GSD: Game sales in Europe dropped in April 2023; hardware sales skyrocketed
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor hits the market cool.
GSD is reporting only the fact sales numbers were received from partners. Some partners (like Nintendo) are not sharing the digital sales numbers, which might affect the overall picture.
Games
10.4M PC and Console game copies were sold in Europe in April 2023. It’s 5.3% less than a year before.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the best-selling game of the month. Its sales are already 6% higher than the lifetime sales of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
53% of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor sales came from digital. The predecessor had 35%.
Dead Island 2 is third, the first two weeks’ sales are by a third lower than Resident Evil 4 Remake had.
Consoles and accessories
Console sales jumped by 58% compared to April last year.
PlayStation 5 is showing 144% YoY sales growth. Nintendo Switch sales increased by 38% before The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launch. Xbox Series S|X sales grew by 19%.
Nintendo Switch strengthened sales numbers not only to the previous year but to March too. Partly - because of the limited console edition branded with a new The Legend of Zelda title.
Accessories sales grew by 11% YoY in April with more than 1.2M devices being sold. DualSense is still a leader.