Grand Theft Auto
GTA 5 has no mercy even with the game that drinks the most from it in the top European sales for August
The new Saints Row can’t beat Rockstar’s mammoth installment despite being released that month.
After a July top dominated by Formula 1, we already have among us the new sales ranking for the month of August in Europe. This period of August was presented with outstanding releases such as the new Saints Row, released on the 23rd, but not even without great competition has it been able to occupy the highest position.
Saints Row is satisfied with the second position of the listThis new conception of the Volition saga has to settle for second place on the list shared by Games Industry. And it is that, curiously, It is a game with which the one that has surpassed it is compared a lot in the classification: Grand Theft Auto V. Despite the fact that Rockstar’s mammoth title was originally released in 2013, it serves to keep the Saints Row saga in the shade.
The European podium for the month of August is completed by another usual suspect: FIFA 22 climbs to the third step followed by the previous leader of July, F1 22. If we continue descending we will find several Sony and Nintendo games that are usually protagonists of this type of rankings.
Then we leave you the list with the 20 best-selling titles of the month of August in Europe, taking into account both the physical format and the digital versions, although it must be clarified that in the case of Switch, digital transaction data is not shared.
August best sellers in Europe
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
- Saints Row (Deep Silver)
- FIFA 22 (EA)
- F1 22 (EA/Codemasters)
- Grand Touring 7 (Sony)
- Spider-Man Remastered (Sony)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
- Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros.)
- Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
- The Sims 4 (EA)
- Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Mojang/Nintendo)
- Dishonored (Bethesda)
- Two Point Campus (Sega)
- Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
- Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo)
- Mario Strikers: Battle League Football (Nintendo)
Regarding the hardware, the collected data show that Nintendo Switch remains ahead of PlayStation 5 in Europe. In the month of August, it has been recorded that 310,000 consoles were sold in the main European markets, with the hybrid console ahead of the rest by a small difference, although general sales have fallen by 19% compared to the same month of 2021.
If you want to know what we thought of the new Saints Row, we invite you to read Álvaro Castellano’s analysis of the game. This very week, the CEO of Embracer Group has referred to the latest installment of Volition declaring that expected better reception of its launch, having become for them one of the most difficult projects in terms of a good return on investment.
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