GTA 5 doesn’t even pity the top-drinking game from itself in August’s best-selling European sales
The new Saints Row can’t beat Rockstar’s massive installment despite launching that month.
After a Formula 1-dominated July summit, we are already welcoming newcomers. August sales rankings in Europe. This period of August was presented with outstanding releases such as the new Saints Row, which was released on the 23rd, but failed to achieve the highest position even without major competition.
Saints Row happy with second position on the listThis new concept of the Volition saga has to rank second on the list shared by Games Industry. And this, curiously, It is a game in which those who pass it are compared a lot. In classification: Grand Theft Auto V. Despite the fact that Rockstar’s massive title was first released in 2013, it serves to eclipse the Saints Row saga.
The European podium for August is completed by another usual suspect: FIFA 22 climbs to step three, followed by F1 22, the previous leader of July. If we continue to descend, we will find several. Sony and Nintendo games they are often the protagonists of such rankings.
Next, we leave you with the list of the 20 best-selling titles for August in Europe, taking into account both the physical format and the digital versions, but in the case of Switch, it should be clarified that there is no digital transaction data. shared.
August bestsellers in Europe
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
- Saints Row (Deep Silver)
- FIFA 22 (EA)
- F1 22 (EA/Code Managers)
- Grand Touring 7 (Sony)
- Spider-Man Remastered (Sony)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
- Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Legend of Skywalker (Warner Bros.)
- Far Cry6 (Ubisoft)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
- The Sims 4 (EA)
- Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintendo)
- Dishonored (Bethesda)
- Two-Point Campus (Sega)
- Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
- Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo)
- Mario Strikers: Battle League Football (Nintendo)
Regarding the hardware, the collected data shows that: Nintendo Switch continues to be ahead of PlayStation 5 in Europe. In August, it was noted that 310,000 consoles were sold in the main European markets, slightly behind the hybrid console, although overall sales fell 19% compared to the same month of 2021.
If you want to know what we think of the new Saints Row, we invite you to read Álvaro Castellano’s analysis of the game. This week, the CEO of Embracer Group referred to the latest episode of Volition and said: expected better reception it has become one of the most difficult projects in terms of a good return on investment for them.
Source: 3D Juegos
