In the first three months of 2023, 369% more devices were sold in Europe. prefix 5 than for the same period of the previous year. Nintendo Switch recorded a decrease of 18% and Xbox Series X/S we register a decrease of 10%. In March alone, PS5 sales are expected to rise 5x year-over-year, while Switch sales are down 19% and Xbox Series sales are down 13%.
With strong interest in Sony’s next generation console, sales of the console in select European countries rose by 67% to 570 thousand pieces. Markets tracked include France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and Portugal. Data from the United Kingdom is stored separately. There, March sales jumped 23% year-on-year, with the PS5 leading the way, though falling 2%. The second is Switch and the third is Xbox Series X/S.
A lot of interest in the PS5 was reflected in the accessories. In March alone, 1.5 million units were sold, up 13% from last year. It was the best selling product DualSense Controller for ps5. In the first three months, 4.7 million accessories were sold, an increase of over 5%.
The top 10 best-selling games in Europe (also tracking digital sales data in the Czech Republic and Slovakia) for March is dominated by survival action. Resident Evil 4 Remake from Capcom, which follows Hogwarts legacy from Warner Bros. And FIFA 23 from EA.
And then in March it was sold throughout Europe 13.6 million games for PC and consoles. This is a slight decrease of 4% compared to the same period in 2022. Thus, for the entire first quarter, 39 million games were sold, which is 11% less compared to the same period last year.
The best-selling game of the first three months is Hogwarts Legacy, which alone wasn’t enough to match last year’s hits to avoid a slump. 2022 saw the release of Elden Ring, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Horizon: Forbidden West, and Gran Turismo 7.
Source: Warner Bros. GamesWe’ll play Harry Potter Quidditch, only it won’t be in the Hogwarts Legacy.
BEST-SELLING GAMES IN MARCH 2023 IN EUROPE
- Resident Evil 4
- Hogwarts legacy
- FIFA 23
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- VVE 2K23
- F1 22
- NBA 2K23
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
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
