European video game sales see modest rise in July 2024

The European online game market skilled a 3.4% year-over-year enhance in July 2024, with 2.4 million video games bought. Whereas the top-selling title was the newly launched EA Sports activities FC 24, the remainder of the highest 10 consisted of pre-2024 releases, showcasing the continued power of established franchises.

The success of EA Sports activities FC 24 may be attributed to the European Championship soccer event that came about throughout a part of July. The sport bought 69% extra copies this July in comparison with FIFA 23 the earlier 12 months, which didn’t profit from a significant worldwide event.

Some stunning entries within the prime 10 have been enabled by current promotions. Hitman Absolution, initially launched in 2012, noticed a lift from a free sport supply on Amazon Prime, touchdown at quantity 8. The best-charting new launch was EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25, which carried out notably properly within the UK however reached solely quantity 39 throughout Europe.

On the {hardware} aspect, console gross sales noticed a big 46% year-over-year decline, with 263,000 items bought throughout chosen markets. The PlayStation 5 remained the market chief, however skilled a 56% drop in comparison with the earlier July. Nintendo Swap and the Xbox Collection consoles additionally noticed substantial declines of 29% and 42%, respectively, as there have been no main new console sport launches through the month.

Accent gross sales additionally declined, down practically 20% year-over-year, with the PS5 DualSense controller being the top-selling peripheral.