Over 200,000 games consoles were sold in the UK during February.
The latest data from GfK shows it was a bumper month for the console market, driven by an influx of new PS5 stock and a boost in Switch sales driven by the launch of the new Mario game: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser s Fury.
The Mario game launched with a special edition console, and was the best-selling physical game of the month.
It s been a bumper year already for console sales, with 373,426 devices sold so far this year (unweighted figures). Based on GfK s retail panel, console game sales are up 184.4% in units so far this year, and up a massive 310.4% in revenue. Of course, this is partially driven by the launch of the new Xbox and Playstation consoles, but Nintendo Switch is also enjoying a stronger start to the year. Nintendo Switch console sales are up 81% year-to-date.
Over 200,000 Consoles Were Sold in the UK in February
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Sales of PC and console games and hardware spiked across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia.
Across tracked markets (see details at the bottom), 14.7 million PC and console games (digital and physical) were sold during February, which is a rise of 68% over the year before, according to the latest data from GSD.
Digital download sales accounted for 9.4 million games sold, a rise of 24% over the year before. Physical games accounted for 5.25 million, which was 26% up year-on-year. The best-selling game by a long way was Super Mario 3D World + Bowser s Fury. Nintendo does not share digital sales with GSD, and therefore it achieved this feat based on physical sales alone.