At the beginning of this year, Sony really managed to ship a large number of consoles to stores around the world. prefix 5. The most recent evidence is European market data, where in January, PS5 sales were up 202% year on year.
The GSD data does not include the UK and Germany, two very important markets. Overall, GSD reports a 15.5% increase in total equipment sales compared to January last year. In total, over 493 thousand of all consoles were to be sold here in the first month of 2023. But there was less interest in the Xbox Series X / S, it is in third place, and year-on-year sales of the new generation console from Microsoft fell by 32%.. On the Nintendo Switch, in second place, sales fell 11%.
The huge interest in the PlayStation 5 proves it The UK, which saw a 98% year-on-year growth in January.. Even in the United States of America and Japan, PS5 ranked first in hardware sales. In the US, it was followed by Switch and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: SonyIn February, the more expensive PS Plus will be complemented by Horizon Forbidden West.
Sony recently announced that by December 31, 2022 32.1 million PS5 units shipped. Further growth is expected in the current fiscal year, which is expected to peak later in the year, reportedly thanks in part to the new PS5 model, which is expected to feature a removable Blu-ray drive.
The best-selling accessory in Europe as of January 2023 is Double meaning and best selling game FIFA 23and the best debut of the month Dead space remakeranked sixth.
ABOUT Survival Horror remake initially (within two weeks) interests Europe less than o Callisto Protocol. This is likely due to the fact that the Dead Space remake is purely a next-gen game (for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S), while The Callisto Protocol has also arrived on PS4 and Xbox One.
Conversely, in the United States, Dead Space came in at number two in January. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 wasn’t enough here.
Overall for the last month 12.1 million games sold in Europe. This is 19% less than in the same period last year. The biggest reason for the drop is Pokemon Legends: Arceus. The Switch-exclusive was a big hit last January, and no similar game was released this year.
BEST-SELLING GAMES IN EUROPE FOR JANUARY 2023
Physical and digital sales.
- FIFA 23
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
- God of War Ragnarok
- Dead space
- Nintendo Switch Sport*
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe *
- NBA 2K23
- ancient ring
- forgotten
- Fire Emblem
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
- Grand Theft Auto Online
- Pokemon Purple*
- One Piece Odyssey
- god of War
- Minecraft: Edition for Nintendo Switch
- He takes two
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: The Siege
* Excluding digital sales.
BEST-SELLING GAMES IN JANUARY 2023 IN US
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Dead space
- Madden NFL 23
- FIFA 23
- Fire Emblem
- ancient ring
- forgotten
- God of War Ragnarok
- One Piece Odyssey
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
- The Last of Us Part I
- Sound boundaries
- Rise of the monster hunter
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- mine craft
- Need for speed without limits
- Just dance 2023
- NBA 2K23
- Spiderman: Miles Morales
- NHL 23
EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR EUROPE
Digital sales include games sold in Austria, Bahrain, 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, 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.
Source :Indian TV
