Game and console sales chart for January 2023 in European countries: the most popular console – PlayStation 5, and the most purchased games were FIFA 23, GTA V and RDR 2


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Gamesindustry has shared a new report on the sales chart for January 2023 in Europe. PlayStation 5 sales

grew by 202%, and the most popular game was FIFA 23.

What else is known

In total, the games sold 12.1 million copies, which19% less than in January last year. Most of all, gamers bought FIFA 23, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 &#8211; they took the first 4 positions. The top five is closed by God of War Ragnarok, and among the new products you can see the remake of Dead Space, which was released on January 27, but took 6th place. However, there was a sharp drop in sales of Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (by 37%).

The situation with consoles is also interesting.They sold 493,000 in January (figure does not include UK and Germany). This is 15.5% more than in January last year. The biggest hit was the PlayStation 5, which saw a 202% increase in sales. Last January, the PS5 was in short supply, but now the situation is drastically different.

In second place is the Nintendo Switch (which lost 11% in sales) and the Xbox Series X/S in third place, with sales of these consoles down 32%.

In terms of accessories, 1.76 million copies were sold, down 2.1% from December 2022. The top-selling accessory was the PS5 DualSense controller.

And finally, we publish the 10 best-selling games for January 2023 in Europe (physical + digital copies)

  1. FIFA 23
  2. Grand theft auto v
  3. Red dead redemption 2
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  5. God of War Ragnarok
  6. dead space
  7. Nintendo Switch Sports (physical copies only)
  8. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (physical copies only)
  9. NBA 2K23
  10. Elden Ring