You may need guessed it already, however similar to many nations on the planet, the preferred recreation in Italy is FIFA. In 2022, FIFA was each the No.1 and No.3 best-selling recreation within the nation, in keeping with the Recreation Gross sales Information (GSD).
FIFA 23 simply took the No.1 spot, outselling its closest rival, Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 2, by greater than thrice the variety of copies offered. Additionally, coming in simply behind Name of Responsibility within the No.3 place was FIFA 22.
On prime of this, FIFA 23 has already turn out to be the second most-purchased title of 2023 to date, simply behind the Harry Potter-inspired RPG, Hogwarts Legacy
3. With Italy’s longstanding love of the sport and excellent success on the pitch, it’s little shock that FIFA is so extensively in style with Italians.
Per the PC and console knowledge from the GSD, round 11.5 million video games had been offered in Italy in 2022. This is kind of the identical because it was in 2021. With that mentioned, figures to date this yr are displaying a 4% enhance in recreation gross sales, with virtually 6 million titles having already been offered within the area.
In 2022, general console gross sales had been down by roughly 10% from that of the yr earlier, totaling round €287 million. This was mentioned to be the results of a number of elements comparable to Nintendo Swap console gross sales beginning to decline and the now notorious inventory shortages suffered by the PlayStation 5 upon its launch. Whereas gross sales of each platforms dipped final yr, the Xbox Collection X/S loved an almost 10% enhance in console gross sales.
Evaluating this with the figures from 2023 to date, issues have elevated dramatically, with general console gross sales presently up by virtually 105%. With a gentle provide of PlayStation 5’s now out there, gross sales income for the console has skyrocketed by virtually 300%, whereas Nintendo Swap purchases proceed to say no year-over-year. Gross sales of the Xbox Collection X/S are additionally down by round 20% in comparison with final yr.
In relation to the general demographic of players in Italy, the statistics range. In 2022, solely 32% of the inhabitants performed video video games in some capability. This comes to simply over 14 million players and is lower than many different nations in Europe.
80% of that complete are gamers over the age of 18, with 30 being the age of the common gamer. 70% of general gamers selected cell gaming as their most popular platform, whereas round 45% of gamers additionally selected to play on consoles, and round 40% performed on PC.
In a considerably stunning statistic, roughly 42% of players in Italy are feminine. In line with the info, male players predominantly play sports activities video games, racing sims, and journey video games, whereas, feminine players lean extra in direction of family-friendly video games and journey titles. Solely round 10% of ladies had been mentioned to play sports activities video games.
With reference to variety of hours performed, greater than 70% of Italians admitted to enjoying some type of gaming on a weekly/day by day foundation. Round 20% mentioned they play for a minimum of an hour per week, whereas roughly 10% admit to enjoying a minimum of sooner or later a month, which is kind of a wholesome statistic in comparison with another nations.
Information from 2022 confirmed that the common playtime for players in Italy was round 7.5 hours per week. It is a vital lower from the peak of the pandemic again in 2021 when the totaled quantity was recorded to be virtually 9 hours per week.
1. FIFA 23
2. Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 2
3. FIFA 22
4. Grand Theft Auto 5
5. Elden Ring
6. God of Battle: Ragnarok
7. Pokémon Legends: Arceus*
7. Gran Turismo 7
9. Nintendo Swap Sports activities*
10. F1 22