The European trade body ISFE has just published its annual report, noting that the market in the region grew 3% year on year in 2019, reaching a total of € 21.6 billion in revenue.
This figure was extrapolated from 2019 data by GameTrack and Newzoo. But the rest of the report focused primarily on a handful of major European markets, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Italy, and used 2019 data from GameTrack and GSD reports.
These key markets accounted for € 14 billion in revenue in 2019, 76% of which were made through digital sales, against 74% in 2018.
These digital sales included online revenue from full game downloads, DLC, as well as social and browser games (37% of the market) and revenue from premium app applications and in-app purchases (39% of the market). Physical software sales accounted for 24% of market revenue in 2019.
Looking at the breakdown by device in these major European markets for 2019, Consoles were still ahead, representing 43% of revenue, closely followed by cell phones and tablets with 40% and then PCs with 16%. Handheld device revenue represented less than 1% of the market.
In France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain, 51% of the population aged 6 to 64 years old played video games in 2019. Among these players, 59% played on mobile or tablet, 54% on the console, 51% on the computer, and only 17% of them played on all of these devices.
45% of European video game players in 2019 were women. The ISFE report also shared the findings of the first UKIE Gaming Industry Census published earlier this year.
The best-selling game in Europe in 2019 was EA's FIFA 20, followed by Rockstar's GTA V and Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Check out the 10 best-selling games of 2019 in Europe:
1. FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts)
2. Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
4. FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts)
5. Minecraft (Xbox Game Studios)
6. Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)
7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Entertainment)
8. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Electronic Arts)
9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo)
10. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled (Activision Blizzard)