211.9 million games were sold across UK & Ireland, mainland Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2020, according to sales tracker GSD.
GSD tracks games sold in boxes across multiple territories, and also counts digital download sales from most major games publishers (see the bottom of this article for full details).
We have already done a specific analysis of the UK market, so for this analysis we will focus on all European markets where GSD tracks both boxed games and digital games, excluding the UK. These will include Benelux, France, GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria), Iberia, Nordics and Poland.
For these markets, 123.7 million games were sold, which is a 19% jump over 2019. 58.7 million of those games were downloaded, which is a rise of 47% over the year before. Despite lockdown restrictions causing High Street stores to close, 65 million boxed games were sold across the various markets, which is a rise of 0.8%.
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Auction house Sotheby s posted a listing for a pair of Nike sneakers designed for Barack Obama.
There are just two pairs in existence the ones being sold and the ones belonging to Obama.
Auction house Sotheby s is taking the sneaker resale market to new heights with the listing of a pair of sneakers originally designed for Barack Obama.
The Nike Hyperdunks are priced at $25,000 a flat asking price as there won t be an auction. The shoes feature patriotic graphics like bald eagles, the Presidential Seal, and the year 1776.
According to a press release on Sotheby s website, the Hyperdunks are a callback to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, for which the brand designed the style of basketball shoes. Given Obama s documented interest in the sport, Nike chose to gift basketball shoes to the then-president in 2009 with some America-themed modifications.