Video game sales data in Europe for the first quarter of 2024 are available online. Overall, they were spent 1.01 billion euros from January to March: it is a –15% compared to the same period last yearwhich in turn was a drop compared to 2022. The biggest drop is especially for physical games (-20%), with digital seeing a -10%.
The area where the most sales are recorded is GSA (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), followed by the United Kingdom, France, Spain + Portugal. Italy gets fifth place, above the Nordic nations and the Belgium + Netherlands pair. In Italy, the decline in sales for the quarter compared to the same period last year was 14%, with 79 million spent. GSA is worth more than three times that of Italy, the United Kingdom almost three times and France more than double.
Best-selling video games
The ranking of best-selling physical games comprehends:
- EA Sports FC 24
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The ranking of best-selling digital gameshowever, is composed as follows:
- Helldivers 2
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare III
- EA Sports FC 24
- Dragon's Dogma 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
The best-selling game, adding both physical and digital, is Helldivers 2. The rankings are not calculated in number of units, but based on spending in euros, Helldivers 2 costs less than a recent AAA like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, for example.
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