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Just like SELL did two months ago for the French market, these console and PC data are based on GSD figures for sales made in stores, while participating publishers are responsible for completing by providing the sales made by download. Attention, Nintendo is still not one of these publishers and even if we find three of its games in the top 20 (Pokémon Sword, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), the difference with a country like France, where it occupies half of that same top 20 is pretty obvious.
On both sides of the Alps, FIFA 20, Grand Theft Auto V and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare rule the public. Another common point, the spectacular affection for Crash Bandicoot whose trilogy released in 2018 is still in the ranking in addition to the remake of Crash Team Racing. The Rainbow Six Siege community also seems significant in Italy, where PS4 exclusives are well received (Days Gone, Marvel's Spider-Man, God of War), as are major productions from Japan (Kingdom Hearts III , Resident Evil 2).
Across consoles, mobiles and PC, the balance sheet shows that 39% of the Italian population (17 million people, aged 6 to 64) played a video game last year, 53% of whom men and 47% women. The study identified 10.5 million players on mobiles (including 5.6 million women who are the majority on this platform), 7.8 million players on PC and finally 6.7 million players on consoles. The console player appears however to be the most involved since he spends an average of 5.4 hours per week in front of his machine (compared to 5.3 hours for a mobile player and 4 hours for PC game time).
The PlayStation 4, in particular, is the machine that occupies the most playing time among Italians with 4.8 hours of gaming per week against 3.6 hours for the Switch and 2.9 hours for the Xbox One. According to the study, 4.5 million Italian players used a PS4 or Xbox One in 2019, but there are a fairly surprising amount of people who also turned on their good old PS3 or Xbox 360 (2.2 million). Finally, at home or outside, there are 1.6 million who used the Switch last year.
You will find many other statistics on the Italian market by consulting the balance sheet accessible from this link.
