EA Sports activities FC 24 was Europe’s best-selling recreation in September forward of fellow new launch Starfield.
Gross sales of EA’s new soccer model, which launched within the final third of the month, have been down 10% in contrast with final yr’s significantly sturdy FIFA 23 launch.
That’s in keeping with GSD information printed on GamesIndustry.biz, which covers bodily recreation gross sales from main European markets and digital gross sales from most main publishers, excluding Nintendo and 505 Video games.
Starfield, which was launched in early September and was additionally obtainable on Sport Cross at launch, was final month’s second best-selling title.
The Xbox Collection X/S and PC launch didn’t topple Forza Horizon 5 as Microsoft‘s largest recreation launch this technology, though the racing title was additionally launched for Xbox One, which means it had a considerably bigger potential userbase.
New releases took the subsequent three locations on the month-to-month chart, with NBA 2K24 at No.3, The Crew Motorfest at No.4, and Mortal Kombat 1 at No.5. Of those titles, solely The Crew Motorfest outperformed its predecessor’s launch gross sales.
On the {hardware} entrance, PS5 continued to dominate gross sales throughout European markets tracked by GSD, which exclude the UK and Germany.
Gross sales of Sony‘s console have been up 175% over the identical interval final yr, when there have been nonetheless vital inventory shortages.
Nintendo Change gross sales have been down 28% in contrast with final September, whereas Xbox Collection X/S gross sales have been down 35%.
Starfield was the best-selling recreation within the US in September, forward of Mortal Kombat 1 and EA Sports activities FC 24, market analysis agency Circana reported on Wednesday.
