UK Sales August 2024 #1 PS5, #2 XBS, #3 Switch

[Puff]

Just under 75,000 games consoles were sold in the UK during August, a slight drop of 3% over the month before and 45% down over the previous year (GfK figures)

PS5 saw a few more sales in August (up 4%) than July, but it's down 57% over the same period last year.

Switch sales were down 10% in August over July and down 30% over this time last year.

Meanwhile, the Xbox Series family of consoles sold almost exactly the same number in August as July, but sales were down 22% over last August. The Microsoft console was slightly ahead of Switch in August. Both consoles have been alternating between No.2 and No.3 all year.
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It was a quiet month for games overall (note, UK market data for August ends August 24th, so doesn't include Star Wars Outlaws). Take-Two had a very strong month, with Rockstar's GTA 5 at No.1 and GTA Online at No.4, Meanwhile, its 2K Games label also performed well, with Borderlands, Mafia and WWE in the Top Ten.

Overall, 75% of games sold in the UK last month by major games publishers were sold digitally, which is a 10% increase compared with August 2023.

Also new was remasters of Doom and Doom 2. Those games came in at No.241, although it's worth noting previous owners of those games got upgraded for free. Notable PlayStation flop Concord was the 261st best-selling game of August. That game has since been pulled from sale.

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UK GSD August 2024 Top 10 (Digital and Physical)​

Position	Title
1	Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2	Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
3	Borderlands 3 (2K Games)
4	Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
5	EA Sports FC 24 (EA)
6	New Tales From The Borderlands (2K Games)
7	Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
8	Titanfall 2 (EA)
9	Mafia Trilogy (2K Games)
10	WWE 2K24 (2K Games)

75% of games sold in August were downloaded | UK Monthly Charts

1.74 million video games were sold in the UK during August, a slight drop of 1.5% over the year before (GSD data).

www.gamesindustry.biz

UK Hardware - August 2024

1. PS5: 39k (-57% YoY)
2. XBS: 18k (-22%)
3. NSW: 18k (-30%)

Total: 75k (-45%)

UK Hardware - August 2024 - YTD

1. PS5: 361k
2. NSW: 182k
3. XBS: 160k

Total: 703k

UK August 2024: GTA V #1, Borderlands 3 #3, Mafia Trilogy #9

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/75-of-games-sold-in-august-were-downloaded-uk-monthly-charts Overall Software - 1.74 Million, down 1.5% from last year Data ends on August 24 so it doesn't include games like Star Wars Outlaws Hardware - 75k, down 3% from last month, 45% from last year PS5 was...

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[Evilms]

August 2024
1. PS5 : 40k (-57%)
2. X/S : 18k (-22%)
3. NSW : 17k (-30%)


YTD
1. PS5 : 360k
2. NSW : 180k
3. X/S : 160k

 

[Yurinka]

August 2024

1. PS5: 39k (-57% YoY)
2. XBS: 18k (-22%)
3. NSW: 18k (-30%)

Total: 75k (-45%)

UK Hardware - August 2024 - YTD

1. PS5: 361k
2. NSW: 182k
3. XBS: 160k

Total: 703k

August 2024
1. PS5 : 40k (-57%)
2. X/S : 18k (-22%)
3. NSW : 17k (-30%)


YTD
1. PS5 : 360k
2. NSW : 180k
3. X/S : 160k

PS5 has >50% of the console hardware sales in UK both for the month and YTD, interesting.

But guys, your numbers are close but don't match. Which ones are the correct ones?

 

[Danja]

Bad sales all around

 

[quest4441]

Bad sales all around

Bro how dare you, the AI accounts will now come and tell you in detail how you are wrong and PS is still numbah one

 

[Danja]

Bro how dare you, the AI accounts will now come and tell you in detail how you are wrong and PS is still numbah one

I just love that at this point we automatically get the reference. But they need to do something because these sales are atrocious

 

[Entropi]

It's quite a rough time for consoles right now. The price at this point in the generation doesn't make sense, but TSMC isn't cheap.

I think Powah! and Tittiflops won’t be the focus next gen.

 

[arvfab]

It's quite a rough time for consoles right now. The price at this point in the generation doesn't make sense, but TSMC isn't cheap.

I think Powah! and Tittiflops won’t be the focus next gen.

They will add a new stripe to the PS5 Pro and call it the PS6. By the time of the PS10 the console will look like a Tallneck

 

[YeezyDude]

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UK GSD August 2024 Top 10 (Digital and Physical)​

Position	Title
1	Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2	Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
3	Borderlands 3 (2K Games)
4	Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
5	EA Sports FC 24 (EA)
6	New Tales From The Borderlands (2K Games)
7	Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
8	Titanfall 2 (EA)
9	Mafia Trilogy (2K Games)
10	WWE 2K24 (2K Games)

75% of games sold in August were downloaded | UK Monthly Charts

1.74 million video games were sold in the UK during August, a slight drop of 1.5% over the year before (GSD data).

www.gamesindustry.biz

UK Hardware - August 2024

1. PS5: 39k (-57% YoY)
2. XBS: 18k (-22%)
3. NSW: 18k (-30%)

Total: 75k (-45%)

UK Hardware - August 2024 - YTD

1. PS5: 361k
2. NSW: 182k
3. XBS: 160k

Total: 703k

UK August 2024: GTA V #1, Borderlands 3 #3, Mafia Trilogy #9

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/75-of-games-sold-in-august-were-downloaded-uk-monthly-charts Overall Software - 1.74 Million, down 1.5% from last year Data ends on August 24 so it doesn't include games like Star Wars Outlaws Hardware - 75k, down 3% from last month, 45% from last year PS5 was...

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Not bad tbh... And it seems like GTA V will keep selling well until GTA VI is out!