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These Are the Most Successful New Games in Germany in 2022
The primary purpose of this analysis is to identify the top-performing video game releases in the German market for the 2022 calendar year.
- EA SPORTS FIFA 23 was the best-selling new PC and console game in Germany in 2022.
- The top five best-selling new releases in Germany for 2022 were EA SPORTS FIFA 23, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, ELDEN RING, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II achieved fourth place in the annual rankings despite being released only two months prior to the end of 2022.
Displate Named Official Partner of LEC
Displate has entered into an official partnership with the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) for the 2023 season.
- Displate has entered into a partnership with the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) for the 2023 season.
- The deal, facilitated by SPORTFIVE, involves the creation and public sale of metal posters featuring LEC teams and players.
- Displate will receive brand integration across the LEC global broadcast feed as well as regional broadcasts in France, Germany, and Spain.
Plus: Age of Wonders 4 Goes Huge on Steam
This analysis examines the commercial performance and market trends of video game releases for the first half of May 2023, focusing primarily on Steam while providing secondary coverage of PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Epic Games Store (EGS).
- Age of Wonders 4 emerged as a top performer in early May 2023, peaking at 38,000 concurrent users on Steam with over 2,800 positive reviews.
- Redfall underperformed significantly, recording a maximum of 6,100 concurrent users and a 31% positive review rating, indicating poor long-term commercial viability.
- Darkest Dungeon II transitioned to a full Steam release following a successful exclusivity period on the Epic Games Store, where it sold 300,000 units.
US Gaming Industry: July 2022 Market Performance
The United States gaming industry experienced a 9% year-over-year decline in total revenue during July 2022, reaching $4.2 billion.
- US video game revenue in July fell by 9% year-over-year to $4.2 billion, according to NPD data.
- Video game software sales experienced a 10% year-over-year decline, totaling $3.7 billion.
- Hardware spending increased by 12% year-over-year to $362 million, with the PlayStation 5 leading in spending and the Nintendo Switch selling the most units.
What Are the Top-Selling New Switch Games of H1 2022?
This analysis examines the performance of third-party software on the Nintendo Switch during the first half of 2022, utilizing eShop ranking data to overcome the platform's lack of public sales transparency.
- First-party software dominates the Nintendo Switch ecosystem, accounting for approximately 79% of total platform revenue.
- The global games market is projected to decline by 1.2% in 2022, driven by macroeconomic headwinds and changes to mobile privacy regulations.
- Third-party commercial success on the Switch is heavily concentrated in established franchises and licensed properties, such as Star Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Monster Hunter.
Plus: TMNT, Starship Troopers Hit Steam Next Week!
This analysis examines the relationship between Steam player reviews and actual sales figures, proposing a refined methodology for estimating commercial performance during a game's launch window.
- Steam launch window sales-to-review ratios are 2.5 times higher on day one than in the long tail, meaning low initial review counts do not necessarily indicate commercial failure.
- The review-to-sales ratio for new Steam releases typically normalizes to standard levels by the seventh day post-launch.
- The success of '20 Minutes Till Dawn' indicates a growing market for microgenre titles inspired by the mechanics of 'Vampire Survivors'.
Plus: A Big Steam Week, With Warhammer 40k & Trek To Yomi Up Next
This analysis examines current and upcoming performance trends for premium PC and console games, utilizing proprietary tracking data to forecast market success.
- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe achieved immediate commercial success, selling over 100,000 units on Steam within 24 hours and reaching a peak of 21,000 concurrent users.
- Dune: Spice Wars demonstrated strong early market interest for strategy titles, securing 8,000 concurrent users during its Steam Early Access launch.
- Elden Ring and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga remain the dominant paid downloads across Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch platforms.
In-depth: How Dread Hunger Hit 1 Million Sales
Dread Hunger, a social deduction survival game, achieved one million sales by successfully blending complex social gameplay with high-retention survival mechanics.
- Dread Hunger reached one million sales by leveraging a massive, organic surge of interest from the Chinese market, which offset a slow start in Western regions.
- The game's success in China was driven by a cultural affinity for social deduction games, allowing it to capture players seeking a more sophisticated experience than existing mobile adaptations.
- Dread Hunger achieved high player retention, with median playtimes of seven to eight hours and averages reaching thirty hours.
Plus: Steam Debuts for April Falter So Far
This analysis examines the state of the global video game market during mid-April 2022, focusing on Steam performance trends and cross-platform sales data.
- The Steam market is increasingly bifurcated, with revenue dominated by evergreen live-service titles like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Lost Ark, and Apex Legends, while new mid-tier releases struggle to gain traction.
- The estimated 'new normal' for first-year gross revenue for many professional developers on Steam has shifted downward to the $100,000–$200,000 range.
- New indie titles are seeing underwhelming launches, with peak concurrent user counts often falling between 100 and 500 for games with development budgets ranging from $200,000 to $2 million.
Plus: New Quest Charts, as Lego X Star Wars Dominates Elsewhere!
This analysis provides a comprehensive overview of current performance trends across the VR, PC, and console gaming markets during early April 2022.
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga dominated early April 2022 sales, leading download charts on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and the Epic Games Store while peaking at 82,000 concurrent users on Steam.
- A new estimation model using a 110x multiplier on Meta Quest star ratings suggests Zenith: The Last City has reached 500,000 units sold on the platform.
- The VR title Nock surpassed 100,000 units in its first month of release according to the new Quest store tracking methodology.
Midnight Ghost Hunt, Weird West, Coromon Storm the Charts!
Market performance analysis for the late March and early April 2022 period reveals a significant resurgence in Steam hits following a stagnant February.
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is positioned as the dominant early April 2022 market leader, supported by over 70,000 Steam followers and strong pre-order volume.
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is currently the top-grossing title on the Epic Games Store and maintains multiple top-ten positions across Xbox SKUs.
- New Steam releases in late March and early April 2022 showed strong traction, led by Weird West (4,000 CCU), Midnight Ghost Hunt (3,700 CCU), and Coromon (2,400 CCU).
Plus: April's Big New Winners & Losers on Steam
This analysis evaluates the commercial performance of video game debuts for April 2022, primarily focusing on Steam while providing secondary insights into the console, Epic Games Store, and Meta Quest markets.
- The median ratio of pre-launch 'Hype Score' to first-week review count remains stable at 0.16, serving as a reliable benchmark for predicting commercial performance.
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga tripled its sales expectations, while The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe outperformed its projections by a factor of ten.
- Underperforming titles like Chinatown Detective Agency and Uragun achieved review-to-sales ratios of only 0.01 to 0.02, highlighting a frequent failure to convert follower counts into active buyers.
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