GSD: Hogwarts Legacy & Diablo IV are leaders by sales in Europe in H1 2023
FIFA 23 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are on top too.
76.1M games have been sold in Europe in H1 2023. It’s much bigger than in H1 2022.
The UK is the largest European market. British gamers bought 15.3M games (+5.5% YoY). Germany is next - 14M (-11% YoY); then France - 11.1M (+8% YoY); Spain - 5.4M (+6.8% YoY); Italy - 4.9M (+2.7% YoY).
Among all sales, 29.1M copies sold were boxed copies. It’s 9% less than a year before. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the most popular boxed game of the first half a year.
Hogwarts Legacy is the best-selling game of H1 2023 in general. Its sales are 69% higher than Elden Ring’s, which topped the charts in H1 2022.
Despite being on sale for just a couple of weeks, Diablo IV has already reached third place by sales. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is in the 4th place (but only physical copies are counted).
FIFA 23 is selling 24% better than FIFA 22.
Hogwarts Legacy sales in the UK in H1 2023 are 124% better than FIFA 23.