PS5 Best-Selling Console in Europe in October 2022, Xbox Series X|S Only Console With Sales Up - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 November 2022 / 12,999 Views
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II took first place on the Europe charts for October 2022, according to GSD data reported by GamesIndustry. Sales were up a massive 125 percent compared to 2021's Call of Duty: Vanguard.
After just two weeks on sale Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is on the verge of outselling lifetime sales of Call of Duty: Vanguard in Europe. It is already the third best-selling game in 2022, just behind Elden Ring.
FIFA 23 came in second place, however, it had a good month as sales were up by four percent compared to last year's FIFA 22.
Gotham Knights debuted in fourth place with a launch similar to last year's Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Sales for Gotham Knights are 13 percent lower than the Marvel game.
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope debuted in fifth place with sales up 7.5 percent in its first two weeks compared to 2017's Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
Victoria 3 debuted in ninth place, A Plague Tale: Requiem debuted in 12th place, Bayonetta 3 debuted in 14th place, NHL 23 debuted in 17th place, and Persona 5 Royal debuted in 18th place.
There were a total of 11.9 million games sold in October across Europe, which is an increase of 1.5 percent year-on-year. 6.84 million games were digital sales, while physical game sales dropped 13 percent.
There were 367,821 video game consoles sold across Europe in October. However, it should be noted the hardware charts exclude two major European countries - the UK and Germany.
Console sales were down 33 percent compared to October 2021. This is mainly due to the Nintendo Switch OLED Model launching last year.
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the tracked European markets and is the first time since September 2021 the Switch wasn't number one. PlayStation 5 sales were just ahead of the Nintendo Switch.
The Xbox Series X|S was in third place, however, it is the only console to see sales up year-on-year in October. Sales for the Xbox Series X|S were up over 26 percent compared to October 2021.
There were more than 1.18 million accessories sold in Europe, which is down over 13 percent compared to last year.
Top 20 Games in Europe in October 2022, according to GSD (Digital + Physical):
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Activision Blizzard) |
| 2 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 3 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 4 | Gotham Knights (Warner Bros) |
| 5 | Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft) |
| 6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 7 | Splatoon 3 (Nintendo)* |
| 8 | NBA 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 9 | Victoria 3 (Paradox) |
| 10 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 11 | Fallout 4 (Bethesda) |
| 12 | A Plague Tale: Requiem (Focus Home Entertainment) |
| 13 | F1 22 (EA/Codemasters) |
| 14 | Bayonetta 3* (Nintendo) |
| 15 | Metro Exodus (Deep Silver) |
| 16 | Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)* |
| 17 | NHL 23 (EA) |
| 18 | Persona 5 Royal (Sega) |
| 19 | Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony) |
| 20 | Gran Turismo 7 (Sony) |
* Digital data unavailable
GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Major participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Games are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.
Digital data includes games sold in Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE ion>and United Kingdom.
Physical data includes all games, but only those sold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Console hardware sales cover Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Accessories sales cover the same markets, but doesn't include Switzerland.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I think Xbox is experiencing something of a brand recovery in Europe. No, it is not selling as well as PS5 and likely never will in that market, but its carving itself out a sustainable niche that will likely be much more enduring than what the Xbox One achieved
Tomorrow we celebrate 2 years on the launch of the PS5 and still can't find any PS5 on shelves or on display in any shop, XBox X are easy to find on shelves here in Portugal. I'm sure PS5 sales are only limited by availability, numbers would be about the same as PS4 if we had enough PS5.
I love how the only console with no big exclusives this year is the only one up YoY
I think that shows the strength of Game Pass, MS' excellent Smart Delivery system and backwards-compatibility library and the Series S|X split. MS has really nailed the software experience this gen. And I think the Series S from the beginning at $299 was a good move. The only thing they should have done differently is given Series S the same 16GB of memory as X; MS was thinking having the resolution lowered would have a bigger impact on memory allocation, but with so many games moving to image reconstruction techniques, the memory needed between a 1440p S and a 2160p X game isn't that different. So devs have to make cuts they otherwise wouldn't have had to in order to squeeze it down to 10GB of running space. And the difference in price between 10GB & 16GB of GDDR6 memory has to be so small at this point that you know MS is regretting that one.
I don't think Microsoft should have given the Series S the full 16 GB of RAM, but they shouldn't have dropped it all the way down to 10 GB either. They should have split the difference at 12 GB. Less than 12 GB has proven to be a bottleneck. But anything more 12 GB would have had relatively negligible benefits relative to the cost increase it would impose on the system.
Ultimately it was all a cost/benefit analysis. Microsoft had a price point they were shooting for.
A bit surprised that PS5 isn't up YoY.
So Xbox sales up year on year but it is still third place.
Yep, that's what the article says. And that's OK, I think Microsoft is happy with slowly but steadily improving marketshare.
Another Series adjustements needed :)
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