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French video game Market in 2020

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GSD Sales [Physical+Digital] (France): CY 2020

Console Ecosystem:


RANK./LAST YEAR'S RANK. [SYSTEM] TITLE (PUBLISHER) {RELEASE DATE} (AVERAGE PRICE) - YEAR-TO-DATE SALES / LIFETIME-TO-DATE SALES <DIGITAL RATIO>

01./00. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (50€) - 1.079.290 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts) {2020.10.09} (58€) - 847.809 / NEW <17,89%>
03./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (49€) - 553.803 / 2.114.956
04./00. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (60€) - 403.129 / NEW <18,04%>
05./00. [PS4] FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} (31€) - 368.701
06./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Activision Blizzard) {2020.11.13} (60€) - 337.262 / NEW <33,97%>
07./00. [PS4] Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Ubisoft) {2020.11.10} (60€) - 337.262 / NEW <26,34%>
08./00. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) {2020.09.18} (51€) - 323.792 / NEW
09./00. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (28€) - 303.007 / 723.426
10./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (67€) - 261.436 / 380.000
11./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard) {2019.10.25} (56€) - 261.155
12./00. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V - Premium Edition (take-Two Interactive) {2017.12.19} (30€) - 257.866 <36,79%>
13./00. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (34€) - 257.545 / NEW
14./00. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (49€) - 243.734 / 639.089
15./00. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (49€) - 228.963 / 658.591
16./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (49€) - 212.217 / 889.921
17./00. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (60€) - 208.224 / NEW <25,51%>
18./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (57€) - 204.890 / 1.089.372
19./00. [NSW] Just Dance 2020 (Ubisoft) {2020.03.12} (---) - 185.725
20./00. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) {2018.01.18} (---) - 164.510
00./00. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.01.16} (60€) - 134.000 / NEW (1)
00./00. [XB1] FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts) {2020.10.09} (58€) - 134.000 / NEW (2)
00./00. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II [Digital Deluxe Editions] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (79€) - 15.968 / NEW
00./00. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima [Digital Deluxe Edition] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (78€) - 15.906 / NEW
00./00. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II [Physical Collector edition] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (124€) - 15.386 / NEW
00./00. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima [Physical Collector edition] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (115€) - 12.430 / NEW

(1) We only know revenue, sales units estimate using an average price of 60€
(2) We only know revenue for 2021, sales units estimate using an average price of 58€

Top 20

NSW - 13
PS4 - 7

01./00. FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts) {2020.10.09} (58€) - 1.324.565 / NEW <29,82%>
02./00. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (50€) - 1.079.290 / NEW
03./00. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Activision Blizzard) {2020.11.13} (65€) - 330.220 / NEW <50,33%>
04./15. Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive) {2013.09.17} (21€) - 602.423 <68,67%>
05./00. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Ubisoft) {2020.11.10} (66€) - 565.925 / NEW <31,09%>
06./03. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (49€) - 553.803 / 2.114.956
07./01. FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} (32€) - 537.097 <65,14%>
08./00. The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (63€) - 434.486 / NEW <20,41%>
09./02. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard) {2019.10.25} (56€) - 385.214
10./00. Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) {2020.09.18} (51€) - 323.792 / NEW
11./09. Minecraft - Switch Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (28€) - 303.007 / 723.426
12./00. NBA 2K20 (Take-Two Interactive) {2019.09.06} (---) - 269.607
13./00. Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (67€) - 261.436 / 380.000
14./00. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (34€) - 257.545 / NEW
15./05. Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (49€) - 243.734 / 639.089
16./00. Ghost of Tsushima (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (60€) - 236.560 / NEW <29,18%>
17./04. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (49€) - 228.963 / 658.591
19./07. Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (49€) - 212.217 / 889.921
19./00. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.01.16} (65€) - 206.697 / NEW <~30%>
20./14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (56€) - 233.887 / 1.220.511

00./00. Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) {2020.04.10} (70€) - 192.000 / NEW (1)
00./00. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (70€) - 161.000 / NEW (1)

