UK 2023 |PS5:1.2m, NSW: 720k, XBS: 650k| PS commands 49% market share/Xbox only 10%. PS5 up 55% and Xbox down 14% Flipbook info added.

[Gamernyc78]

Updated 3/7/24 Flipbook info added

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UK PC and console sales grew 2.6% in 2023 | UK Annual Report

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal. It's a slight increase of 2.6% o…

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A big year for PS5, but sales drops elsewhere​

2.38 million games consoles were sold during the year in the UK, according to GfK panel data. That's a rise of 9.4% over the year before.

PS5 was the driver behind this. Sony's console saw sales rise 55.2% over 2022, making it the biggest year yet for new PlayStation. It's actually the best year for a PlayStation machine since 2014.

The other console to post year-on-year growth was, interestingly, PS4. Sales of PS4 were up 633% year-on-year. Like with PS5, this is due to severe console shortages that plagued PlayStation consoles throughout the year prior.

Elsewhere, Nintendo Switch ended the year as the No.2 console, but sales are down 16.7% over the year before. This is the Switch's seventh year on the market and a decline was expected.

Narrowly behind Switch is the Xbox Series S and X, which saw sales drop 14.2% over the year before.

Over in accessories, nine million products were sold at UK retail in 2023, a drop of 4.5% over the year before, despite improved console sales

UK GSD December 2023 Top 10 (Digital and Physical)​

Position	Title
1	EA Sports FC 24 (EA)
2	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
3	Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
4	Super Mario Bros Wonder (Nintendo)*
5	Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
6	Spider-Man 2 (Sony)
7	Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)*
8	Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Ubisoft)
9	Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
10	Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)*

*Digital data unavailable

6.9 million digital and physical games were sold in the UK during December, an increase of 2% over the same period in 2022.

This is based on GSD data, which tracks all physical game sales plus digital game sales from most major publishers.

It's a strong result when you consider November and December didn't feature too many big new releases. EA Sports FC 24 reclaimed No.1 for the month, and was boosted by some pre-Christmas sales activity.

November's No.1, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, falls to No.2 in its second month on sale. Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and Super Mario Bros Wonder were particularly popular Christmas titles, as both games saw a big jump in sales month-on-month. It was the strongest month for Nintendo's new Mario game since it released in October.

There was one new game in the December charts, which was Ubisoft's Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, which debuts at No.8.

According to GfK panel figures, just short of 500,000 games consoles were sold in the UK during December, which is 2% up over November and 7% up over the same time last year.

PS5 was the No.1 console once again, but sales did fall 19% over the month before. Nintendo Switch is the No.2 format with a sales spike of 39% over November, with Xbox Series S and X at No.3 with sales up 6% month-on-month.

In terms of accessories, 2.07 million add-on products were sold during December, which is a huge 63% jump over November and 10% up over the same period last year. Strong console sales meant that controllers dominated the charts, let by the White (No.1) and Midnight Black (No.2) DualSense controller. Strong sales of PS4 in December saw the DualShock 4 re-enter the Top Ten at No.7.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Anddddd another 1!

 

[Entropi]

Is it normal in the UK for sales in December to be lower than in November? Or why not compare to December of last year?

 

[Evilms]

+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|UK 2023|    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  JAN  |    63.000 |    31.000 |    41.000 |
|  FEB  |    80.000 |    37.000 |    35.000 |
|  MAR  |    62.000 |    27.000 |    28.000 |
|  APR  |    51.000 |    23.000 |    44.000 |
|  MAY  |    39.000 |    21.000 |    42.000 |
|  JUN  |    45.000 |    21.000 |    27.000 |
|  JUL  |    56.000 |    24.000 |    29.000 |
|  AUG  |    82.000 |    26.000 |    27.000 |
|  SEP  |   102.000 |    61.000 |    32.000 |
|  OCT  |    98.000 |    41.000 |    37.000 |
|  NOV  |   240.000 |   130.000 |   112.000 |
|  DEC  |   195.000 |   138.000 |   156.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  UK  |    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2021 | 1.150.000 |   850.000 |  1220.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2022 |   770.000 |   720.000 |   880.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

 

[Jim Ryan]

 

[Gamernyc78]

A

+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|UK 2023|    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  JAN  |    63.000 |    31.000 |    41.000 |
|  FEB  |    80.000 |    37.000 |    35.000 |
|  MAR  |    62.000 |    27.000 |    28.000 |
|  APR  |    51.000 |    23.000 |    44.000 |
|  MAY  |    39.000 |    21.000 |    42.000 |
|  JUN  |    45.000 |    21.000 |    27.000 |
|  JUL  |    56.000 |    24.000 |    29.000 |
|  AUG  |    82.000 |    26.000 |    27.000 |
|  SEP  |   102.000 |    61.000 |    32.000 |
|  OCT  |    98.000 |    41.000 |    37.000 |
|  NOV  |   240.000 |   130.000 |   112.000 |
|  DEC  |   195.000 |   138.000 |   156.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  UK  |    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2021 | 1.150.000 |   850.000 |  1220.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2022 |   770.000 |   720.000 |   880.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

Always count on my boy Evil with the graphs!

 

[Entropi]

How many of those were Series X though? It might be only 20% of the 50%. That's not competitive at all.

