Nearly Decade-Old GTA 5 Topped European Sales Charts Again Last Month, Beat Zelda, FIFA, and Diablo 4

GTA 5, Rockstar's almost-decade-old game, topped European sales rankings again last month.

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GTA 5 is about 10 years old and has sold over 175 million copies worldwide across all platforms, thus most players possess it.

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European players still bought Rockstar's masterwork during PlayStation and Xbox summer sales in July.

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According to GamesIndustr.biz, these summer promos helped GTA 5 top the sales charts again.

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These summer sales helped Rockstar's latest GTA entry top the rankings and Red Dead Redemption 2 place third in the European charts.

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The second best-selling game last month was FIFA 23, while Diablo IV was fourth.

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Hogwarts Legacy also did well in July. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kindom followed Warner Bros.

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Harry Potter in fifth place. According to Gamesindustry, Pikmin 4 topped the leaderboard at 11th.

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