(1) We only know revenue, sales units estimate using an ASP price of 70€

Source: SELL/GSD

Top 10 Software Sales - 4.829.450 <17%>
Top 20 Software Sales - 7.054.247 <25%>
Total Software Sales - 27.746.444 <100%>

HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |   This CY  |   Last CY  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |  1.445.000 |  1.230.000 |   4.736.000 |
| PS4 # |    294.000 |    542.000 |   5.980.000 |
| PS5 # |    165.000 |            |     165.000 |
| XBS # |     86.000 |            |      86.000 |
| XB1 # |     78.000 |    167.000 |   1.794.000 |
| 3DS # |     29.000 |     97.000 |   5.632.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |  2.097.000 |  2.036.000 |  18.393.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
Source: Ludostrie data.

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PC Ecosystem:

Top 20 best selling PC games:

RANK./LAST YEAR'S RANK. [SYSTEM] TITLE (PUBLISHER) {RELEASE DATE} (AVERAGE PRICE) - YEAR-TO-DATE SALES

01. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Raiwbow six Siege (Ubisoft) {2015.12.01} (13€) - 56.817
02. Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive) {2015.04.14} (20€) - 56.809
03. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Take-Two Interactive) {2018.10.26} - 44.086
04. Football Manager 2020 (Sega) {2019.10.31} (49€) - 39.307
05. Borderlands 3 (Take-Two Interactive) {2019.09.13} (38€) - 38.344
06. Football Manager 2019 (Sega) {2018.11.02} - 34.439
07. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft) {2018.10.12} (28€) - 30.113
08. Football Manager 2021 (Sega) {2020.11.10} (50€) - 27.893
09. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Take-Two Interactive) {2016.10.21} (19€) - 27.475
10. Metro Exodus (Deep Silver) {2019.02.15} (26€) - 26.356
11. Monster Hunter World (Capcom) {2018.08.09} (21€) - 24.876
12. Total War : Warhammer II (Sega) {2017.09.28} (27€) - 24.093
13. Crusader Kings III (Paradox Interactive) {2020.09.01} (58€) - 23.753
14. Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft) {2018.03.27} (---) - 20.070
15. Cyberpunk 2077 [Physical Edition] (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.12.10} (75€) - 19.886
16. A Plague Tale : Innocence (Electronic Arts) {2019.05.14} (---) - 19.669
17. Les Sims 4 [Physical Edition] (Electronic Arts) {2014.09.04} (25€) - 18.981
18. Rise of the tomb raider (Square Enix) {2016.02.06} (---) - 18.916
19. XCOM : Chimera Squad (Take-Two Interactive) {2020.04.24} (---) - 18.875
20. Assassin’s Creed Origins (Ubisoft) {2017.10.27} (---) - 18.035

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The retail video game market:

01./00. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (50€) - 1.079.290 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts) {2020.10.09} (58€) - 696.147 / NEW

03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (49€) - 553.803 / 2.114.956
04./00. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (59€) - 330.406 / NEW
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) {2020.09.18} (51€) - 323.792 / NEW

06./08. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (28€) - 303.007 / 723.426
07./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (67€) - 261.436 / 380.000
08./00. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (34€) - 257.545 / NEW
09./00. [PS4] Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Ubisoft) {2020.11.10} (59€) - 248.418 / NEW

10./05. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (49€) - 243.734 / 639.089
11./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Activision Blizzard) {2020.11.13} (58€) - 231.936 / NEW
12./04. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (49€) - 228.963 / 658.591
13./07. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (49€) - 212.217 / 889.921
14./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (57€) - 204.890 / 1.089.372
15./00. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V - Premium Edition (take-Two Interactive) {2017.12.19} (30€) - 162.997
16./00. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Nintendo) {2020.11.20} (49€) - 162.320 / NEW
17./00. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (60€) - 155.101 / NEW
18./00. [NSW] Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft) {2020.11.12} (39€) - 145.477 / NEW