 

[Gamernyc78]

U

Umph and they still can't catch a win although their sales were up by 6%

 

[Bryank75]

+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|UK 2023|    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  JAN  |    63.000 |    31.000 |    41.000 |
|  FEB  |    80.000 |    37.000 |    35.000 |
|  MAR  |    62.000 |    27.000 |    28.000 |
|  APR  |    51.000 |    23.000 |    44.000 |
|  MAY  |    39.000 |    21.000 |    42.000 |
|  JUN  |    45.000 |    21.000 |    27.000 |
|  JUL  |    56.000 |    24.000 |    29.000 |
|  AUG  |    82.000 |    26.000 |    27.000 |
|  SEP  |   102.000 |    61.000 |    32.000 |
|  OCT  |    98.000 |    41.000 |    37.000 |
|  NOV  |   240.000 |   130.000 |   112.000 |
|  DEC  |   195.000 |   138.000 |   156.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  UK  |    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2021 | 1.150.000 |   850.000 |  1220.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2022 |   770.000 |   720.000 |   880.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

Great work, thanks for posting.

 

[Nhomnhom]

This guy shifting to comparing the results to previous months instead of YoY is completely demented and clearly made to undermine how much better the PS5 is selling compared to last year.

 

[Danja]

+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|UK 2023|    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  JAN  |    63.000 |    31.000 |    41.000 |
|  FEB  |    80.000 |    37.000 |    35.000 |
|  MAR  |    62.000 |    27.000 |    28.000 |
|  APR  |    51.000 |    23.000 |    44.000 |
|  MAY  |    39.000 |    21.000 |    42.000 |
|  JUN  |    45.000 |    21.000 |    27.000 |
|  JUL  |    56.000 |    24.000 |    29.000 |
|  AUG  |    82.000 |    26.000 |    27.000 |
|  SEP  |   102.000 |    61.000 |    32.000 |
|  OCT  |    98.000 |    41.000 |    37.000 |
|  NOV  |   240.000 |   130.000 |   112.000 |
|  DEC  |   195.000 |   138.000 |   156.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  UK  |    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2021 | 1.150.000 |   850.000 |  1220.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2022 |   770.000 |   720.000 |   880.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

2023 below 2021 for PS5... Hmm interesting

Seems everyone had a somewhat decent December.

Xbox sales didn't pay off much and the price has gone back up.

 

[JAHGamer]

Damn Sony almost had a flawless victory in 2023, TOTK ruined it But Phil said great games don't make a difference...and that's exactly why Xbox is going 3rd party

 

[Gamernyc78]

Damn Sony almost had a flawless victory in 2023, TOTK ruined it But Phil said great games don't make a difference...and that's exactly why Xbox is going 3rd party

Nice graph, thanks.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Is it normal in the UK for sales in December to be lower than in November? Or why not compare to December of last year?

Because then Dring would have to write shit like “PS5 is 31% up yoy, Xbox Series 17% yoy” instead of PS5 down Xbox up. Dude is an asshole.

Steep discounts for both Series models and it only managed 17% yoy.

 

[Yurinka]

+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|UK 2023|    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  JAN  |    63.000 |    31.000 |    41.000 |
|  FEB  |    80.000 |    37.000 |    35.000 |
|  MAR  |    62.000 |    27.000 |    28.000 |
|  APR  |    51.000 |    23.000 |    44.000 |
|  MAY  |    39.000 |    21.000 |    42.000 |
|  JUN  |    45.000 |    21.000 |    27.000 |
|  JUL  |    56.000 |    24.000 |    29.000 |
|  AUG  |    82.000 |    26.000 |    27.000 |
|  SEP  |   102.000 |    61.000 |    32.000 |
|  OCT  |    98.000 |    41.000 |    37.000 |
|  NOV  |   240.000 |   130.000 |   112.000 |
|  DEC  |   195.000 |   138.000 |   156.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
|  UK  |    PS5    |    X/S    |    NSW    |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2021 | 1.150.000 |   850.000 |  1220.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2022 |   770.000 |   720.000 |   880.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2023 | 1.113.000 |   580.000 |   610.000 |
+------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

So during 2021+2022+2023 in UK, PS5 sold 3.033.000 and X/S 2.150.000?

Not bad considering UK is the most Xbox friendly country in Europe.

P.S.: If available it would be nice to also add November and December 2020 to have a full picture of the current console generation.

 

[Thirty7ven]

So during 2021+2022+2023 in UK, PS5 sold 3.033.000 and X/S 2.150.000?

Not bad considering UK is the most Xbox friendly country in Europe.

UK and USA are the only relevant markets for Xbox, worldwide. But it keeps trending down, and 24’ isn’t going to be any kinder in terms of games that generate interest. Rough year ahead.

 

[JAHGamer]

Nice graph, thanks.

its from Zuby, he should be making an updated one soon

 

[Nhomnhom]

Because then Dring would have to write shit like “PS5 is 31% up yoy, Xbox Series 17% yoy” instead of PS5 down Xbox up. Dude is an asshole.

Steep discounts for both Series models and it only managed 17% yoy.

I'm surprised Xbox is up 17%, what is wrong with the UK? Who is buying these garbage Xbox consoles at this point and why?

 

[Yurinka]

UK and USA are the only relevant markets for Xbox, worldwide. But it keeps trending down, and 24’ isn’t going to be any kinder in terms of games that generate interest. Rough year ahead.

Yes. I think the sales difference between PS and Xbox in 2024 will be bigger than in 2023.

Because PS5 didn't have the stock issues fully solved during the whole 2023 and they will have during the full 2024.

I think people will also see that most Zenimax and ABK games will continue coming to PS5 and PS+ (some after console timed exclusivity) even if acquired by MS, and that PS5 will continue getting way more great (some timed) console exclusives than MS, plus PS5 will continue having extra exclusitve perks PSVR2 and PS Portal (which I assume may get cloud gaming this year, once they release it for Android). So most people will keep prefering to buying PS5.

 

[AfnanAcchan]

Is it normal in the UK for sales in December to be lower than in November? Or why not compare to December of last year?

Normally December is higher but PS5 sales in November is higher than normal because of they just launched PS5 Slim launched that month. Also PS5 didnt have any discount in December like Series X.