Group “M. Video Eldorado“, the largest Russian retail company in the electronics and home appliances market, summed up the development of the retail console and computer games market in Russia in 2019.
In a document sent today to our editorial office, it is reported that in total the Russians purchased in the domestic retail for the reporting period about 1.9 million copies of games worth about 4.2 billion rubles. More than 70% of games sold accounted for on PlayStation 4, and Western turned out to be the main bestseller Red dead redemption 2. The share of M.Video-Eldorado Group in the country’s retail market exceeded 60%.
Released in November 2019, the adventure action movie Death Stranding Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima, experts recalled, set a new record for starting sales in M.Video and Eldorado among PlayStation 4 exclusives over the past two years. At the same time, the project was not included in the annual TOP-5 in sales.
The five best sellers for the PlayStation 4 for 2019 are as follows:
- Red dead redemption 2
- FIFA 20
- FIFA 19
- UFC 3
- Spider-man
For the second year in a row, Nintendo Switch rules the ball at the annual charts. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. All five are fully comprised of Nintendo exclusives.
“M. Video-Eldorado” noted that the games for Switch “showed the highest dynamics among all platforms” and for the first time by the share of sales in monetary terms they outperformed the Xbox One.
The top five bestsellers for the Nintendo Switch for 2019 are as follows:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Super mario odyssey
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Super mario party
Finally, Russian users of Microsoft Xbox One consoles most popular football simulations FIFA 19 and FIFA 20who took the first two lines of the rating.
The five best-selling books for the Xbox One for 2019 are as follows:
- FIFA 19
- FIFA 20
- Grand theft auto v
- Red dead redemption 2
- UFC 3
“The category of video games on physical media continues to be in steady demand. In 2019, the majority of sales in Russia fell on PlayStation 4, which was facilitated by exclusives and collector’s publications, but games for Nintendo Switch showed the highest growth. At the same time, the popularity of digital content continued to grow. the year of sale of codes and add-ons for games has increased by more than a third, ”said the head of the Entertainment and Photo / Video Department of the M. Video-Eldorado Group Oleg Reznikov.
“One of the upward trends in the video game segment is the development of cloud streaming services. Last year, we noted increased demand for the GeForce Now subscription, thanks to which users get access to a variety of games and high-quality gameplay, regardless of the computer’s power.”
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As for the consoles themselves, in the period from January to December 2019, they were sold on the Russian market 670 thousand devices worth 12.3 billion rubles, the report says. The total share of the “classic iron” Sega, Dendy, Nintendo Classic Mini: NES and PS Classic reached a quarter of the market. The most popular console with a share of about 55% in pieces and 75% the money remains PlayStation 4. In second place was the Xbox One family from Microsoft, in third – the hybrid Nintendo Switch.
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