The best-selling Nintendo game was Nintendo Switch Sports, although if we combine sales of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, those games would have appeared higher. It's worth noting that Nintendo doesn't share digital download figures, so some of its titles may have charted higher as they are only counting physical game sales. This follows significant growth for digital downloading during the COVID-19 lockdown years of 20. If we look purely at the games that were released both digitally and physically (so discounting all physical-only and digital-only games), 66% of games sold in the UK last year were downloaded. We also saw that the transition from physical media to digital downloads slowed considerably in the UK last year. And Pokémon Scarlet and Violet sales are up 36% compared with 2021's Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sales are up 67% compared with the previous year's Call of Duty: Vanguard. To highlight the growth of the new games market: FIFA 23 sales are up 4% compared with FIFA 22. For more analysis on the performance of the new games market, check out this article from analyst Sam Naji. 13.9 million games sold during 2022 were new releases, which is a 20% increase over 2021. The reason for the drop in sales is because of older titles (games released in previous years). The remaining 14.2 million games were sold via physical retailers, which is a 9% fall year-on-year. This is according to GSD market data, which tracks all physical game sales and digital sales from most major publishers.Īlmost 20 million of the games sold were via digital download stores, which is a drop of 3.4% over 2021. Sales of video games, consoles and accessories fell in 2022, due to ongoing stock shortages and a fall in popularity of older titles.ģ4.2 million games were sold in 2022, which is a drop of nearly 6% compared with 2021. Nintendo Switch was 2022's best-selling console, but sales down by nearly 28%.FIFA 23, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga are the best-selling games.
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