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Top 5 Retail + Download for Week 51, 2020
November 2020
2.35 million games consoles were sold across Europe and Australia during November 2020, the latest GSD market data has revealed.
That's a 32% increase over November 2019. In terms of revenue, games consoles - which includes the newly released PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S - generated €830 million, which is up 83.5% over last year.
Of course, the new PlayStation and Xbox machines drove that growth, but it was Nintendo Switch that held on to its position as the No.1 games console across all the markets combined. Switch console sales were actually down marginally last month compared with the year before (down 2.2%). Last November saw the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield on Switch, whereas this November there wasn't an equivalent-sized game launch.
It must be noted that the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles completely sold out across all markets, and will have sold even better if more stock had been available.
The biggest market for console sales last month was the UK, followed by France.
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In terms of the software market, across physical and digital, 25.2 million games were sold, which is up 14.7% over last November.
The digital market was the reason for that growth, with download sales growing by almost 41% over November last year. The physical market dropped slightly by 2.9% year-on-year.
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The biggest market for overall game sales in November was the UK, which was up 31.9% over last year, followed by Germany (up 23.5%) and then France (down 0.5%). In terms of just digital sales, there were European markets that posted some significant year-on-year growth figures. Italy's download market was up almost 90% over November 2019, France's digital market is up over 85%, while UK is up 78%. The digital download market has been accelerated this year due to restrictions at physical retail caused by COVID-19.
The biggest publisher of the month was Ubisoft, driven by the new releases of Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Ubisoft was the No.1 digital publisher, while Nintendo was the No.1 physical publisher.
In terms of consoles, PS4 games had the biggest share of the market (digital and physical combined). Switch was the biggest in terms of pure physical sales, and it's important to note that Nintendo's digital sales are missing from the data.
PS4 digital game sales rose 40.8% year-on-year, but physical game sales are down 13.3%. Switch physical game sales are down 7.4%, and that's partially due to the absence of that big Pokemon-sized release.
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GSD November Top 20 Video Games (Digital + Physical)
01. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
02. ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (UBISOFT)
03. FIFA 21 (EA SPORTS)
04. MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
05. ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (NINTENDO)*
06. GRAND THEFT AUTO V (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
07. MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)*
08. HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF CALAMITY (NINTENDO)*
09. WATCH DOGS: LEGION (UBISOFT)
10. SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (NINTENDO)*
11. JUST DANCE 2021 (UBISOFT)
12. RING FIT ADVENTURE (NINTENDO)*
13. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2021 (SEGA)
14. RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
15. MINECRAFT: SWITCH EDITION (MOJANG)
16. THE LAST OF US: PART 2 (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
17. ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY (UBISOFT)*
18. NBA 2K21 (TAKE-TWO)
19. TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: SIEGE (UBISOFT)
20. GOD OF WAR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
*digital not included
United Kingdom:
Week 52 - Retail (Ukie / GfK)
FIFA 21 reclaimed the UK top spot, having missed out on the coveted Christmas No.1 position last week.EA's football gam…
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FIFA 21 reclaimed the UK top spot, having missed out on the coveted Christmas No.1 position last week.
EA's football game rose in sales by 8% in terms of physical boxed copies only.
That means last week's No.1, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, falls to No.2 after a 21% drop in sales week-on-week. With the chart going over the Christmas Day period, it's not entirely surprising to see sales fall for most games. Animal Crossing: New Horizons rises to No.3, despite sales falling 20% week-on-week, while Mario Kart 8: Deluxe jumps to No.4 despite an 8% dip. To round off the Top Five, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War drops from No.2 to No.5 after a 42% sales slip.
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Just Dance 2021 has been a real breakout success for Ubisoft. It's now just one week away from over-taking Watch Dogs Legion as the publisher's second biggest game of the year (behind Assassin's Creed Valhalla), and its sales after seven weeks are 35% up over Just Dance 2020 over the same period.
Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe has enjoyed its biggest year so far. The Nintendo Switch game has steadily sold better and better each year since it was released, which was way back in 2017.
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01 (04) FIFA 21 (EA SPORTS)
02 (01) ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (UBISOFT)
03 (05) ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (NINTENDO)
04 (07) MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
05 (02) CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (ACTIVISION)
06 (06) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
07 (08) JUST DANCE 2021 (UBISOFT)
08 (03) CYBERPUNK 2077 (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
09 (10) SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (NINTENDO)
10 (11) MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)
Week 48, 2020
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Week 48 - Digital
The number of games downloaded over Black Friday jumped by nearly 50% over the same period in 2019, the latest GSD data…
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The number of games downloaded over Black Friday jumped by nearly 50% over the same period in 2019, the latest GSD data shows.
It's in contrast to the 20% drop in physical game sales over the Black Friday week. Overall (boxed and digital combined) 1.85 million games were sold over the popular sales period, which is down by under 1.5% compared with the same timeframe last year.
Although Black Friday certainly had an impact on the increase in games sales, the big winner was actually Football Manager 2021, which ended the week as the best-selling digital game. The Sega and Sports Interactive title was released last week, and combined physical/digital sales has the game up 2.5% over the launch of the previous game in the series.
Otherwise, the chart is a conventional one. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War slips to No.2 after a 58% drop in sales week-on-week, FIFA 21 is just behind at No.3 with a 31.1% sales increase, while GTA 5 re-enters the Top Five at No.4 after a 64% jump in sales week-on-week. Assassin Creed Valhalla takes a fall to No.5 due to a 44% drop in sales, but it's otherwise a good week for the Assassin's brand, with Assassin's Creed Odyssey at No.7 after a 184% sales jump, and Assassin's Creed Origins at No.15 following a 192% increase in weekly sales.
01 (NE)
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2021 (SEGA)
02 (01) CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
03 (02) FIFA 21 (EA SPORTS)
04 (04) GRAND THEFT AUTO 5 (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
05 (03) ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (UBISOFT)
06 (06) WATCH DOGS LEGION (UBISOFT)
07 (11) ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY (UBISOFT)
08 (05) MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
09 (12) TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE (UBISOFT)
10 (RE) GOD OF WAR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
France:
Week 49 2020 - Individual Formats (Value)
01 (01) [NSW] ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (NINTENDO)
02 (RE) [NSW] MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
03 (05) [PS4] FIFA 21 (EA SPORTS)
04 (02) [PS4] CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
05 (04) [PS4] ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (UBISOFT)
Germany:
November - All Formats (Units)
Note:
Game Sales Awards November 2020 (Germany):
1.000.000
Fifa 21
200.000
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Callo of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Paper Mario: The Origami King
100.000
Marvel's Avengers
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
„EA SPORTS FIFA 21“ erhält einen game Sales Award Sonderpreis „Super Mario 3D All-Stars” wird mit einem game Sales Award in Platin ausgezeichnet „Star Wars: Squadrons“ und „Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2“ bekommen einen game Sales Award in Gold Berlin, 17. November 2020 – Im Oktober kann der game...
www.game.de
Italy:
Week 50, 2020 - Individual Formats Retail (Units)
Switzerland:
Week 52, 2020 - All Formats (Units)
Australia:
Week 51, 2020 - All Formats (Units)
New Zealand:
Week 51, 2020 - All Formats (Units)
Spain:
November 2020 - Individual Formats Retail (Units)
AEVI
- ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (PS4)
- FIFA 21 (PS4)
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (PS4)
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (SWITCH)
- SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (PS5)
- MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (SWITCH)
- HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF CALAMITY (SWITCH)
- ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (XBOX ONE + SERIES)
- SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (SWITCH)
- SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (PS4)
GfK
- FIFA 21 (PS4)
- ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA (PS4)
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS (SWITCH)
- HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF CALAMITY (SWITCH)
- FORTNITE: THE LAST LAUGH BUNDLE (PS4)
- SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (SWITCH)
- MINECRAFT: SWITCH EDITION (SWITCH)
- JUST DANCE 2021 (SWITCH)
- FORTNITE: THE LAST LAUGH BUNDLE (SWITCH)
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR (PS4)
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