19./06. [NSW] Pokemon Sword (Nintendo) {2019.11.15} (49€) - 145.200 / 521.837
20./00. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) {2019.11.01} (56€) - 142.199 / 260.000
00./10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (55€) - 139.000 / 700.000 (1)
00./00. [PS4] Cyberpunk 2077 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.12.10} (62€) - 118.000 / NEW
00./00. [XB1] Cyberpunk 2077 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.12.10} (62€) - 40.000 / NEW
00./00. [PC] Cyberpunk 2077 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.12.10} (75€) - 19.886 / NEW

00./00. [PC] The Sims 4 (Electronic Arts) {2014.09.04} - 18.981
00./00. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II [Collector edition] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (124€) - 15.386 / NEW
00./00. [NSW] Pokemon Sword + Expansion Pass (Nintendo) {2020.11.06} (73€) - 13.398 / NEW
00./00. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima [Collector edition] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (115€) - 12.430 / NEW

00./00. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (43€) - 1.093

(1) We only knoh revenue for 2021, sales units estimate using an ASP price of 55€
Top 20

NSW - 14
PS4 - 6

Top 10 Software Sales - 4.297.578 <22%>
Top 20 Software Sales - 6.088.878 <39%>
Total Software Sales - 15.815.000 <100%>

OTHERS CHARTS
01./00. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (50€) - 1.079.290 / NEW
02./00. FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts) {2020.10.09} (56€) - 929.610 / NEW

03./03. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (49€) - 553.803 / 2.114.956
04./00. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Ubisoft) {2020.11.10} (62€) - 389.952 / NEW
05./00. The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19} (62€) - 345.792 / NEW
06./00. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Activision Blizzard) {2020.11.13} (60€) - 330.220 / NEW
07./00. Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) {2020.09.18} (51€) - 323.792 / NEW

08./09. Minecraft - Switch Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (28€) - 303.007 / 723.426
09./00. Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (67€) - 261.436 / 380.000
10./00. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (34€) - 257.545 / NEW
11./05. Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (49€) - 243.734 / 639.089
12./04. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (49€) - 212.217 / 889.921
14./14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (56€) - 233.887 / 1.220.511
15./18. Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive) {2013.09.17} (30€) - 188.738 / 4.000.000 (*)
16./00. FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} (40€) - 187.229 / 1.379.746
17./00. Cyberpunk 2077 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.12.10} (63€) - 177.659 / NEW
18./00. Ghost of Tsushima (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (60€) - 167.531 / NEW
19./00. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Nintendo) {2020.11.20} (49€) - 162.320 / NEW

20./06. Pokemon Sword (Nintendo) {2019.11.15} (51€) - 158.598 / 535.235

00./00. Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft) {2020.11.12} (39€) - <146.000 - 158.000> / NEW
00./00. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) {2019.11.01} (56€) - 142.199 / 260.000
00./00. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.01.16} (60€) - 145.000 / NEW (1)
00./00. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.11.12} (65€) - 138.000 / NEW (2)
00./00. Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.08.27} (50€) - 60.000 / NEW (*)
00./00. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.03.26} (50€) - 20.000 / NEW (*)


(1) We only know revenue, sales units estimate using an average price of 60€
(2) We only know revenue, sales units estimate using an average price of 65€
(*) We only know units sales, average price is an estimate

MARKET VALUE - Millions Euros
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+
|       |  This CY   |  Last CY   |
+-------+------------+------------+
|  H-W  |    679.000 |    611.904 |
|  S-W  |    674.222 |    688.316 |
|  A-S  |    270.441 |    243.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+
|  ALL  |  1.623.663 |  1.543.220 |
+-------+------------+------------+

*PC Hardware and acessories not include

SELL Full report (English)

GFK Sales [Physical] (France): CY 2020

01./00. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
02./00. FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts) {2020.10.09}
03./03. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28}
04./00. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Ubisoft) {2020.11.10}
05./00. The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19}
06./00. Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) {2020.09.18}
07./00. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War (Activision Blizzard) {2020.11.13}
08./07. Minecraft (Microsoft Game studios) {2012.05.09}
09./00. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05}

Hardware value : 667M€ (+9%)
Physical software value : 680M€ (-4%)
PS5/XBS Hardware value : 122M€
 
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I was asked some time ago to post historical data for France.

so here are some of them.

this thread can be moved in the database.
 
Thanks a lot for compiling the SELL report!
Perhaps it would be a good idea to create a separate thread for the historical data, so that it's easier to find later.

Digital rates seem to be much lower in France than in anglosaxon countries, like the UK and the US.
 
Beautiful thread. There's nothing like a big set of numbers you've never seen before. Thanks!
 
Thanks a lot for compiling the SELL report!
Perhaps it would be a good idea to create a separate thread for the historical data, so that it's easier to find later.

Digital rates seem to be much lower in France than in anglosaxon countries, like the UK and the US.


For the 2020 data I use 3 repports, GFK that was post in February 2021, SELL that was post in march and CNC that was post in may.

Hardware numbers for 2020 was disclosed by Ludostrie in January 2021.

I am thinking about posting older rankings with time (1997 to 2019) but don't konw if it will be on this Thread or an other.
 
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Well 3DS did extremely wEll, nsw should surpass PS4 this year and do 7mil+ lifetime

NSW must have surpassed PS4 last year unless it dropped more than expected. Keep in mind this data is for 2020, not 2021.

By the way, it's amazing to have this data posted here, thanks for sharing.
 
Amazing work! It's so good getting actual hardware and software numbers outside of Japan. Really appreciate the work.
 
Animal crossing New Horizon was the biggest first year for a Nintendo game since Mario Kart Wii (1,3M in 2008)

Well 3DS did extremely wEll, nsw should surpass PS4 this year and do 7mil+ lifetime
France was probably the place were 3DS sold the best outside Japan (taking market size into account).

Switch is not the Monster that was Nintendo DS especially at his peak years but it will outsell evrything else.

On Software Switch was close to 50% of the physical market in 2019.
I am currious of how it was on 2020 but no data unfotunatly.
 
Switch is not the Monster that was Nintendo DS especially at his peak years but it will outsell evrything else.

DS was also a handheld platform with multiple revisions (DS Lite, especially, felt like the launch of a new platform, plenty of people upgraded). It was pretty common to see families with one DS per kid as it was also pretty cheap.
 
Hardware sales 2021
HARDWARE 2021
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |   This CY  |   Last CY  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |  1.231.000 |  1.445.000 |   5.948.000 |
| PS5 # |    600.000 |    165.000 |     765.000 |
| XBS # |    214.000 |     86.000 |     300.000 |
| PS4 # |     90.000 |    294.000 |   6.070.000 |
| XB1 # |      5.000 |     78.000 |   1.785.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |  2.140.000 |  2.097.000 |  14.868.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------+

 
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DS was also a handheld platform with multiple revisions (DS Lite, especially, felt like the launch of a new platform, plenty of people upgraded). It was pretty common to see families with one DS per kid as it was also pretty cheap.

Yes, the DS was quite cheap and more importantly the DS era started before the smartphone gaming era took off.
Not to take away from the DS success it had a once in a life time run but in terms of pricing and current market realities its pretty much impossible to recreate.

Thats only limiting the comparison to strict hardware numbers - take in overall revenue and software sales the Switch is very much a Monster regardless with what past system you compare it to. It pretty much redefined the staying power of first party evergreens even compared to Nintendos past success stories.
 
NSW must have surpassed PS4 last year unless it dropped more than expected. Keep in mind this data is for 2020, not 2021.

By the way, it's amazing to have this data posted here, thanks for sharing.

Looks like it got just a bit lower if PS4 didn’t sell anything last year. But NSW will surpass it before June now

Edit: or around March/April. Maybe Feb
 
Really insane the speed of Nintendo Switch to catch up with PS4 total sales in France.
 
Switch is a majority of hardware yet again. It's really gonna be the 2nd best selling console in France. PS5 and XBS behind PS4 and XB1 2014 as expected.
 
Looks like it got just a bit lower if PS4 didn’t sell anything last year. But NSW will surpass it before June now

Edit: or around March/April. Maybe Feb

You are right. Switch dropped 15% this year, which is higher than what I expected for France.
 
I have Combined the two data charts on this thread and combined them, interestingly the Switch in 2021 was flat with 2019 and the overall hardware market has practically been flat for the last three years despite new hardware releasing in 2020.

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