
PS5 Best-Seller in Europe in February 2024, Helldivers 2 Debuts in 1st - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 March 2024 / 7,559 ViewsHelldivers 2 has debuted in first place on the Europe charts for February 2024, according to GSD data reported by GamesIndustry.
Over 56 percent of Helldivers 2 sales were on the PC, while the remaining sales were on the PlayStation 5. Sales for the game increased 70 percent in its second week and over three percent in its third week. Sales fell 28 percent in its fourth week. This is a strong performance as most games drops 60 to 80 percent in week two. Helldivers 2 sales are so far tracking just five percent behind PS5's biggest exclusive in 2023, Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth debuted in third place. The double pack, which includes Final Fantasy VII Remake, debuted in 39th place. Opening sales for the second part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy are down 23 percent compared to the first part. Sales for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are tracking four percent higher than 2023's Final Fantasy XVI.
Ubisoft's Skull and Bones debuted in ninth place with sales 30 percent lower than 2018's Sea of Thieves.
Warner Bros' Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League debuted in 12th place with sales 33 percent lower than 2022's Gotham Knights, and 61 percent lower than 2021's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Mario vs Donkey Kong debuted in 15th place and Pacific Drive debuted in 18th place.
There were 16.74 million video games sold in Europe in February, which is up 21.2 percent year-on-year. However, February 2024 is a five week period, while it was four weeks a year. When you compared to the same five weeks, sales down 0.1 percent year-on-year.
Console sales in the tracked European markets for February are down 14 percent year-on-year to nearly 474,469 consoles sold when you compare the same five weeks. 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 down two percent. The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with sales down 17 percent, followed by the Xbox Series X|S in third with sales down 47 percent.
There were also 1.6 million accessories and other add-on products sold in February. It was led by the PS5 DualSense and Xbox Wireless controllers.
Top 10 Games in Europe in February 2024, according to GSD (Digital + Physical):
Position | Title |
---|---|
1 | Helldivers 2 (Sony) |
2 | EA Sports FC 24 (EA) |
3 | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) |
4 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
5 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard) |
6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
7 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
8 | It Takes Two (EA) |
9 | Skull and Bones (Ubisoft) |
10 | Need for Speed: Heat (EA) |
*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, Tencent, 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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Playstation almost flat is a great result If you consider the massive numbers of 2023.
Switch is doing good for such old system.
Xbox is dead. Like, there's a huge red flag for green team to handle.
Playstation pretty much flat, but wtf is happening to xbox, down 47% is gigantic
I think that was cos of Palworld though so could be an anomaly
December was also up YoY, and not only that but Matt Piscatella literally said this: "Xbox Series set a new lifetime high in U.S. unit sales during the month of December. The previous unit sales high for Xbox Series was set in December 2021."
December was up because there was a fire sale with the Series X up to $200 off and the Series S +$100 off.
Down 47%? Wow that is massive.
PS5- down 2% YOY
Switch- down 17% YOY
Xbox- down 47% YOY
These figures are yet annother example of just how important games are to sales figures. PlayStation dropped two big titles in February and, as a result, maintained pace with their massive February from last year. Similarly, Switch is a console built on quality exclusives, giving it strong numbers even in its eighth year. Meanwhile Xbox…announced four major exclusives getting moved to third-party. And nothing new for their system during the month. :/
-47% YoY is catastrophic for Xbox. At this point, the only thing keeping them alive is NA.
"Xbox Series X|S in third with sales down 47 percent"
MS certainly needs to release games on all platforms.
Yup. As things are now, Series X/S is going to end under X1. Losing market, that's not good at all, especially for someone that needs to deliver a +$70 Bi. In Return on investment (ROI).
I would argue that this result is precisely BECAUSE Xbox is releasing their games on other platforms. I mean, the remaining X1 owners just had to sit there and watch Microsoft releasing Hi-Fi Rush to PS5 (and Switch!). Why exactly would an X1 owner feel compelled to upgrade to a Series X after that?.
Feb 2024 Estimates
PS5: 417,810 (-2% of 426,336)
Switch: 162,271 (-17% of 195,507)
Xbox Series: 62,177 (-47% of 117,314)
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456569/europe-hardware-february-2023/
That likely won't add up perfectly as the Europe report from GamesIndustry is missing the UK, Germany, and some other smaller countries in Europe. Plus comparing 4 weeks for VGC Feb 2023 vs 5 weeks for the EU report for Feb 2024. And VGC Feb 2024 estimates are for 4 weeks as we follow the dates from NPD/Circana.
In the UK, PS5 sales are down 28% YoY, while Switch barely outsold XS with both consoles being down. No % drop was given for NS or XS in that report.
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/460229/ps5-best-seller-in-the-uk-in-february-helldivers-2-is-a-hit-on-ps5-and-pc/
I'm working on the Europe estimates for VGChartz, but want to wait for Machina to double check my math.
Stick a fork in it.
The "February third party rumours furore" on twitter I think was as destructive to Xbox sales as the 2013 DRM stuff. Where, the damage was so bad it was being outsold 100-1 on amazon by the PS4. Third party rumours really was the final nail
Helldivers 2 is still up there
This is a great result for the Playstation, soon the PS5 will surpass the global sales of the Xbox One.
I'm actually happy with this Xbox results, as MS will be forced to do either of two things:
a) If they plan to continue on the console market they will be forced to drop this "games for everyone" c*p as soon as possible.
b) If they plan to go 3rd party, then they will be forced to speed up the process.
"a)" isn't really an option. They can't hold the burden of making ABK games exclusive when they are already in literal hell withstanding Zenimax losses.
Once you've made the agreements and signed the contracts there's not really any going back, no matter how big the backlash is.
lmao Microsoft doesn’t understand games anymore. All they see are profits, and profits come from making your exclusives go third-party. If anything, Microsoft would sooner drop out the market and act as a major third-party developer, than ever improve the Xbox. They’ve been down since 2014, and nothing has improved.
Microsoft NEVER understood games. This is the company that thought they could just buy their way to the top by flying to Kyoto, opening up their checkbook, and Yamauchi would be falling to his knees in submission, instead of them getting laughed all the way back to the plane to Seattle by a bunch of scornful Nintendo execs.
They paid 7 billion USD for a 30fps Bethesda games PR disaster, buggy broken game in Redfall and BGS worst game they've ever made in Starfield (currently has 38% rating on steam recent reviews). Not sure I've ever seen a worse investment then that. Helldivers 2 comes along, barely costing Sony anything and makes better ROI then Bethesda
They paid $350 million for a farm in Twycross, England and a blue-and-gold "R" logo.