Newzoo: PC/console games performance in Q2'24
Sports games are getting a massive chunk of the revenue. Especially in Europe.
Newzoo takes into account data from the USA, UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France.
Fortnite, EA Sports FC 24, and Call of Duty (MW2/MW3/Warzone) were the leaders in revenue for the second quarter across the six tracked markets. Elden Ring finished the quarter in 8th place, and Ghost of Tsushima in 10th. Together, these two projects accounted for 4.2% of all gaming revenue for the quarter.
Fortnite - 10% of all gaming revenue in Q2’24; EA Sports FC 24 - 7.4%. However, if we look only at the European market, EA Sports FC 24's share rises to almost 25%.
Content Warning, Diablo IV, and EA Sports FC 24 were the leaders in the second quarter by the number of copies sold. However, it's not entirely clear if free copies of Content Warning were included. In any case, the game sold over 1.5 million copies across the six markets.
Among games released in 2024, the leaders in cumulative revenue in Q2’24 were MLB: The Show 24, Helldivers II, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Also on the list are XDefiant (7th place) and MultiVersus.
Game revenue ranking by platform
Nintendo Switch - Fortnite accounted for 15.6% of all game revenue on the Switch in the USA in the second quarter. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door also performed well.
PC - Valorant leads in revenue in Europe (7.2% of all revenue in Q2’24); Fortnite leads in the USA. Ghost of Tsushima accounted for 6% of all PC sales in Europe and 4% in the USA by the end of the second quarter.
PlayStation - In the USA, Fortnite, Call of Duty series games, and NBA 2K24 lead. In Europe, EA Sports FC 24 is at the top. Sports games on PS accounted for 21% of all gaming revenue in the USA. In Europe, football and basketball games accounted for 36.8% of all revenue.
Xbox - The situation is similar to what we see on PlayStation. Sports games account for 19.9% of revenue in the US market and 43% in the European market.