But it's got some way to go before it competes with 2018's Mario Tennis Aces. In just three weeks, the game has already outsold last year's Mario sports title: Mario Golf: Super Rush. Germany follows in second place with just over 19% of sales. ![]() Mario Strikers was a particularly big hit in France, with sales in that country representing over 40% of the game's entire European sales. Mario Strikers was the best-selling boxed game of the month. The game may have charted higher, but Nintendo does not share digital sales with the charts company. It was a big launch for the new F1 game, with opening week sales up 23% compared with last year's F1 2021 (which launched in July).įIFA 22 holds second place, just ahead of another football game in Mario Strikers: Battle League Football. The racing game was particularly popular in the UK and Germany. The No.1 game of June was EA's F1 2022, a feat it achieved after just one week on shelves. May was a particularly quiet month for new game releases. Overall this year, console sales are down 21% year-to-date, primarily due to significant shortages of the PlayStation 5.ġ2.8 million games were sold across European markets*, a rise of nearly 30% compared with the same period in 2021, and more than 52% up over May 2022.Ĥ.73 million of those games were physical boxed editions (up 24% year-on-year, and 36% up month-on-month), while 8.1 million were via digital download stores (up 33% year-on-year, and 65% month-on-month). The five-year-old console enjoyed a sales increase of 21% compared with May, and a nearly 35% increase over June last year. This is primarily due to a strong month for Nintendo Switch. However, compared with May 2022, sales are up 21.5%. This is due to continued shortages of PS5 and Xbox Series X. Just over 377,000 consoles were sold across tracked European markets* last month, which is 11% down compared with the same period last year. ![]() The games market across Europe enjoyed an improvement in sales during June, driven by Nintendo Switch, Mario Strikers and the new F1 game from EA.
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