In the UK, as in most countries of the world, quarantine measures related to the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 are still working. In the first weeks after the pandemic began, the market grew, but last year it began to fall – sales dipped immediately by 43%. This is reported by the portal GamesIndustry.biz with reference to tracker data Gfk.
Over the past four weeks, there has been a surge in UK retail sales: about 1.5 million copies of discs and cartridges have been sold. People literally swept away games from the shelves to spend time behind them in quarantine. This growth is partly due to a sharp increase in demand for all current consoles (PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch), which are often sold by retailers in bundles with various projects.
However, there are signs of a weakening surge. About 200,000 physical copies of the games were sold during the reporting week, while the UK retail boasted 350,000 a week before. But even current sales are above the level (150,000 copies per week) that it was in the UK before the introduction of restrictions related to the distribution of coronavirus.
In the end, it is worth noting that last week was not marked by new releases, and in the case of the Nintendo Switch, there is still a serious problem with the supply of consoles. Iron deficiency is also reflected in gaming sales.
In the TOP-10 only fitness game achieved positive dynamics Ring fit adventure (+ 12%), which for some time was available at retailers GAME, Amazon and ShopTo. She is located on the 10th line.
Sales of other exclusive Nintendo projects have declined. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-42%) managed to be in second place, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (-62%) stopped at the seventh line, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 (-9%) staked out the ninth place of the chart.
Headed the British chart soccer simulator FIFA 20, which, despite a 20% drop in sales, managed to jump to the top from fourth position. Final Fantasy VII remake of the coronavirus in the second week it didn’t improve: sales fell by 87%, and Square Enix is now in fourth place. In stores, it is still very difficult to find a project on disks.
The top ten best-selling physical media games in the UK for the week ending April 18:
- FIFA 20
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Final Fantasy 7: Remake
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Grand theft auto 5
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
- Resident evil 3
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Ring fit adventure
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