According to a report published by data provider GSD, physical and digital game sales fell in Europe in July 2022 by 38% year-on-year to 8.2 million sales in total. According to GSD data, EA’s F1 22 took the top spot this month, followed by Rockstar’s GTA 5 and another EA title, FIFA 22.
F1 2022 topping the charts shouldn’t come as a surprise as it was released on June 28, 2022, on PC and old and new generation consoles – excluding Nintendo devices – but credit where credit is due, sales of the game of running rose double digits in the first 30 days. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson believes the game’s success is due to the sport gaining popularity among young people and the game being fun and satisfying.
Grand Theft Auto 5 continues to top the sales charts and it looks like only a new entry in the series will be able to dethrone it. The GTA 5 online community has grown by 49% compared to the pre-pandemic era. Take-Two stated in its latest financial report that the game’s sales are still strong and it has sold over 170 million units in its lifetime.
EA’s other main entry, FIFA 22, is also having a fruitful summer, despite the World Cup, arguably the biggest event in football, being pushed back to winter 2023. The Ultimate Team game’s competitive mode has grown by nearly 40% year on year in this financial quarter. Although the football game’s sales are impressive, it’s not even the main source of revenue for it.
FIFA games generate more revenue with FIFA Ultimate Team, the competitive mode where players can build their own dream teams. EA sells FUT packs (FIFA’s take on loot boxes) in this competitive mode, and while the company excludes from the SEC report how much FUT generates, experts estimate that in-game purchases account for over 25% of EA’s business. generally.
Not seeing any Nintendo games in the top five shouldn’t be surprising, as the Japanese gaming giant has only shared physical sales figures with GSD, meaning digital units sold are completely absent in Nintendo’s case, which would be the main one. revenue generator under normal circumstances. However, earlier this month, Nintendo shared the list of the top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch exclusive games and announced that the Nintendo Switch has sold over 111 million units so far.
You can find the full list below, along with the GSD methodology.
Best selling PC and console games of July 2022
GSD data includes the following platforms: Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Nintendo Eshop. To see also : Signed Beam ‘Tops Out’ Future Home of Data Science. The data provider said games from Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Saber Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Konami, Marvelous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros, among many other smaller studios, are included in the list, however, Nintendo and 505 Games are missing from their list.
Finally, the data come from the following countries: 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, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.
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