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[FIREKNIGHT2029]

The No.1 selling game in May this year was EA Sports FC 24, followed by Grand Theft Auto 5. F1 2024 races in at No.3, which launches a good two weeks earlier this year. However, the Codemasters game has got off to a slow start, with launch sales down 35% over last year's game.

The PC release of Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut sends the PlayStation game up to No.4. Meanwhile, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door comes in at No.5. Nintendo does not share digital sales with the charts, so the game may have charted higher in reality.

Looking at similar games, the new Paper Mario's sales are down 8% compared with the opening two weeks of last year's Super Mario RPG, and 8.5% lower than 2020's Paper Mario: The Origami King.

The only other new game in the Top 100 was Homeworld 3 (No.76).

Finally, Star Wars-related pricing activity had sent Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order back into the Top Ten.

Console sales fall sharply on tough Switch comparisons

Across the tracked markets, 311,000 games consoles were sold in May 2023, which is a drop of 40% over the same period the year before.

All console platforms saw a big drop, with Nintendo Switch suffering the biggest fall. Again, this is because last May saw the release of Zelda and a special Zelda edition of the OLED Switch model.

Meanwhile, accessory sales fell 25% for the same five-week period, once again led by the DualSense controller (which actually saw sales rise year-on-year).

European GSD May 2024 Top 10 (Digital + Physical)​

Position	Title
1	EA Sports FC 24 (EA)
2	Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
3	F1 24 (Codemasters)
4	Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut (Sony)
5	Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo)
6	Helldivers 2 (Sony)
7	Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
8	Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
9	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (EA)
10	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)

 

[amigastar]

GTA V is really a phenomenon.

 

[DenchDeckard]

It's joever

We need a new switch.

Ps5 pro may help this q4 but I think it's going to be a tough year for console gaming.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

remember Carl Fredricksen said that this year was going to be the year of survival.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Ninja Theory is fucked. Hellblade 2 didn't even make the Top 100, that's wild.

 

[Three]

What sort of silly excuses is this with "mitigating circumstances"? No comparison of sales to past games in the franchises this time?

 

[onQ123]

" all missing out on the Top 100"

Jesus

 

[Ozriel]

What sort of silly excuses is this with "mitigating circumstances"? No comparison of sales to past games in the franchises this time?

He’s mainly talking about no Zelda or Hogwarts Legacy this year.
Maybe read the article?

 

[Sweden85]

Xbox best game of the year...and it didn't get into the top 100 loool

 

[PeteBull]

Ninja Theory is fucked. Hellblade 2 didn't even make the Top 100, that's wild.

Phil gonna be making excuses about how he "has to run a business" again

 

[Midn1ght]

Happy to see Ghost of Tsushima in there. Definitely sold well on PC.

 

[TropicanaTwista]

I understand gamepass but how in tf did Hellblade 2 not make the TOP 100. That is just wild for a new release in a pretty slow month. Figured the game kinda bombed but this seems much worse than I imagined.

 

[Three]

He’s mainly talking about no Zelda or Hogwarts Legacy this year.
Maybe read the article?

I read the article. He framed mitigating circumstances with the flop of so called "fantastic games". While even more higher rated fantastic games reaching number 1 in the charts he would usually do a comparison to past entries in the franchise. Not this time it seems.

 

[Jaybe]

I understand gamepass but how in tf did Hellblade 2 not make the TOP 100. That is just wild for a new release in a pretty slow month. Figured the game kinda bombed but this seems much worse than I imagined.

 

[mayham2199]

I understand gamepass but how in tf did Hellblade 2 not make the TOP 100. That is just wild for a new release in a pretty slow month. Figured the game kinda bombed but this seems much worse than I imagined.

Yea that's honestly pretty crazy. I didn't think it would do well but that's kind of crazy.

 

[Blood Borne]

Hellblade 2 not even charting really highlights the poor state of Xbox in any country that isn’t UK/US.

Their multiplatform strategy makes perfect business sense.

 

[TxKnight7]

Ninja Theory is fucked. Hellblade 2 didn't even make the Top 100, that's wild.

It's not like the first game was a huge success at least on Steam

 

[yazenov]

Ninja Theory is fucked. Hellblade 2 didn't even make the Top 100, that's wild.

Damn, what a flop. Unbelievable, not even in the top 100.

I thought Gamepass was supposed to increase sales? Now imagine if it wasn't on Game Pass. It would be out of the to 1,000.

 

[Ozriel]

I read the article. He framed mitigating circumstances with the flop of so called "fantastic games". While even more higher rated fantastic games reaching number 1 in the charts he would usually do a comparison to past entries in the franchise. Not this time it seems.

Nowhere did he frame it that way. It’s clearly written in the article, and even elementary comprehension shows what he believes the ‘mitigating circumstances’ are.

You really should read it again.

 

[Ozriel]

Hellblade 2 not even charting really highlights the poor state of Xbox in any country that isn’t UK/US.

Their multiplatform strategy makes perfect business sense.

It didn’t do well at retail in any country.

Xbox and Ninja Theory screwed up.

 

[yazenov]

In case anyone was wondering what the hardware sales ranking was. No surprises here

 

[yazenov]

It didn’t do well at retail in any country.

