Europeans don't care about Microsoft and Starfield
GSD European (September 2023) - PS5#1 (+175%) / EA Sports FC24#1
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You're more than welcome, enjoy!
I hope to do a custom Halloween one too, soon.
What happened to that guy? He used to put some joy in his work, and now it feels like he has a gun pointed at his head while he tweets.
Down 35% in Starfield month in EU/UK and up single digit in USA.
This is the most embarrassing performance for a console ever. Chris Dring could not spin this one in Xbox favor. He lost his reputation forever for what? Idiot.
This is the most embarrassing performance for a console ever. Chris Dring could not spin this one in Xbox favor. He lost his reputation forever for what? Idiot.
You have so much of the media rooting for Xbox for no good reason, it's a disgrace. So biased for really shallow reasons... not looking at whats best for gaming as an industry and pushing this race to the bottom through subscriptions.
While at the same time these people claim to be for workers rights and fair pay and unions..... how do you have fair pay and rights if the business is making no money?
Most of these media people are just morons that did an arts degree and believe themselves to be intellectuals now. (No offense to anyone here who did arts, it's the behavior of these specific people after that is really annoying)
I think this is a huge takeaway, because IIRC previous Bethesda games have always done much better than the Forza titles in Europe, correct? And I don't think FH5 stuck around highly on the charts after its debut month. It certainly didn't here in America.
October's NPD/Circana chart is going to be very telling for Starfield, I'm expecting a massive drop similar to Halo Infinite. Maybe just a tiny bit better, but barely. We'll see.
I'm not so fond of Xbox getting that thick, juicy peach. They don't deserve it. I think a
reaction is more suitable (hopefully it becomes an emoji next).
When will the forum sphere realize X/S is a bigger flop than XB1
They've fooled themselves into believing that PC/Cloud actually makes up the difference....when its far from the truth.
I'm already seeing the shift to "Steam/PC is part of Microsoft's ecosystem" from bots
Lol yeah, I once joked with an Xbox fanboy that I was playing a pirated copy of Starfield on Linux, and he still tried to find a way to say that I was supporting XboxI'm already seeing the shift to "Steam/PC is part of Microsoft's ecosystem" from bots
It's sad what not having a real console does to you.
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it is hate masked with humor, this guy is always quick to defend Microsoft and hate on Sony.
Trashera having a calm meltdown over this.
Winning Plan after PS5 Reveal
Poor Phil, he was so excited. How cute
Poor Phil, he was so excited. How cute
I can't imagine sending this to the CEO and CFO and then having to show your face to them while you get slapped around the entire generation. This clown has ZERO shameWinning Plan after PS5 Reveal
Poor Phil, he was so excited. How cute
Yeah, if you pay attention he has to walk on eggshells around talking about nintendo and xbox.
FIFA 23 got a big boost from collectors wanting to grab the last EA FIFA game, as it was announced prior to 23 shipping that the license was done after that year.
Console and PC game sales fall in Europe during September | European Monthly Charts
Video game sales across Europe were down in September compared with the year before, according to the latest figures fr…www.gamesindustry.biz
September 2022 was a five-week month, and as a result the numbers appear down 16% over September 2023. But this year was a four-week month. And so if we compare week 36 to week 39 (the like-for-like sales weeks), overall game sales are down just over 1%.
The main reason for the drop was this year's EA Sports FC 24. EA's new football game brand has got off to a strong start, but it is 10% down compared with the launch of FIFA 23 last year. It's worth noting that FIFA 23 had a particularly strong launch. If we compare EA Sports FC 24's launch with FIFA 22, and sales are actually only down 3.7%. EA had anticipated some initial decline as a result of the name change.
EA Sports FC 24 sold best in the UK, and was No.1 in all major European markets.
There was also a drop for the other big sports game of the month. NBA 2K24's opening three weeks on sale are down 17% compared with NBA 2K23.
The second biggest game of the month was also a new IP in the form of Xbox's Starfield. It was a strong launch for the game, which was also available day and date on Game Pass. However, the game couldn't unseat Forza Horizon 5 as Xbox's biggest game launch this geneation. Starfield's first four weeks on sale are 13% below what Forza Horizon 5 managed.
Of course, Game Pass data is unavailable and it's impossible to know how the game performed overall without this insight.
Starfield was No.2 in the UK and Germany. Whereas NBA 2K24 was No.2 in Italy and Spain. In France it was The Crew Motorfest, a game developed in the country, that claimed the No.2 spot.
Indeed, The Crew Motorfest (No.4) bucked the trend in September, with launch sales up over its predecessor. For its first three weeks on sale, Ubisoft's racing game posted a 6.5% sales improvement compared with the launch of 2018's The Crew 2.
The final new game we've not mentioned is Mortal Kombat 1, which is in No.5 spot across Europe. The Warner Bros game's first three week sales are down nearly 39% when compared to 2019's Mortal Kombat 11.
PS5 continues to dominate across Europe
Once again comparing the same four week sales period in September, sales of games consoles were up nearly 38% compared with the same four weeks in 2022. Not every European market is tracked (Germany and the UK is missing), but overall 416,000 games consoles were sold across the participating markets.
This was driven by PS5, with sales of Sony's console up 175% over the same period last year. There were still strong stock shortages of PS5 in September 2022.
Nintendo Switch sales were down 28% compared with last September, while Xbox Series S and X sales are down 35% for that four-week period.
In terms of accessories, 1.1 milion add-on products were sold in September, with Sony's PS5 DualSense Controller driving sales alongside the Xbox Series Wireless controller. There was also 1.11 million points cards/wallet cards sold over the four week period.
European GSD September 2023 Top 10 (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)
How can your console sales be trending down 3 years into its lifespan
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