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by William D’Angelo, published on 01 October 2024/ 3,367 Views
Software application sales in the tracked Europe markets for the Europe chart for August 2024 increased compared to a year earlier, nevertheless, hardware sales fell. This is according to GSD information reported by GamesIndustry.
There were 11.8 million computer game offered in Europe in August, which is up 7 percent year-on-year.
Grand Theft Auto V was the very popular video game in Europe in the tracked markets with sales up 5.7 percent year-on-year.
Star Wars Outlawswhich went for completion of the month, debuted in 2nd location. Sales for the video game were less than half of 2023’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivorwhile it did offer much better than 2020’s Star Wars Squadrons
The other huge August release, Black Myth: Wukongis missing out on digital sales. Physical sales for the video game sufficed for it to debut down in 68th location.
Kingdom Come Deliverance soared the charts to 4th location due to a discount rate on Steam. Borderlands 3 Returned to the leading 10 following the release of the motion picture and the statement of Borderlands 4
PlayStation’s Concord debuted all the method down in 347th location. The video game has actually because been pulled from sale.
Hardware sales for the month of August fell by a huge 42 percent year-on-year to simply over 300,000 consoles offered in the tracked markets, nevertheless, sales are up 12 percent compared to July 2024. The UK, Germany, and some smaller sized nations in Europe are not tracked when it concerns the hardware sales.
The PlayStation 5 was easily the very popular console, with sales falling 50 percent year-on-year. The Nintendo Switch can be found in 2nd location, with sales down 25 percent year-on-year, while the Xbox Series X|S can be found in 3rd location.
Total console sales are down 29 percent year-to-date.
Sales for devices and other add-on items dropped almost 17 percent year-over-year to 1.1 million systems.
Leading 10 Games in Europe in August 2024, according to GSD (Digital + Physical):
Position Title 1 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) 2 Star Wars Outlaws (Ubisoft) 3 Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) 4 Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Deep Silver) 5 EA Sports FC 24 (EA) 6 Borderlands 3 (2K Games) 7 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) 8 Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) 9 Titanfall 2 (EA) 10 It Takes Two (EA)
GSD digital information consists of video games from getting involved business offered through Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Significant taking part business are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (consisting of Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (consisting of Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix,