GSD European sales August 2024 - PS5#1(-50%) NSW#2(-25%) XBS#3/ GTA5#1 SW outlaws#2

Smitch · 2024-09-27T08:33:44-0400

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11.8 million console and PC games were sold across Europe in August, a rise of 7% over the year before.

That's according to the latest figures from GSD, which tracks digital sales from most major publishers and physical sales in all major European markets.

The jump in sales in August was due to discounts and promotions around legacy games, including August's No.1 game: Grand Theft Auto 5 (sales up 5.7% year-on-year). Plus the launch of Star Wars Outlaws, which was the second best-selling game of August.

Note: Black Myth: Wukong, which was the other big release of August, is largely absent from the charts as the game's digital sales are missing from the data (the physical version reached No.68).

It was a disappointing launch for Ubisoft's big Star Wars game. The first week's sales were less than half of what EA's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor managed to achieve back in 2023. It did, however, sell better than 2020's space combat game Star Wars Squadrons (also by EA).

Other games that jumped up the charts this week include Kingdom Come Deliverance, which is at No.4 after the game fell below £3 on Steam. Meanwhile, Borderlands 3 bounces up the charts following the release of the movie and the announcement of Borderlands 4.

One of the most talked about games of August was Sony's Concord release, which failed to find an audience and was subsequently pulled from sale. The game charted at No.347 across Europe for August. It was the 13th best-selling new game of August, behind Nintendo's Emio: The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. Note: Nintendo games do not include digital sales.

In terms of hardware, just over 300,000 games consoles were sold across tracked European markets, which is a drop of 42% over August last year but 12% up over July.

PS5 is comfortably the No.1 console, despite sales falling by more than 50% year-on-year, while Nintendo Switch is No.2 (sales down 25% over August last year). For across tracked markets, overall console sales are down 29% year-to-date.

Over in accessories, 1.1 million items were sold across tracked markets, a drop of over 17% year-on-year.

European GSD August 2024 Top 10 (Digital + Physical)

Position	Title
1	Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2	Star Wars Outlaws (Ubisoft)
3	Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
4	Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Deep Silver)
5	EA Sports FC 24 (EA)
6	Borderlands 3 (2K Games)
7	Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
8	Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
9	Titanfall 2 (EA)
10	It Takes Two (EA)

Lifejumper · 2024-09-27T08:34:41-0400

GTA V? Dafuk

Raigor · 2024-09-27T08:35:53-0400

Outlaws is a disaster, damn, less than half of Jedi Survivor sales...

Super · 2024-09-27T08:35:55-0400

Lifejumper said:
GTA V? Dafuk

Sales up 5.7% year on year….

Angie · 2024-09-27T08:37:05-0400

Boderlands 3 at number 6

Now imagine if the movie was actually good

terrible1fi · 2024-09-27T08:38:16-0400

Titanfall 2 👏👏

Glasfrut · 2024-09-27T08:38:22-0400

Lifejumper said:
GTA V? Dafuk

I think it will be crazier when we DON'T see GTA V on these charts

maze001 · 2024-09-27T08:39:54-0400

Wow @ Outlaws. What a massive flop.

Getting beat out by GTAV in your launch month is crazy. Oof. It's no wonder Ubisoft is panicking.

Yerffej · 2024-09-27T08:39:58-0400

Outlaws deserves better. Hope it has legs.

Linus815 · 2024-09-27T08:40:40-0400

gta 5 ahead of outlaws is pretty brutal ngl.

bitcloudrzr · 2024-09-27T08:41:05-0400

Lifejumper said:
GTA V? Dafuk

Super said:
Sales up 5.7% year on year….

Raigor said:
Outlaws is a disaster, damn, less than half of Jedi Survivor sales...

Jedi Survivor opened higher than FO and as of a few months ago is already the eigth highest selling SW game in history. Disaster may be a little strong here as it is probably redeemable with updates and sales.

maze001 · 2024-09-27T08:41:19-0400

Angie said:
Boderlands 3 at number 6

Now imagine if the movie was actually good

Shows just how strong the Borderlands IP truly is. Hopefully they don't fuck up 4.

NotLiquid · 2024-09-27T08:42:41-0400

Congrats Emio! (lol)

MarcosBrXD · 2024-09-27T08:46:43-0400

OMG outlaws is a disaster.

Noctis Winters · 2024-09-27T08:46:54-0400

GTA V has felt like it has consistently been in the top downloads / top sellers non stop for at least the last 7 years.

Yan · 2024-09-27T08:47:17-0400

Star Wars is just not the IP it once was.

The game itself isn't bad.

ClarkusDarkus · 2024-09-27T08:49:12-0400

Some of those games are ancient, What a gen this is!
Kingdom come was £2 on the PS store to be fair.

Spork4000 · 2024-09-27T08:50:42-0400

Yan said:
Star Wars is just not the IP it once was.

The game itself isn't bad.

I mean, Jedi Survivor sold incredibly well even with massive technical problems. IMO we massively overvalue the non-Jedi side of Star Wars.

