33% down compared to Modern Warfare 2
- EA FC 24 sold 3% more over the same November Period as Fifa 23
- Super Mario RPG (Physical Only) debuts 13th (first 3 weeks 13% lower than Paper Mario Origami King)
- Hogwarts Legacy sales increased 509% compared to November, 50% of sales were on the Switch
(Digital data includes games sold in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.)
(Physical data includes all games, but only those sold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.)
Last edited by Zippy6 - on 14 December 2023
