football off the podium in Italy, a boom for basketball

After having reported the presence of Splatoon 3 at the top of the UK rankings, it’s time to take a look at the videogame podium of our peninsula, which this week has some surprises in store.

Generally dominant in the Italian video game market, the FIFA is in fact absent from the Top 3 weekly published by IDEA (Italian Interactive and Digital Entertainment Association). As you can verify at the bottom of this news, it was instead that conquering the public during the last week Splatoon 3, the colorful shooter from Nintendo. The crazy battles based on weapons loaded with colored paint have therefore conquered the Italian audience active on Nintendo Switch.

Below, we present the rankings of best-selling games in Italy from 5 to 11 September 2022:

Top 3 PC e console

  1. Splatoon 3 – Nintendo Switch;
  2. NBA 2K23 – PlayStation 5;
  3. NBA 2K23 – PlayStation 4;

Top 3 console

  1. Splatoon 3 – Nintendo Switch;
  2. NBA 2K23 – PlayStation 5;
  3. NBA 2K23 – PlayStation 4;

Top 3 PC

  1. Grand Theft Auto V;
  2. NBA 2K23;
  3. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six;

There is also a great boom for videogame basketball. Despite the recent review bombing of NBA 2K23 on Steam, the sportsman has in fact scored a three-point shot on the Italian market, conquering two steps of the podium. Among the reasons that could be hidden behind this success, it is impossible not to count the excellent performance put in place by Italbasket over the Europeans 2022. The boys trained by coach Pozzecco made all basketball lovers dream during the Italy-Serbia course. Unfortunately, the men’s national team then had to yield to France.

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