The appeal of a Star Wars game is to flip around and cut things with a laser sword.

egg · 2024-09-27T08:50:54-0400

Yan said:
Star Wars is just not the IP it once was.

The game itself isn't bad.

More like people prefer lightsaber games as much as people like to say they hate them lol.

I'm a huge Star wars fan and Outlaws never looked interesting to me tbh.

Battlefront had lightsabers and did great.

OhhEldenRing · 2024-09-27T08:51:25-0400

I know it's kicking someone while their down. But Concord reached No.347 in the European charts for August. Its digital and physical sales came in lower than just the physical sales of Emio: The Smiling Man on Nintendo Switch.

Why kick that game? Why is that a fair comparison?

ProdigyZA · 2024-09-27T08:52:22-0400

I wonder what Outlaws sold like compared to Star Wars Fallen order as that was a new series like this at the time.

bitcloudrzr · 2024-09-27T08:55:02-0400

Yan said:
Star Wars is just not the IP it once was.

The game itself isn't bad.

As said above Jedi Survivor has sold a lot to make it to the position it is in compared to other SW games. The previews running up to release were not significantly positive, and technical issues were noticeable at release. There was the whole restarting your game if you started playing the early access edition, due to progression bugs. I do not think the SW ip, or the fact that it was a non-lightsaber game were really issues that prevented this game from doing better.

egg said:
More like people prefer lightsaber games as much as people like to say they hate them lol.

I'm a huge Star wars fan and Outlaws never looked interesting to me tbh.

Battlefront had lightsabers and did great.

SWBF has lightsabers but is primarily an on foot shooting game, even the sp did not have a lightsaber.

Linus815 · 2024-09-27T08:56:22-0400

ClarkusDarkus said:
Some of those games are ancient, What a gen this is!
Kingdom come was £2 on the PS store to be fair.

yeah european charts are sorted by unit sales. there were some crazy sales.

reksveks · 2024-09-27T08:57:32-0400

ClarkusDarkus said:
Some of those games are ancient, What a gen this is!
Kingdom come was £2 on the PS store to be fair.

Unfortunately these charts being units based, does cause some weirdness. Would love for Chris to give some total revenue numbers.

Kirby64 · 2024-09-27T08:58:42-0400

OhhEldenRing said:
Why kick that game? Why is that a fair comparison?

emio had something like several orders of magnitude less budget. It's not really a bad look for emio so much as showing how insanely atrociously Concord did.

OhhEldenRing · 2024-09-27T08:59:33-0400

Kirby64 said:
emio had something like several orders of magnitude less budget. It's not really a bad look for emio so much as showing how insanely atrociously Concord did.

That's fair, it just felt like the positioning in that tweet was "it did worse than this game which was also bad" -- speaking sales only, not quality.

Sambo · 2024-09-27T09:00:09-0400

If I were Rockstar, I would be in no rush to release GTA6 anytime soon. GTAV continues to print money.

bitcloudrzr · 2024-09-27T09:00:11-0400

OhhEldenRing said:
That's fair, it just felt like the positioning in that tweet was "it did worse than this game which was also bad" -- speaking sales only, not quality.

That was also physical only for Emio.

Mr Evil 37 · 2024-09-27T09:00:13-0400

bitcloudrzr said:
SWBF has lightsabers but is primarily an on foot shooting game, even the sp did not have a lightsaber.

It's also multiplayer and has Battlefront in the name.

RocknRola · 2024-09-27T09:00:32-0400

Lifejumper said:
GTA V? Dafuk

Never doubt the thirst for GTA. Never.

Mr Evil 37 · 2024-09-27T09:01:22-0400

Sambo said:
If I were Rockstar, I would be in no rush to release GTA6 anytime soon. GTAV continues to print money.

5 will probably keep making bank after 6 releases. Just slightly less bank.

OhhEldenRing · 2024-09-27T09:01:34-0400

RocknRola said:
Never doubt the thirst for GTA. Never.

People are growing up all the time, it's a perpetual audience of new, young "wow this is so edgy" players and it's a game that has always sold well so it makes sense.

Bláthanna · 2024-09-27T09:01:38-0400

OhhEldenRing said:
Why kick that game? Why is that a fair comparison?

I don't think it was necessarily meant as a kick against it, just that Visual Novels are thought of as a very niche genre in the west. A big AAA game selling less than one is newsworthy.

bitcloudrzr · 2024-09-27T09:03:03-0400

Mr Evil 37 said:
It's also multiplayer and has Battlefront in the name.

Which is also part of why it was/is so big, I think the necessity of lightsabers being front and centre in gameplay is taking away from Outlaw's actual issues.