Xbox and Ninja Theory screwed up.

Isn't it digital only? So its basically zero retail sales anyways.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

It's not like the first game was a huge success at least on Steam

Crazy that the first game has more players

 

[Three]

Nowhere did he frame it that way. It’s clearly written in the article, and even elementary comprehension shows what he believes the ‘mitigating circumstances’ are.

You really should read it again.

In the tweet. Let's not pretend otherwise.

 

[Mowcno]

Hellblade 2 not reaching the top 10 was expected. Not hitting the top 100 is mind-blowing. A complete disaster

Hellblade 1 was the best selling game on PSN in the month it launched.

 

[Denorion]

It's not like the first game was a huge success at least on Steam

Gotta be honest, I don't understand why Ninja Theory decided that their first big game post acquisition (Bleeding Edge doesn't count) was a sequel to a AA title that didn't exactly light the world on fire and just barely prevented then from going bankrupt

 

[Mr Moose]

Ghost doing well, Hellblade did worse than expected.
When's NPD?

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

GTA6 will compete with GTA5

 

[DForce]

Ghost doing well, Hellblade did worse than expected.
When's NPD?

This Friday.

 

[Hudo]

I hate GTA Online so fucking much.

 

[demigod]

This was no ordinary bomb. This was an Atomic Bomb of astronomical proportions.

 

[Ozriel]

In the tweet. Let's not pretend otherwise.

The tweet doesn’t present those as mitigating circumstances. It’s a whole different sentence. You see that full stop there?

 

[Ozriel]

Isn't it digital only? So its basically zero retail sales anyways.

‘Retail’ used in this context as any purchase. Flopped on Steam too.

Between this, Redfall and Forza Motorsport, we’re looking at at least $150m in losses.

Really poor 12 month stretch for Xbox software overall.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I genuinely can't see how such a flop can be justified when "they need to run a business".

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Hellblade 2 not even charting really highlights the poor state of Xbox in any country that isn’t UK/US.

Their multiplatform strategy makes perfect business sense.

And people get mad when you point out that Xbox is irrelevant.

 

[Represent.]

Games are not competing with other games anymore. They are competing with Tik Tok, IG and Netflix.

This is what happens when you take 7 years to make a fucking game, people lose interest. And find other hobbies.

There has NEVER been a more perfect time to experiment with the 2-3 hour AAA game concept I keep talking about than now, with this attention span depraved, everything-must-be-quick-and-easy-to-consume ass Tik Tok generation.

But hey, keep doing the same thing over and over. Keep spitting out remakes and remasters and expecting people to get excited and buy in droves.

System Shock remake was never going to be anywhere the top 100. Its 2024. Nobody is playing that shit. The fact that they are shocked by this is hilarious.

 

[Loomy]

With fantastic games like the System Shock remake on consoles, Hellblade 2, and the Rogue Prince of Persia all missing out on the Top 100.

People tend to buy games they want.

• System Shock remake was always a niche beyond niche project.
• Microsoft didn't seem interested in marketing Hellblade 2, so can't blame consumers for that one.
• Rogue Prince of Persia was never going to be a high seller.

 

[rodrigolfp]

I understand gamepass but how in tf did Hellblade 2 not make the TOP 100.

Do you though? That's the point of gamepass. You don't have to buy the game.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Do you though? That's the point of gamepass. You don't have to buy the game.

"Game Pass increases sales".

 

[rodrigolfp]

"Game Pass increases sales".

So far it doesn't.

 

[Alan Wake]

Hellblade II not making top 100 isn't that shocking tbh. Xbox didn't even bother to market it much. It was never going to have an impact of any kind. I hope Ninja Theory will get another chance and that they decide to make a classic adventure game like Enslaved next time.

 

[Skifi28]

So far it doesn't.

Phil says different, take it up with him.

 

[TropicanaTwista]

Do you though? That's the point of gamepass. You don't have to buy the game.

Umm yes. Not every single PC and Xbox player has gamepass is the point... Thought that was fairly obvious.

Of course that's gonna cut into the sales but nothing that I thought would take it out of the top 100

 

[Deerock71]

GTA V is really a phenomenon.

 

[ReBurn]

gosh European gamers are boring af

 

[rodrigolfp]

Umm yes. Not every single PC and Xbox player has gamepass is the point... Thought that was fairly obvious.

Of course that's gonna cut into the sales but nothing that I thought would take it out of the top 100

See below:

It's not like the first game was a huge success at least on Steam

5,653 without gamepass.

3,982 with gamepass.

"Sold" very "well" for a game on gamepass.

 

[PUNKem733]

Jesus, I thought by now EVERYONE on Earth has 3 copies of GTA V. Shit I'm talking about people who have no clue what a video game is, had to have at least bought one lol.

 

[PauloRoberto]

To be fair, there wasn't any BIG launch title this month.

 

[Flabagast]

Hellblade 2 must be a bomb of unprecedented proportions.

 

[lughnasadh123]

I wonder if there's any chance that at some point there's some serious discussion about if and when an Xbox game doesn't go day one on Game Pass. It's going to hurt their console sales but hell what decisions from them aren't right now.