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European Monthly Charts | March 2022 - Elden Ring #1, GT7 #2, Kirby #5, WWE 2K22 #6; Switch #1 units, Xbox Series above PS5

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Elden Ring is No.1 for a second month in a row and continues to be a major seller on digital download stores. Xbox Live, PSN and Steam accounted for 69% of the game's sales last month.

Sony's Gran Turismo 7 is in a comfortable second position on the podium. The new release title actually sold best at physical retail, with boxed copies accounting for 58% of sales. The PS5 version of the game was the most popular, representing 64% of all copies sold (with the remainder on PS4).

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Grand Theft Auto 5 is at No.4, with sales up 65% over March 2021. The Rockstar game saw a rise in sales following a new version for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. 35% of GTA 5 sales were on PS5 last month, 22% on PS4, 19% on the Xbox Series consoles, 14% on PC and 10% on Xbox One.

Rounding off the Top Five is Kirby and the Forgotten Land on Switch. Nintendo does not share digital data with GSD, so the game's No.5 position is purely based on boxed sales. The game was most popular in Germany, followed by France.

The first month's sales for this new Kirby game are 231% higher than the previous title in the franchise, 2018's Kirby Star Allies.

Speaking of games that have performed strongly compared to their predecessor, WWE 2K22 makes No.6 in the monthly charts. The first four weeks of sales are up 175% compared with WWE 2K20, which was released back in October 2019.

Completing the Top Ten is another 2K Games title, the Borderlands spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

Hardware

332,000 games consoles were sold across European territories last month (data does not include UK or Germany. You can check our UK report here). It's a rise of 14% over the previous month, but a drop of 39% over the same period in 2021.

Nintendo Switch was the most popular console. Switch sales increased 9% compared with March last year.

Xbox Series X and S was the second most-popular console. Both Xbox and PlayStation platforms are suffering from severe stocks shortages

Accessories

It was a photo finish between the PS4 DualShock 4 and the PS5 DualSense for No.1, but it was the former controller that came out on top by around 1,000 units.

The two controllers comfortably outperformed the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons and Xbox Series wireless controllers, which took third and fourth place respectively. PlayStation's Pulse 3D Headset rounds off the Top Five. The highest charting third-party accessory is the Nacon PS4 Compact Wired Controller at No.6.

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The PlayStation Wallet Top-Up cards continues to hold No.1 by a comfortable margin. The Nintendo eShop card is at No.2, Xbox Live Gift Card at No.3, Roblox cards at No.4 and the PlayStation Plus card at No.5.

European GSD March 2022 Top 20 (retail + digital)

01. ELDEN RING (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
02. GRAN TURISMO 7 (SONY INTERACTIVE ENT.)
03. FIFA 22 (EA SPORTS)
04. GRAND THEFT AUTO V (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
05. KIRBY AND THE FORGOTTEN LAND (NINTENDO)
06. WWE 2K22 (TAKE TWO)
07. HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST (SONY INTERACTIVE ENT.)
08. POKEMON LEGENDS: ARCEUS (NINTENDO)
09. F1 2021 (EA SPORTS)
10. TINY TINA'S WONDERLANDS (TAKE TWO)
11. MARIO KART 8: DELUXE (NINTENDO)
12. MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS (NINTENDO)
13. RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
14. ASSASSIN'S CREED: VALHALLA (UBISOFT)
15. NBA 2K22 (TAKE TWO)
16. BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: BRAIN VS. BRAIN (NINTENDO)
17. MINECRAFT (NINTENDO)
18. GRAND THEFT AUTO ONLINE (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
19. STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER (EA GAMES)
20. TRIANGLE STRATEGY (NINTENDO)
 
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So Switch is up yoy by 9% and total hardware down 39% yoy.
That paints a pretty bad picture, knew it was bad stock for both PS5 and XS X|S but didnt expect that bad.
 
Switch was up YoY despite a drastic drop overall in consoles. That seems incredible for Switch, pretty bad for everyone else.

TS made it into the top 20. That Brain vs Brain performance also seems really good given no digital. And that seems pretty good for Tiny Tina.
 
It's pretty incredible that Switch is up 9% YoY. Is it possible that Switch hardware sales haven't peaked in Europe yet? This March had Kirby, but last year the Switch had Monster Hunter Rise in March, so it's not like a lack of big titles was an issue. Switch is still selling at an amazing pace.
 
The first month's sales for this new Kirby game are 231% higher than the previous title in the franchise, 2018's Kirby Star Allies.
Whew, that's absolutely massive.

No comment on GT7 vs Sport?
 
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