Finest-selling video video games in Italy in 2022

You might need guessed it already, however identical to many nations on this planet, the most well-liked sport in Italy is FIFA. In 2022, FIFA was each the No.1 and No.3 best-selling sport within the nation, in line with the Recreation Gross sales Information (GSD).

FIFA 23 simply took the No.1 spot, outselling its closest rival, Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2, by greater than 3 times the variety of copies offered. Additionally, coming in simply behind Name of Obligation within the No.3 place was FIFA 22.

On prime of this, FIFA 23 has already change into the second most-purchased title of 2023 up to now, simply behind the Harry Potter-inspired RPG, Hogwarts Legacy
3. With Italy’s longstanding love of the sport and excellent success on the pitch, it’s little shock that FIFA is so broadly well-liked with Italians.

Per the PC and console knowledge from the GSD, round 11.5 million video games had been offered in Italy in 2022. This is kind of the identical because it was in 2021. With that mentioned, figures up to now this 12 months are displaying a 4% improve in sport gross sales, with nearly 6 million titles having already been offered within the area.

In 2022, total console gross sales had been down by roughly 10% from that of the 12 months earlier, totaling round €287 million. This was mentioned to be the results of a number of elements comparable to Nintendo Change console gross sales beginning to decline and the now notorious inventory shortages suffered by the PlayStation 5 upon its launch. Whereas gross sales of each platforms dipped final 12 months, the Xbox Sequence X/S loved an almost 10% improve in console gross sales.

Evaluating this with the figures from 2023 up to now, issues have elevated dramatically, with total console gross sales at present up by nearly 105%. With a gentle provide of PlayStation 5’s now out there, gross sales income for the console has skyrocketed by nearly 300%, whereas Nintendo Change purchases proceed to say no year-over-year. Gross sales of the Xbox Sequence X/S are additionally down by round 20% in comparison with final 12 months.

On the subject of the general demographic of players in Italy, the statistics fluctuate. In 2022, solely 32% of the inhabitants performed video video games in some capability. This comes to only over 14 million players and is lower than many different nations in Europe.

80% of that complete are gamers over the age of 18, with 30 being the age of the typical gamer. 70% of total gamers selected cell gaming as their most popular platform, whereas round 45% of gamers additionally selected to play on consoles, and round 40% performed on PC.

In a considerably stunning statistic, roughly 42% of players in Italy are feminine. Based on the info, male players predominantly play sports activities video games, racing sims, and journey video games, whereas, feminine players lean extra in the direction of family-friendly video games and journey titles. Solely round 10% of girls had been mentioned to play sports activities video games.

With reference to variety of hours performed, greater than 70% of Italians admitted to enjoying some type of gaming on a weekly/every day foundation. Round 20% mentioned they play for not less than an hour per week, whereas roughly 10% admit to enjoying not less than someday a month, which is kind of a wholesome statistic in comparison with another nations.

Information from 2022 confirmed that the typical playtime for players in Italy was round 7.5 hours per week. It is a important lower from the peak of the pandemic again in 2021 when the totaled quantity was recorded to be nearly 9 hours per week.