Europe loved sturdy online game gross sales in February 2024

February noticed a profitable month for online game gross sales all through Europe, though the identical can’t be stated for console gross sales. Throughout all the tracked area, a mixed whole of 16.74 million video video games have been bought this previous month.

In contrast with gross sales figures from final February, this is a rise of greater than 20%. It must be talked about although that this previous February was technically a five-week gross sales month. Compared with the identical five-week interval from 2023, gross sales are kind of the identical. However, it is a credible achievement, as February 2023 marked the preliminary launch of one of many best-selling video games of the yr, Hogwarts Legacy.

This previous February additionally noticed a brand new participant enter the No.1 spot within the charts and that was Sony’s, Helldivers 2. The multiplayer shooter launched on February 8 for each PS5 and PC platforms, and has shortly develop into probably the most talked about sport within the business in the meanwhile.

56% of general gross sales have come from PC to this point, however the squad-based shooter continues to promote nicely on each platforms. In its second week of launch, the sport bought 70% extra copies than it did at launch, and this continued with one other 3% improve in its third week.

Gross sales have lastly began to sluggish now, with a lower of round 28% being reported heading into its fifth week in the marketplace. That is nonetheless fairly the achievement although, as gross sales on most video games can drop by as a lot as 80% after just one week of launch.

Soccer stays one in every of Europe’s hottest preoccupations as, even after 5 months of its launch, EA Sports activities FC 24 remains to be going sturdy and took the No.2 spot within the charts for the month of February. A number of different mainstays that stored their place within the prime ten this previous month have been; GTA V at No. 4, Name of Responsibility: MW3 at No.5, and Crimson Useless Redemption 2 at No.6.

Hogwarts Legacy additionally managed to keep up its place within the prime ten, ending the month within the No.7 place. The best putting different new launch for February was Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth at No.3, whereas Cranium and Bones – which was additionally launched in February – continues to disappoint and needed to accept the No.9 spot.

Even with its large hype, optimistic opinions, and powerful reception from followers, gross sales of the second installment within the Remaining Fantasy VII remake trilogy are down by 23% from its opening week and general the brand new sport has didn’t outsell its predecessor. Nonetheless, there are maybe a number of causes for this, reminiscent of half one popping out through the top of the COVID-19 lockdowns and likewise being out there for the PS4.

The 2 remaining video games to make up the highest ten have been; It Takes Two at No.8 and Want for Pace: Warmth at No.4. Each titles have been out for plenty of years now however loved a considerable enhance in gross sales thanks to cost drops through the spring gross sales.

Some notable mentions exterior the highest ten are; Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League at No.12 which continues to carry out decrease than expectations, and the debuts of Mario vs Donkey Kong and Pacific Drive, coming in at No.15 and No.18 respectively. Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth additionally launched a double pack together with the primary sport, however this solely made it to No.39 within the charts.

A last observe must be made for an additional of February’s largest successes, Palworld. Gross sales of the monster-taming title ought to have taken gross sales figures for February 2024 nicely over that of the earlier yr, nevertheless, Palworld’s developer isn’t listed with the GSD, so due to this fact their gross sales haven’t been tracked.

With regard to console gross sales, not each European area is tracked by the Video games Gross sales Knowledge (GSD) both, however the ones that do, present an ongoing drop in gross sales month-over-month. Be that as it could, slightly below 475,000 consoles have been nonetheless bought all through the continent through the month of February.

Compared with figures from February 2023, this is a rise of 11% however it have to be talked about once more that this February technically consisted of an additional week of gross sales. When you examine it week-for-week, general gross sales on consoles have in reality decreased by 14%.

All three of the foremost console platforms reported a discount in gross sales this previous month. The PlayStation 5 stays the present console champion with only a 2% drop in gross sales, whereas gross sales of the Nintendo Swap confirmed a lower of 17% and the Xbox X/S is basically beginning to fall behind with gross sales on the console being down an estimated 47% in February.

Lastly, that brings us to gaming equipment. This avenue continues to be a robust vendor with over 1.6 million equipment and add-ons being bought all through Europe. The PS5 DualSense controller retains up its earlier success by once more being the No.1 accent, whereas Xbox Wi-fi controllers observe simply behind because the No.2 highest-selling merchandise.

That wraps up the European chart information for February. With 2024 forecast to be a sluggish yr for gaming, will probably be fascinating to see how the charts unfold within the coming months. Stick with us for all of the chart and different gaming information as quickly because it’s introduced.