PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch Sales Climb Year-on-Year in Europe in April 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 May 2023 / 6,099 Views
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor debuted in first place on the Europe charts for April 2023, according to GSD data reported by GamesIndustry.
Sales for the game were up nearly six percent compared to 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. 55 percent of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor sales were digital, while it was 35 percent for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Dead Island 2 debuted in third place with sales about a third lower than the remake of Resident Evil 4 did in its first two weeks.
Minecraft Legends was the one other new title in the top 20 with it debuting in 19th place.
There were a total of 10.4 million games sold in April across Europe for PC and consoles, which is a decrease of 5.3 percent year-on-year.
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in April 2023 with sales up 144 percent compared to April 2022. The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with sales up nearly 38 percent, while the Xbox Series X|S came in third place with sales up over 19 percent year-on-year.
The Nintendo Switch was the only console to see sales up compared to March 2023, while the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S saw sales decrease compared to the previous month.
It should be noted the hardware charts exclude two major European countries - the UK and Germany, as well as some smaller markets.
There were more than 1.2 million accessories sold in Europe, which is up 11 percent compared to the year before. The PS5 DualSense controller was the best-selling accessory, followed by the Xbox Series X|S Wireless Controller.
Top 20 Games in Europe in April 2023, according to GSD (Digital + Physical):
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (EA) |
| 2 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 3 | Dead Island 2 (Plaion) |
| 4 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 5 | The Last of Us: Part 2 (Sony) |
| 6 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
| 7 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 8 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 9 | NBA 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 10 | Resident Evil 4: Remake (Capcom) |
* 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, 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, 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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Nice sales for PS5 in EU last month, glad to see it and still number 1 year to date as well. Although, WW sales for the month of April should be fairly close between Switch and PS5.
I am working through the EU numbers right now. But yeah they will be neck and neck worldwide.
willian I don't want to speak ill of your work. But it seems to me that there are some wrong numbers mainly with the ps5. The difference between sold and shipped from the switch is much less than the ps5. Either the switch is too high or the ps5 is too low. almost 2 million for the ps5 and 1 million for the switch
It was confirmed by Sony the gap between shipped and sold was 2.1 million at the end of 2022. We have the gap a bit bigger at the end of March. When it comes to April data only Americas and Japan data has been posted, which the Switch did better than PS5. I am working on Europe figures right now where the PS5 will be #1. So the gap will shrink more for PS5 when the Europe data is posted.
Without UK and Germany this is NOT EU charts.Switch 58% up in many markets compare April 2022.But 2022 very high numbers.Ps5 up compare to 2022.But 2022 April very low numbers
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