The most recent GSD information present that in March, Europe offered a complete of 13.6 million PC and console video games, which is a slight decline of 4% in comparison with the identical interval in 2022. For the primary quarter of the 12 months, 39 million video games had been offered, representing an 11% drop from the earlier 12 months.
The report consists of bodily recreation gross sales in main European markets and digital downloads from most main recreation publishers. One of the best-selling recreation for the quarter was Hogwarts Legacy, which can be the fastest-selling recreation in Europe, excluding the FIFA franchise, because the GSD charts started in 2017.
Nonetheless, final 12 months noticed the discharge of a number of main titles, together with Elden Ring, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Horizon: Forbidden West, and Gran Turismo 7, which resulted in a bigger variety of large releases than this 12 months. In March, Resident Evil 4 claimed the highest spot, with first two-week gross sales throughout Europe 19% decrease than 2021’s Resident Evil Village, however up 57% in comparison with the remake of Resident Evil 3 in 2020, and 149% greater than the remake of Lifeless Area launched in January.
When it comes to console {hardware} gross sales, 570,000 items had been offered throughout chosen European international locations in March, a 67% enhance, primarily pushed by the massive gross sales of PlayStation 5. PS5 gross sales are up by 5 occasions in March 2023 in comparison with the 12 months earlier than, offsetting declines in Swap gross sales, that are down 19%, and Xbox Sequence S and X gross sales, down 13%. The PS5 is main the market with a 369% 12 months over 12 months gross sales enhance, adopted by the Swap (down 18%) and Xbox Sequence S and X (down 10%).
4.7 million equipment had been offered, up 5% from final 12 months, although once more, the PlayStation 5 DualShock is the massive winner. Level playing cards and wallets, as with video games, dropped with only one.9 million offered, a 1.9% lower from this time final 12 months.
1. Resident Evil 4
2. Hogwarts Legacy
3. FIFA 23
4. Grand Theft Auto 5
5. Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 2
6. Purple Lifeless Redemption 2
7. WWE 2K23
8. F1 22
9. NBA 2K23
10. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
