December 2022 noticed a big lower in total gross sales from final 12 months, introduced down by a poor displaying of recent titles. General, 27.4 million video games have been offered, a lower of 13% from 2021, with a breakdown of 11.4 digital gross sales and 16 million bodily gross sales, representing a 17% and 10% lower respectively.
FIFA 23 was the clear high vendor for the month with Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 2 in second place, although once more, if Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been mixed, the title could be quantity two, as a substitute of 4 and eight. God of Warfare: Ragnarok is the best-selling console unique and solely certainly one of two Sony titles to put within the high 20, the opposite being Gran Turismo 7, again in 18th place.
In comparison with final 12 months, FIFA 23 is up 5% whereas the most recent Name of Responsibility is up 6%, regardless of releasing a month sooner than Vanguard. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are additionally 5% larger than Diamond and Shining Pearl from final 12 months. That’s the top of the excellent news for December, as the remainder of the chart noticed huge drops from 2021 numbers.
Grand Theft Auto 5 and Mario Kart 8, inserting fifth and seventh, noticed large drops from final 12 months. Simply Dance, a historically sturdy annual launch, carried out poorly this 12 months in comparison with previous installments. New releases for December have been equally disappointing, with Want for Velocity: Unbound inserting at quantity 12, Disaster Core: Ultimate Fantasy VII Reunion at 21, and The Calisto Protocol in twenty second place.
Console gross sales have been additionally down a tremendous 19% from final 12 months regardless of the elevated availability of the Xbox Sequence X and PlayStation 5. This quantity doesn’t embody the UK or Germany, with the Xbox consoles and Nintendo Change experiencing a big drop in gross sales. Although Change gross sales have been weak, Nintendo’s console was the highest vendor for the month.
3.66 million equipment have been offered throughout Europe, a 9% lower from final 12 months, buoyed by the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller which gained floor, with a 5% enhance in gross sales.
1. FIFA 23
2. Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 2
3. God of Warfare
4. Pokémon Violet*
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. Nintendo Change Sports activities*
7. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
8. Pokémon Scarlet*
9. Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2
10. Simply Dance 2023
11. Elden Ring
12. Want for Velocity Unbound
13. NBA 2K23
14. Murderer’s Creed Valhalla
15. Sonic Frontiers
16. Minecraft: Nintendo Change Version
17. Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
18. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
19. Gran Turismo 7
20. Splatoon 3*