PS5 Sales Up 175% in Europe in September 2023, EA Sports FC 24, Starfield, and More Debut - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 October 2023 / 9,818 Views
EA Sports FC 24 has debuted in first place on the Europe charts for September 2023, according to GSD data reported by GamesIndustry.
Sales for the rebranded FIFA series from EA remained strong, however, they are down 10 percent compared to FIFA 23 last year. Sales for EA Sports FC 24 are down 3.7 percent compared to FIFA 22.
Starfield, the new IP from Xbox and Bethesda, debuted in second place for the second biggest launch for Xbox this generation with sales 13 percent lower than Forza Horizon 5. This does not take into account data from Game pass.
NBA 2K24 debuted in third place with sales down 17 percent compared to NBA 2K23. The Crew Motorfest debuted in fourth place with sales up 6.5 percent compared to The Crew 2. Mortal Kombat 1 debuted in fifth place with the first three weeks down nearly 39 percent compared to Mortal Kombat 11.
EA Sports FC 24 sold best in the UK and was number one across Europe. Starfield was number two in the UK and Germany, while it was NBA 2K24 in Italy and France. The Crew Motorfest came in second in France.
Video game sales in Europe were down 16 percent year-on-year, however, it should be noted September 2022 was a five week period for this report, while September 2023 covers only four weeks. If we compare the same four weeks, software sales are down just over one percent.
Console sales in the tracked European markets for the four week comparison are up nearly 38 percent year-on-year to 416,000 consoles sold. It should be noted console sales in the UK, Germany, and some Eastern European countries are not included.
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console with sales up 175 percent year-on-year. However, last year sales were rather weak for PS5 due to stock shortages.
The Nintendo Switch came in second place with sales down 28 percent, while the Xbox Series X|S came in third place with sales down 35 percent.
Top 20 Games in Europe in September 2023, according to GSD (Digital + Physical):
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | EA Sports FC 24 (EA) |
| 2 | Starfield (Microsoft) |
| 3 | NBA 2K24 (2K Games) |
| 4 | The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft) |
| 5 | Mortal Kombat 1 (Warner Bros) |
| 6 | Payday 3 (Plaion) |
| 7 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 8 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 9 | Titanfall 2 (EA) |
| 10 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
* 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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Xbox down 35%, that's ROUGH
Xbox down 35% on the month Starfield released is horrible. Wow
Is this the impact of day 1 on PC? Series X/S beat 1X in number and quality of games, It should be selling better. This is looking like a disaster for Xbox, their biggest exclusive in years and It's unable to push console Sales.
Currently playing:
Gears 5
MCC
and eventually halo infinite
On pc.
While I am playing Ys ix on my ps5.
Starfield boosted PS5 sales instead lol
Wow insane to see Xbox down even with Starfield releasing.
With Xbox and Switch down but console sales being up 38% it means that PS5 completely ran away with the bulk of sales this month.
"Sony land" strikes again.
So .. obviously this month Switch will be down worldwide considerably as it is down in US too.. it is not a good sign.
Both are true yes. However I say it is not a good sign, because of the expectations of many people, that Switch will pass DS and PS2 and that Switch pace is going to be down only by a small margin. However as we've seen in the last years it has been down with aroudn 5M every year, and this year is not too much different, as it had some doubts till now, however with this month down considerably in the other regions, it is not a good sign for the rest of the year, for Switch maintaining 2022 sales levels, cuz many of the people expect exactly this, Switch won't finish anywhere near 19M this year.
Xbox didn't have shortages last year or really since launch 6 months or so
People placed too much stock on a brand new ip, from a dev coming off a near disaster with Fallout76.
Not surprised xb is down.
I understand why Microsoft will leave the console's industry in 2027... it's better to be on the gaming division without any consoles for them.
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