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

December 2022 noticed a big lower in general gross sales from final 12 months, introduced down by a poor displaying of recent titles. Total, 27.4 million video games had been bought, a lower of 13% from 2021, with a breakdown of 11.4 digital gross sales and 16 million bodily gross sales, representing a 17% and 10% lower respectively.

FIFA 23 was the clear high vendor for the month with Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 2 in second place, although once more, if Pokemon Scarlet and Violet had been mixed, the title could be quantity two, as a substitute of 4 and eight. God of Conflict: Ragnarok is the best-selling console unique and solely one in every of two Sony titles to position within the high 20, the opposite being Gran Turismo 7, again in 18th place.

In comparison with final 12 months, FIFA 23 is up 5% whereas the most recent Name of Obligation is up 6%, regardless of releasing a month sooner than Vanguard. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are additionally 5% larger than Diamond and Shining Pearl from final 12 months. That’s the tip of the excellent news for December, as the remainder of the chart noticed large drops from 2021 numbers.

Grand Theft Auto 5 and Mario Kart 8, inserting fifth and seventh, noticed big drops from final 12 months. Simply Dance, a historically sturdy annual launch, carried out poorly this 12 months in comparison with previous installments. New releases for December had been equally disappointing, with Want for Velocity: Unbound inserting at quantity 12, Disaster Core: Last Fantasy VII Reunion at 21, and The Calisto Protocol in twenty second place.

Console gross sales had been additionally down an incredible 19% from final 12 months regardless of the elevated availability of the Xbox Sequence X and PlayStation 5. This quantity doesn’t embrace the UK or Germany, with the Xbox consoles and Nintendo Change experiencing a big drop in gross sales. Although Change gross sales had been weak, Nintendo’s console was the highest vendor for the month.

3.66 million equipment had been bought throughout Europe, a 9% lower from final 12 months, buoyed by the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller which gained floor, with a 5% improve in gross sales.