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Sales of PC and console games and hardware spiked across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia. Across tracked markets, 14.7 million PC and console games (digital and physical) were sold during February, which is a rise of 68% over the year before, according to the latest data from GSD.
The best-selling game by a long way was Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Sales of Mario Kart 8: Deluxe and Red Dead Redemption 2 were both up 58% over the same month the year before.
PS5 was the top selling console of the month across tracked markets (France, Benelux, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Nordics, UK, Australia and New Zealand), ahead of Nintendo Switch by 12%. Overall, console unit sales are up 84% in February compared with the same period the year before with almost half a million machines sold. Nintendo Switch sales are up 32% compared with February 2020.
GSD February Top 20 Video Games (Digital + Physical)
Position | Title |
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1 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury* (Nintendo) |
2 | FIFA 21 (EA) |
3 | Grand theft Auto 5 (Take-Two) |
4 | Little Nightmares 2 (Bandai Namco) |
5 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard) |
6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Take-Two) |
7 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) |
8 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) |
9 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe* (Nintendo) |
10 | XCOM 2 (2K Games) |
11 | Little Nightmares 2 (Bandai Namco) |
12 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* (Nintendo) |
13 | Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft) |
14 | NBA 2K21 (2K Games) |
15 | Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony) |
16 | Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) |
17 | Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco)* |
18 | Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition* (Nintendo) |
19 | Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (Bandai Namco) |
20 | Jump Force (Bandai Namco) |
*digital sales not included
More details, including the standalone physical and digital charts, can be seen at Gamesindustry.biz.
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