GSD is reporting only the fact sales numbers were received from partners. Some partners (like Nintendo) are not sharing the digital sales numbers, which might affect the overall picture.
Games
- 10.4M PC and Console game copies were sold in Europe in April 2023. It’s 5.3% less than a year before.
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- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the best-selling game of the month. Its sales are already 6% higher than the lifetime sales of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
- 53% of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor sales came from digital. The predecessor had 35%.
- Dead Island 2 is third, the first two weeks’ sales are by a third lower than Resident Evil 4 Remake had.
Consoles and accessories
- Console sales jumped by 58% compared to April last year.
- PlayStation 5 is showing 144% YoY sales growth. Nintendo Switch sales increased by 38% before The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launch. Xbox Series S|X sales grew by 19%.
- Nintendo Switch strengthened sales numbers not only to the previous year but to March too. Partly – because of the limited console edition branded with a new The Legend of Zelda title.
- Accessories sales grew by 11% YoY in April with more than 1.2M devices being sold. DualSense is still a leader.
