In what is becoming a little a familiar story for 2022, game sales for both PC and console are down in 2022 across Europe compared to 2021, reported by Gamesindustry.biz. GSD data reveals that while there were 159 million game sales across markets, total revenue fell 7.1%.
However, the Nintendo Switch can still get some good news out of this. Overall, it’s the best-selling dashboard in Europe, missing out on the top spots only in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway — though it doesn’t include sales figures from the UK and Germany, it does. The story is similar in the UK for the Switch. That’s despite a 15% drop in hybrid console sales. However, PS5 sales are down 35% across Europe, with only Xbox Series X | S reported 4.4% growth.
Joy-Cons is the third best-selling peripheral in the European market, but like other sectors of the industry, it also reported a decline (sales fell 23.7% compared to 2021). .
Like in the UK, where GSD figures reveal to be the largest games market in Europe, new titles have grown 16%. The best-selling Switch game (excluding fifa 23 and 22most likely supported by their console partners) is Legendary Pokémon: Arceusranked in 6th place. Luxury Mario Kart 8 and Nintendo Switch Sports coming in at 11th and 13th respectively. As always, Nintendo’s figures don’t include digital game sales unlike other companies, so it’s likely that these games have been successful. . even better.
Other notable Nintendo games are Purple Pokémon, ranked 14th (Scarlet ranked 16th). If the two games are counted together, Gamesindustry.biz confirms that they will replace Legends: Arceus in 6th place. And we were surprised to see Kirby and the Forgotten Land entered the top 20.
Here is the full ranking of the top 20 European games for 2022:
Splatoon 3 missed the top 20 in Europe, ranked 27th, the same Mario Striker: League of Legends (until the 34th), sound border (43rd, even though it’s the 20th best-selling game in the UK) and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (46th). However, considering Ubisoft’s latest reports, the last entry may not come as a surprise:
