Game news Zelda in May 2023 sold more copies than the entire Top 10 in May 2024 in Europe! It's an incredible success
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According to recent studies, a Zelda game sold more in 2023 than the entire Top 10 of 2024! Gamers are left stunned as sales of games and consoles collapse. Is this the end of the golden age of video games?
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According to GSD studies relayed by the site Games Industrythese are close to 11.6 million console and PC games sold on the European market in May 2024. This figure, although impressive, still denotes a decrease of 17% compared to the same period in 2023. In all likelihood, this soft underbelly would be due to the enormous success of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom the same year, a performance that is far from having been matched in 2024.
Fact, TOTK has single-handedly sold more copies in May 2023 than the entire top 10 games of 2024 in the same period. This famous top, precisely, is composed of EA Sports FC 24 at the top of the ranking, followed by the indestructible Grand Theft Auto V, itself followed by F1 24, Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Helldivers II, Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy, Red Dead Redemption II, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, while Call of Duty: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) brings up the rear.
Uncertain future
In addition to declines in game sales, those of consoles and accessories are also collapsing. Thus, with 311,000 machines sold in May 2024, this is a drop of 40% which affects all versions of the different manufacturersthe prize going in particular to the Nintendo Switch which suffers from the comparison with its OLED collector's edition sold with Zelda last year.
Likewise, Regarding accessories, this is a 25% decrease recorded from one year to the next.offset however by the increase in DualSense sales between 2023 and 2024. Thus, some are wondering about the future of the video game market which is currently experiencing quite a slumpdespite recent summer announcements. However, the situation should logically change at the end of the year, a period of title and console releases, very close to Christmas. Watch this space.