Group “M. Video Eldorado“, the largest Russian retail company in the electronics and home appliances market, spoke about the best-selling console games in our country for the period from January to April 2023.
According to statistics sent to our editorial office, on the platform Playstation 4 accounted for about 80% of purchased games. At the same time, games for Nintendo switchwhat helped a successful start Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
PlayStation 4 ranking consists of previously released hits.. Bethesda’s DOOM Eternal shooter entered the top three in March, but is not in the top five for January-April.
- FIFA 20
- Grand theft auto v
- UFC 3
- God of war
- Minecraft
On the Nintendo Switch chart, four out of five places are occupied by exclusives, and “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” is on the third line.. It is noted that the Switch-version of the shooter “Metro 2033: Return” from Deep Silver in March started from the third position and in April remained in the top 10 best-selling games.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Super mario odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
On Xbox One, too, no surprises – all the games in the top five were released a long time ago. Directly in the ranking for March, DOOM Eternal and Ori and the Will of the Wisps were on the third and fifth lines, respectively. But in the summary chart for four months they are not.
- FIFA 20
- GTA V
- UFC 3
- Red dead redemption ii
- Far cry 5
In total, in the first four months of 2023, Russians purchased about 650 thousand copies of games in retail stores for a total of 1.35 billion rubles. Compared with the beginning of 2019, the figures in M.Video Eldorado more than doubled. This was facilitated by self-isolation in connection with the spread of coronavirus.
“It is worth noting the record of Animal Crossing: New Horizons life simulator, which in M. Video and Eldorado was the most successful release for Nintendo Switch in the last two years. One of the most popular novelties of the beginning of this year was the shooter DOOM Eternal, which was available to our customers for the day before the official start of sales.We now recommend that everyone stay at home, and we offer you to get a new game using contactless door-to-door delivery.In our game sections M.Game and EldoPlay, the pre-order for the exclusive for PS4 – action “Ghost Tsushima”, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definiti ve Edition for the Nintendo Switch, the multi-platform Marvel Avengers and Cyberpunk 2077, ”said Oleg Reznikov, head of the Entertainment and Photo / Video Department of the M. Video-Eldorado Group.
Earlier today, the Citylink trading network also reported an increase in sales of games and consoles in Russia.
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