Top selling games and consoles in Europe, UK and US

It was sold in controlled European markets in September of this year. 394 thousand consoles. But the hardware charts do not include two important European countries – the UK and Germany.

Top selling console in Europe for September Nintendo Switch, which sold more than 11% better than the previous month. Overall, however, console sales were down 20% from September 2021, but up over 29% from August 2022.

PlayStation 5 sales in Europe up 28% year on year. The Xbox Series X|S consoles saw the biggest gains, almost doubling their sales in August..

In addition, 1.44 million accessories were sold, down 7% from last year but up 22% from the previous month.

Below are the best selling games in Europe for September 2022 according to GSD, including both physical and digital sales. Excludes Nintendo games, which are not available for digital sale.

1. FIFA 23 (EA)
2. NBA 2K23 (Games 2K)
3. Platoon 3 (Nintendo)*
4. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
5. The Last of Us: Part 1 (Sony)
6. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
7. F1 22 (EA/Codemasters)
8. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)*
9. Saints Row (deep silver)
10. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
11. Gran Turismo 7 (Sony)
12. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
13. Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)*
14. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (2K Games)
15. Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintendo)
16. Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
17. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
18. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros.)
19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection (Konami)
20. Rider Republic (Ubisoft)

Digital sales include games sold in Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech RepublicDenmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, SlovakiaSlovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE and UK.

Physical sales include all games, but only those sold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Console sales include Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Accessories sales cover the same markets except Switzerland.

It is the best selling console in the UK for September. prefix 5. According to GfK Entertainment, PS5 sales are up over 9% compared to August. This follows an earlier post that consoles have sold over two million units.

In the second place we find Xbox Series X/S with sales just below PS5. Sales of the new generation of Microsoft consoles increased by 104% in a month. He took third place Nintendo Switch, whose sales were up 44 percent. Sales were helped by a limited edition Nintendo Switch OLED in the style of Splatoon 3.

Total sold in the UK as of September 2022 176 thousand consoles. This is 41% more than in August. On an annualized basis, sales were down 35.5%.

According to GSD, in September in the UK 3.17 million physical and digital games sold, which is 83 percent more than in August. However, compared to September 2021, this is six percent less. Over 957,000 games sold were physical, the rest 2.2 million were digital copies.

FIFA 23 demanded a third of all games sold in the UK in September. Compared to last year’s edition, sales increased by one percent. The Last of Us Part 1 debuted at number five and continues to amaze Grand Theft Auto 5 In second place.

1. FIFA 22 (EA)
2. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
3. NBA 2K23 (Games 2K)
4. Platoon 3 (Nintendo)*
5. The Last of Us: Part 1 (Sony)
6. Saints Row (deep silver)
7. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
8. F1 22 (codemasters)
9. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)*
10. 1Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)*
11. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros.)
12. Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintendo)*
13. Rider Republic (Ubisoft)
14. Dead Island: Definitive Edition (Deep Silver)
15. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
16. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
17. Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
18. Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
19. WWE 2K22 (Games 2K)
20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection (Konami)

* Excluding digital sales.

In terms of units sold and dollar sales, the PlayStation 5 performed best in the US in September.. The second best-selling console in terms of units sold is the Nintendo Switch, while the Xbox Series X/S is the second in terms of revenue..

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S saw double-digit percentage growth in September 2022. This is the third consecutive month of such growth. The main reason for the increase in hardware sales is the increased availability of the PS5.

Total video game spending fell four percent year-on-year from $4.26 billion to $4.07 billion in September. Video game content spending fell seven percent from $3.68 billion to $3.41 billion, while video game hardware sales rose 19 percent from $410 million to $490 million.

Americans bought the most new games in September. Leading the way are FIFA 23, Madden NFL 23, NBA 2K23, Splatoon 3, and The Last of Us Part 1 rounding out the top five. Six new titles were among the top eight best-selling games of the month.

Elden Ring continues to be the top selling game of 2022 in the US.. It is followed by LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Madden NFL 23, Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Horizon: Forbidden West. FIFA 23 immediately made it to 11th place.