Nintendo Switch was Europe's No.1 console in March | European Monthly Charts
Across Europe, video game sales jumped in March, driven by continued strong sales for Elden Ring, plus a number of big …
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Across Europe, video game sales jumped in March, driven by continued strong sales for Elden Ring, plus a number of big releases.
Stock shortages continue to hold back Xbox and PlayStation, but it was a strong month for Nintendo Switch, with sales up year-on-year.
Over 14.2 million games were sold across Europe in March, a rise of over 34% compared with March last year.
PlayStation stock woes continue
332,000 games consoles were sold across European territories last month (data does not include UK or Germany. You can check our UK report here). It's a rise of 14% over the previous month, but a drop of 39% over the same period in 2021.
Nintendo Switch was the most popular console. Switch sales increased 9% compared with March last year.
Xbox Series X and S was the second most-popular console. Both Xbox and PlayStation platforms are suffering from severe stocks shortages
March GSD February 2022 Top 20 Games (Digital + Physical)
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Position Title 1 Elden Ring (Bandai Namco) 2 Gran Turismo 7 (Sony) 3 FIFA 22 (EA) 4 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) 5 Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo)* 6 WWE 2K22 (2K Games) 7 Horizon Forbidden West (Sony) 8 Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo)* 9 F1 2021 (EA) 10 Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2K Games) 11 Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* 12 Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo)* 13 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) 14 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) 15 NBA 2K22 (2K Games) 16 Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain (Nintendo)* 17 Minecraft: Switch Edition (Mojang)* 18 Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) 19 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (EA) 20 Triangle Strategy (Square Enix)
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