GSD: European gaming market of PC & Consoles kept falling in December 2022
December releases went unnoticed from the market perspective.
Games
27.4M games have been sold in Europe in December 2022. It’s a 13% decline from the year before.
11.4M copies have been sold in digital format (-17% YoY); 16M copies - in physical (-10% YoY).
FIFA 23 became the best-selling game of the month. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was second.
New December releases didn’t show great results. Need for Speed: Unbound started at #12 in charts, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion was #21, and The Callisto Protocol was #22 (but without digital sales).
Consoles and accessories
1.33M consoles have been sold in Europe (not counting Germany and the UK) in December 2022. The drop to the previous year is about 19%.
PlayStation 5 sales didn’t go down massively (drop was about 3.4%) while Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series S|X experienced a significant decline in sales.
Despite this, Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Europe in December 2022.
Users bought 3.66M accessories in Europe in December 2022. It’s 9% lower than a year before. DualSense remains the best seller with sales up by 5% compared to the previous year.