Anya7890 · 2024-09-27T09:03:30-0400

So rough math tells me it sold a little over a million units (that's what google says squadrons sold.), which is by no means is great, but it's not a complete disaster in my opinion? I be it's being treated as such Because Ubisoft is just in a bad spot. I guess the name of game here is legs, which I very much think will pay off as that is where Ubisoft thrives... I at very least think it has a better shot than avatar...

reksveks · 2024-09-27T09:04:08-0400

Bláthanna said:
I don't think it was necessarily meant as a kick against it, just that Visual Novels are thought of as a very niche genre in the west. A big AAA game selling less than one is newsworthy.

this

Super · 2024-09-27T09:04:35-0400

Enpleinjour estimates:

2024:
PS5 - 185k
NSW - 90k
XBS - 25k

2023:
PS5 - 370k
NSW - 120k
XBS - 27k

Post in thread 'GSD European Sales August 2024: GTAV #1, Star Wars Outlaws #2, Kingdom Come #4'
https://www.installbaseforum.com/th...ars-outlaws-2-kingdom-come-4.3042/post-278392

Mr Evil 37 · 2024-09-27T09:04:51-0400

bitcloudrzr said:
Which is also part of why it was/is so big, I think the necessity of lightsabers being front and centre in gameplay is taking away from Outlaw's actual issues.

I don't agree that lightsabers are necessary but regardless, I just don't think comparing the Battlefronts to Outlaws is a super fair comparison. Very different circumstances.

RainsJitt · 2024-09-27T09:05:42-0400

Concord's epic disaster will be studied for ages.

Gavalanche · 2024-09-27T09:05:52-0400

Super said:
Enpleinjour estimates:

2024:
PS5 - 185k
NSW - 90k
XBS - 25k

2023:
PS5 - 370k
NSW - 120k
XBS - 27k

Post in thread 'GSD European Sales August 2024: GTAV #1, Star Wars Outlaws #2, Kingdom Come #4'
https://www.installbaseforum.com/th...ars-outlaws-2-kingdom-come-4.3042/post-278392

25k is horrendous.

Kinthey · 2024-09-27T09:06:04-0400

Surprise Titanfall appearance

Super · 2024-09-27T09:08:30-0400

Gavalanche said:
25k is horrendous.

No UK or Germany remember.

Misterhbk · 2024-09-27T09:08:32-0400

As a casual fan of Star Wars (I've not seen all the movies or shows but the lore is cool).

Jedi/Sith and lightsaber battles are by far the biggest draw. I was immediately disinterested in Outlaws when it was revealed.

Not saying it's impossible but it's definitely an uphill battle to draw folks like myself in without those aspects.

TitlePending · 2024-09-27T09:10:56-0400

Still feels applicable.

TitlePending said:
People are tired of Star Wars games where you play as a jedi.

Also, people are predominantly interested in buying games where you play as a jedi.

bitcloudrzr · 2024-09-27T09:11:11-0400

Anya7890 said:
So rough math tells me it sold a little over a million units (that's what google says squadrons sold.), which is by no means is great, but it's not a complete disaster in my opinion? I be it's being treated as such Because Ubisoft is just in a bad spot. I guess the name of game here is legs, which I very much think will pay off as that is where Ubisoft thrives... I at very least think it has a better shot than avatar...

The last four AC games launched with roughly 1.575 million sales in the first week, so a weaker but not horrendous launch make sense. This is also a licensed game though, so they will need to hit at least on par with AC when it comes to the first four months, where they hit around six million consistently.

Mr Evil 37 said:
I don't agree that lightsabers are necessary but regardless, I just don't think comparing the Battlefronts to Outlaws is a super fair comparison. Very different circumstances.

I was responding to the other user that mentioned SWBF and lightsabers.

CenaToon · 2024-09-27T09:14:19-0400

Yep. Ubisoft freaked out after outlaws. People is tired of their "release game fast even if broken, we will fix it with patches on the way" shit practices.

Assasins Creed Shadows needs to be an inmaculate game performance-wise to clean their reputation a little.

Unfolded · 2024-09-27T09:15:05-0400

Raigor said:
Outlaws is a disaster, damn, less than half of Jedi Survivor sales...

I wish we could see how many people played the game using Ubisoft+, I'm one playing the game right now on xbox and PC using ubisoft + premium.

Remember that EAPlay pro is not available on consoles and only in a few selected countries, while ubisoft+ premium is available on xbox+pc and in more countries

a Master Ninja · 2024-09-27T09:18:51-0400

ClarkusDarkus said:
Some of those games are ancient, What a gen this is!

I'm glad older games can get sales for years after they release but the top ten would be dominated by recent releases in a healthier industry.

Kyrios · 2024-09-27T09:19:05-0400

Yeah I think it's safe to say unless you're playing as an actual bounty hunter, people need to have a lightsaber for Star Wars games.

Kinthey said:
Surprise Titanfall appearance

But a welcome one!

egg · 2024-09-27T09:20:45-0400

bitcloudrzr said:
SWBF has lightsabers but is primarily an on foot shooting game, even the sp did not have a lightsaber.

The SP did have lightsabers, you play as Luke and Kylo Ren.
Although they aren't the focal point of course but the point still remains. Lightsabers are a draw.

There's even a mode where you can play as people who use lightsabers and not be troopers at all. The marketing also showed stuff like Rey vs Kylo, Yoda vs Maul.

So yes, it is predominantly a shooter but there's enough lightsaber action involved to get people interested immediately. It was a huge selling point imo.

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