Gaming Hardware

But the market continues to be down year-on-year The UK games market saw a big jump in console sales during September, but the overall sector remains down over 2021. That’s according to the latest data from GfK (accessories and consoles) and GSD (physical and digital games). 3.17 million games were sold […]

But overall market continues to struggle compared with 2021 At a glance Game sales down 10%, consoles down 20% and accessories down 7% vs September 2021 EA’s final FIFA 23 enjoys launch sales that are 6% higher than FIFA 22 Console sales significantly up over August, led by Nintendo Switch 14.4 million digital

Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch has overtaken Xbox One 2.83m games were sold in the UK last month, up 11.2% over the year before. According to GSD data, 1.75 million of those games were sold via digital download stores, which is a rise of nearly 36% year-on-year. However, just short of 1.1m games were sold

PS5 outsells Switch for the first time since September 2021 across Europe 11.9 million video games were sold across Europe last month, led by a resurgent Call of Duty. The latest GSD data shows that game sales are up 1.5% over last October. 6.84m games were sold via digital download stores, while the

It is also the biggest week for PS5 console sales this year God of War Ragnarok is the UK’s second biggest boxed game launch of the year, behind FIFA 23. It means the PlayStation game sold more boxed copies in its first week than Elden Ring, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and

It is the biggest boxed game release of the year in the UK Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is the latest video game to post huge launch sales in the UK. It is the biggest boxed game launch of the year, with opening week sales up 4% compared with FIFA 23 (the previous biggest).

FIFA 23 comes out top during major sales week Sales of physical video games during the Black Friday week were down 15% compared to the same period the year before, GfK data reveals. Software sales over Black Friday have been on the wane in recent years. Last year, Black Friday sales were

But down year-on-year and closely followed by Xbox Nintendo Switch was the best-selling games console over Black Friday in the UK, GfK Entertainment reveals. The hybrid machine accounted for 42% of all console’s sold during the week. This is due to the return of last year’s Black Friday Switch bundle, which included

Need for Speed Unbound only makes No.17. The Callisto Protocol debuts at No.6 The final new releases of 2022 hit UK shelves this week to mixed results. The best performing new release (in terms of UK boxed sales) is new IP The Callisto Protocol, published by Krafton and developed by Striking Distance. The

But overall sales tumble compared with November 2021 Just over 4.3 million games were sold in the UK during November, a drop of 7.3% over the year before, according to the latest GSD figures. One of the big reasons for this is Call of Duty. This year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2