Prime 20 best-selling video video games in Europe – December 2022

December 2022 noticed a major lower in total gross sales from final yr, introduced down by a poor exhibiting of recent titles. Total, 27.4 million video games had been offered, a lower of 13% from 2021, with a breakdown of 11.4 digital gross sales and 16 million bodily gross sales, representing a 17% and 10% lower respectively.

FIFA 23 was the clear high vendor for the month with Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 2 in second place, although once more, if Pokemon Scarlet and Violet had been mixed, the title could be quantity two, as a substitute of 4 and eight. God of Struggle: Ragnarok is the best-selling console unique and solely one in every of two Sony titles to put within the high 20, the opposite being Gran Turismo 7, again in 18th place.

In comparison with final yr, FIFA 23 is up 5% whereas the most recent Name of Responsibility is up 6%, regardless of releasing a month sooner than Vanguard. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are additionally 5% greater than Diamond and Shining Pearl from final yr. That’s the top of the excellent news for December, as the remainder of the chart noticed huge drops from 2021 numbers.

Grand Theft Auto 5 and Mario Kart 8, inserting fifth and seventh, noticed large drops from final yr. Simply Dance, a historically robust annual launch, carried out poorly this yr in comparison with previous installments. New releases for December had been equally disappointing, with Want for Velocity: Unbound inserting at quantity 12, Disaster Core: Ultimate Fantasy VII Reunion at 21, and The Calisto Protocol in twenty second place.

Console gross sales had been additionally down a tremendous 19% from final yr regardless of the elevated availability of the Xbox Sequence X and PlayStation 5. This quantity doesn’t embrace the UK or Germany, with the Xbox consoles and Nintendo Swap experiencing a major drop in gross sales. Although Swap gross sales had been weak, Nintendo’s console was the highest vendor for the month.

3.66 million equipment had been offered throughout Europe, a 9% lower from final yr, buoyed by the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller which gained floor, with a 5% improve in gross sales.