Last month, the best-selling game in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia (EMEAA zone) was action Assassin’s creed unityreleased by Ubisoft in 2014. Fresh data published portal GamesIndustry.biz with reference to tracker data GSD. The report presents retail sales figures from 17 countries, as well as digital downloads from 16 of the largest publishers covering nearly 50 markets.
The game owes this result to the gamers of South Korea and Indonesia, or rather an error in the Steam digital store, due to which the game in these two countries could be purchased for less than a cent. If you do not take into account this attraction of unprecedented generosity, then another criminal month showed a criminal action movie Grand theft auto 5, which also became the February digital bestseller. The leadership in the number of boxed versions sold remains with the football simulator FIFA 20.
In February of this year, a little more than 10 million AAA games were sold in EMEAA countries (6.7% less than in the same period last year). But the current result can still be called worthy, given the number of new releases released in February 2019. Last year, the second month of the year pleased gamers with the release of Anthem, Far cry new dawn and Metro exodus.
After the end of the 12-month exclusivity of EGS and the accompanying release on Steam in February 2023, she returned to the charts Metro exodus. This game found great support in Russia and the Czech Republic, where it became second in the list of best sellers. Shooter from the Ukrainian studio 4A Games showed good results in Germany, where the game was in sixth position.
The biggest release last month was the Sony Dreams sandbox, which managed to be on the tenth line of the overall EMEAA sales chart.
Almost 65% of all monitored sales came from digital downloads. The largest markets for the sale of games are: Great Britain, Germany and France. The dominant system with a market share of 46% was PS4, followed by personal computers (23.7%).
As in January 2023, last month, French company Ubisoft became the most popular publisher. Despite the fact that it brought most of the success Assassin’s creed unity, contributed to the common cause The division 2, Rainbow six siege, South Park: The Fractured But Whole and Just Dance 2023.
Japanese company Nintendo, which does not share data on digital downloads, from the point of view of physical (boxed) sales has traditionally been at the top with a market share of 18.8%.
The most successful February console was the Switch from Nintendo, which was ahead of the PS4 by a comfortable margin. The most popular product was an updated version of the flagship model with multi-colored joysticks.
On an annualized basis, the sales of the Switch family of consoles grew slightly, while on the eve of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, the results of other consoles fell significantly.
In total, in February 2023, 257.819 consoles were sold in the EMEAA region, which brought the creators 69.1 million euros. Compared to the previous year, the decline in revenue and the number of devices sold was 25%.
As for accessories, about 3.1 million accessories, game payment cards and toys in the theme of toys-to-life were sold in the region (-7.8% compared to the same period last year). Revenues reached 94.4 million euros (-5.9%). The largest markets in this segment are: United Kingdom, France and Spain.
The most popular card for payment was a card with a face value of 10 euros. The most popular separate accessory is the black wireless controller. Dualshock 4.
A set of amiibo cards turned out to be the best-selling toy-to-life product Animal Crossing Cards: Series 3which will be compatible with the upcoming Switch exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Combined top (retail + number) of the region’s best sellers EMEAA for February 2023:
- Assassin’s creed unity
- Grand theft auto v
- FIFA 20
- Rainbow six siege
- The division 2
- Red dead redemption 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Metro: Exodus
- NBA 2K20
- Dreams
- Need For Speed: Heat
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Just Dance 2023
- Far cry 5
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Days gone
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe *
- Spider-man
- Uno
* Digital download data not available.
Top best sellers EMEAA in retail for February 2023:
- FIFA 20
- Grand theft auto v
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
- Just Dance 2023
- Red dead redemption 2
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Ring fit adventure
- NBA 2K20
- Pokemon sword
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- New Super Mario Bros. U deluxe
- Need For Speed: Heat
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2023
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Darksiders genesis
Top best sellers EMEAA in the figure for February 2023:
- Assassin’s creed unity
- Grand theft auto v
- Rainbow six siege
- The division 2
- FIFA 20
- Metro exodus
- Red dead redemption 2
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Dreams
- Days gone
- Uno
- Far cry 5
- NBA 2K20
- Spider-man
- UFC 3
- Nier: Automata
- Need for Speed: Heat
- South Park: Stick of Truth
- The crew 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
See also: Nioh 2 starting sales in the UK dipped in comparison with the first part – published last week’s chart
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