According to the news shared by the GamesIndustry reporter Christopher Dring, Nintendo Switch and Sony PS5 will become the best-selling consoles in many European countries in 2021.
Dring said that the Switch’s sales in many regions in Europe are the first, but Sony’s PS5 is not weak, and the PS5 is about to win first place in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
In terms of games, EA’s FIFA 22 is the best-selling new game, beating last year’s FIFA 21, while on the PS5 best-selling list, FIFA 22 is still the number one, Sony’s first-party game Marvel Spider-Man: Miles ranked second, and Resident Evil 8 ranked fifth.
Xbox data is complicated by the fact Xbox One games automatically upgrade, so you have to combine Xbox One and Xbox Series together, which makes FIFA 22 No.1. Forza Horizon 5 is No.4.
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) December 26, 2021
What’s interesting is that, despite having a lot more debuts than previous games in the series, Metroid: Survival Fear only ranks 23rd on the Switch sales charts in Europe, lagging behind the new Pokémon Snap.
For the Xbox platform, the situation is a bit complicated, because Xbox One games are automatically upgraded, so you have to combine Xbox One and Xbox Series, resulting in FIFA 22 first and Forza Horizon 5 fourth.