GSD: European PC and Console Market in 2023
There is no Call of Duty in top-3.
GSD reports only on the actual sales figures obtained directly from partners. The mobile segment is not taken into account.
Game sales
182 million games for PC and consoles were sold in Europe in 2023. This is 1.7% more than the previous year.
EA Sports FC 24 - the sales leader in Europe in 2023. The number of copies sold for the project dropped by 9% compared to FIFA 23 (by the way, the third in sales in 2023); but this is explained by the World Cup held at the end of 2022.
Hogwarts Legacy - second in sales in Europe. If you exclude the EA football simulator series, Hogwarts Legacy has sold the most copies in a calendar year since 2017.
For the first time in a long time, Call of Duty did not make it to the top 3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III ended the year in fourth place, with sales of the new part in Europe being 32% worse than Modern Warfare II.
GTA V continues to sell well, with sales figures in 2023 only 1% lower than last year - the game is in fifth place. Red Dead Redemption II showed a 19% growth by 2022 (8th place).
34% of all games sold in 2023 were new releases. In 2022, this figure was 35%.
In terms of platforms, most games were sold on PC; followed by PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series S|X.
The largest European markets are the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy.
Hardware sales
7.4 million consoles were sold in Europe in 2023 (excluding Germany). This is 42% more than in 2022.
The main reason for the growth is PlayStation 5, with system sales growing by 177% compared to the previous year. It far outpaces competitors.
Nintendo Switch sales fell by 10%, making it the second-highest-selling console. Sales of Xbox Series S|X fell by 18% compared to 2022.
PlayStation 4 sales in 2023 increased by 671%.
20.5 million accessories were sold in Europe in 2023 - a 9% increase—DualSense - the accessory of the year in sales.