Diablo 4, despite only being on sale for a few weeks when this data was counted, is already the third biggest game of the year. Overall, it was a strong half of the year for the big brands. Its sales are 69% bigger than what Elden Ring managed over the same period, which was the best-selling game during the first half of 2022. Hogwarts Legacy is comfortably the biggest selling game for the first half of the year across Europe. For full details on what is counted, check the foot of the article. Digital games from indie developers and publishers are also not included. This is based on GSD data, and includes physical game sold in major European markets, and digital game sales from almost all major publishers across every European country (Nintendo the notable absentee here). 47 million games were sold via digital download stores, which is a rise of 7%. Overall 29.1 million physical games were sold across Europe, a drop of 9% year-on-year. Spain delivered 5.4 million game sales (up 6.8%), while Italy is just behind with 4.9 million (up 2.7%). This is followed by Germany with 14 million games sold (down 11%) and then France with 11.1 million sales (up 8%). The UK was the biggest European market for game sales, representing 15.3 million games sold, a rise of 5.5% over the same period in 2022.
76.1 million console and PC games were sold across Europe during the first half of the year, which is marginally up over the same period in 2022.
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