GSD, by way of GamesIndustry.biz, has shared the most recent gross sales information for the online game market throughout Europe in Might 2024, and it appears to be like to have been a quiet month. So quiet, in truth, that the whole prime ten did not promote as many copies as Might 2023’s highly-anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Throughout bodily and digital information from the main European markets (excluding Nintendo which does not share digital figures), Sport gross sales dropped 17% in Might 2024, in comparison with the identical interval final yr. That is nonetheless 11.6 million sport gross sales.
EA Sports activities FC 24 was the most important vendor of the month, adopted by Grand Theft Auto V. By way of new releases, F1 24 is the highest-placing sport, coming in third, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize‘s PC launch noticed it are available fourth, whereas Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door landed in fifth (even with out digital gross sales).
Whereas precise figures are unavailable, GSD information does spotlight that Thousand-12 months Door, which is a remake of a 2004 GameCube sport, is down 8% on Tremendous Mario RPG‘s opening two weeks, and eight.5% decrease than the final Paper Mario sport, The Origami King.
We have listed the highest ten in full for you under from GSD:
Console gross sales, nevertheless, have seen it worse. Might 2024 noticed a drop of 40% for sport consoles, with 311,000 items promoting. The Swap noticed the most important drop of the main consoles, as soon as once more due to the discharge of Tears of the Kingdom and that particular version Swap OLED. It is a related story for equipment comparable to controllers, too, with gross sales on these dropping 25%.
Basically, Might 2024 was a reasonably quiet month on the online game entrance when it comes to huge names — even with two Nintendo titles in Thousand-12 months Door and Countless Ocean Luminous. The drop, particularly when in comparison with Tears of the Kingdom, one among 2023’s best-selling video video games, should not be too stunning. Not less than we’ve a reasonably fleshed-out remainder of the yr for the Swap going ahead.
