Nevertheless, console gross sales plunged over the summer time
2.4 million video video games had been bought in Europe throughout July, an increase of three.4% over the yr earlier than.
It is a formidable consequence whenever you have a look at the Prime Ten, the place the one recreation launched this yr is Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD at No.9. Each different recreation was launched earlier than 2024, together with the month’s high vendor: EA Sports activities FC 24.
The EA soccer recreation’s place at No.1 is not any shock because the European Championships passed off throughout a part of July. In consequence, EA Sports activities FC 24 bought 69% extra copies this July than FIFA 23 managed final yr (when there was no worldwide soccer event).
There have been various gaming promotions happening in July, which is why there are a couple of surprises within the charts. Hitman Absolution, which was first launched in 2012, had a free recreation promotion on Amazon Prime, and that title is at No.8 for July.
The very best charting new launch was EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25, which did notably properly within the UK. For the entire of Europe, it debuted at No.39.
Over in console {hardware}, 263,000 video games machines had been bought throughout chosen markets (UK and Germany are the massive absentees. You may see UK figures right here). This was a giant drop of 46% on the yr earlier than. PS5 is the market chief for July, though noticed a drop of 56% over this time final yr. Nintendo Change is at No.2, but in addition noticed a 29% drop year-on-year. Third place is the Xbox Sequence household of consoles, which was down 42%. There have been no main console recreation launches in July.
Lastly, when it comes to equipment, 1.08 million merchandise had been bought throughout chosen markets, led by the PS5 DualSense controller by fairly some margin. Total, accent gross sales are down practically 20% over this time final yr.
European GSD July 2024 Prime 10 (Digital + Bodily)
| Place | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | EA Sports activities FC 24 (EA) |
| 2 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 3 | Elden Ring (Bandai Namco) |
| 4 | Crimson Useless Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 5 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
| 6 | Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (2K Video games) |
| 7 | Battlefield 5 (EA) |
| 8 | Hitman Absolution (IO Interactive) |
| 9 | Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo)* |
| 10 | It Takes Two (EA) |
* Digital information unavailable
GSD digital information consists of video games from taking part corporations bought by way of Steam, Xbox Reside, PlayStation Community, Nintendo Eshop. Main taking part corporations are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Digital Arts, Embracer Group (together with Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Leisure, Konami, Marvellous Video games, Microids, Microsoft (together with Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Sq. Enix, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Video games are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.
Digital information consists of video games bought in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Eire, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
Bodily information consists of all video games, however solely these bought in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Console {hardware} gross sales cowl Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Equipment gross sales cowl the identical markets, however would not embrace Switzerland.