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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
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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)* |
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.
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