What is Europe best-selling consoles?

Nintendo Switch continues to lead across Europe

1 console, despite sales falling by 15% over the year before. PS5 was a clear No. 2 (sales down 35%), while the Xbox Series S and X consoles were the only platforms to report a sales growth year-on-year (up 4.4%) but it is in third position.

What is the most popular gaming platform in Europe?

The report revealed that the Nintendo Switch was the console that ranked the highest in the majority of Europe.

Is Xbox or PlayStation more popular in Europe?

It showed a slide to highlight the market share of the console sector in Europe, revealing that PlayStation holds 80% of the market, whereas Xbox has just 20%.

What country uses Xbox the most?

The Xbox is the console of choice for major countries such as the US where it has 54 per cent of the searches for consoles. Bangladesh is the biggest supporter of Microsoft's console with 80 per cent of console searches being for Xbox.

What is the most popular console in France?

Nintendo France managing director Philippe Lavoué told the publication that 987,000 Switch units were sold in 2022 in the country, which made it the best selling console for the year as well. He added that one in every two consoles sold in France in 2022 was a Switch, with a quarter of French households now owning one.

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How popular is gaming in Germany?

According to our Games Market Reports and Forecasts, there are 39.1 million players in the U.K. compared to 49.8 million in Germany.

What country dominates gaming?

China and the United States have been battling it out for the top spot of the biggest global gaming market for years. Shenzhen-headquartered Tencent, one of the biggest online companies worldwide, is also driving the gaming market in China.

What console is most popular in China?

The Nintendo Switch is the current market leader in China and the launch of the PlayStation 5 China version and Xbox Series X - S China version were key drivers of growth in 2021.

What console is most popular in USA?

What console is more popular in Japan?

More than 4.8 million units of the Nintendo Switch were sold in Japan in 2022. The PlayStation 5 was sold more than 1.15 million times.

What is the most popular console in Russia?

In Russia, the most popular console was the PS4 Pro, followed by the PS4 Slim and the Nintendo Switch at #3. The standard PS4 came in at #4 while the Xbox One X was the highest-ranked XB console at #5. Traditionally, demand for consoles from Sony is higher, since there are many more PlayStation users in Russia.

How popular is gaming in France?

As of 2021, there are a total of 36.5 million gamers in France, 53% of which are male. The age group of 24-35 year olds are the biggest gamer demographic by age, holding 31.1% of the French gamer population.

Is gaming big in Italy?

With nearly €9 billion paid in corporate taxes in 2015 alone, the Italian gaming industry has long been a key source of revenue for the country.

What is the most popular console in the UK?

New research has revealed the most popular consoles in the UK, with the PS5 coming out on top.

Is Xbox not popular in Japan?

Harding-Rolls's market research firm found Xbox sold fewer than 100,000 consoles in Japan last year, compared to Sony and Nintendo's combined sales of over 6.7 million. Harding-Rolls said Microsoft's small improvements on a tiny market share trailed badly behind Japanese consoles and mobile devices.

Why do Americans prefer Xbox?

The fact that Xbox is performing so well in the United States could be attributed to the fact that Microsoft is an American publisher, and thus is a more recognizable brand compared to Sony. Perhaps Xbox is just a more widely known console in the US than it is in other regions of the world.

What Xbox is used by military?

Berger notes that the military use the Xbox 360 controller rather than the more recent Xbox One, apparently because the older design is more familiar among those who are now handling military hardware. Some 27 million were sold and many are still in use.