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

Nice console games September 21, 2024 blog, Charts, GfK, Interactive Software Federation of Europe

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

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.

Borderlands
returns
to
the
charts
following
some
promotional
activity,
which
would
have
tied
in
with
the
Borderlands
movie
and
the
reveal
of
Borderlands
4.
Borderlands
3
is
at
No.3,
New
Tales
From
The
Borderlands
is
at
No.6,
while
the
original
Borderlands
is
at
No.12.

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.

In
terms
of
new
releases,
the
best-selling
new
game
was
Madden
NFL
25
at
No.41.
After
two
weeks
on
sale,
the
game
is
31.5%
down
on
the
previous
title.
This
year’s
game
does
face
competition
from
EA’s
own
College
Football
title,
which
was
released
in
July.

The
old
TimeSplitters
games
were
also
brought
to
PlayStation
with
additional
trophy
support.
These
aren’t
remasters,
but
they
did
return
to
the
charts
with
TimeSplitters
2
at
No.218,
TimeSplitters:
Future
Perfect
coming
in
at
No.229
and
the
original
TimeSplitters
at
No.326.

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.

Consoles
continue
to
suffer
a
slow
summer

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.

In
terms
of
accessories,
516,774
controllers
and
other
items
were
sold
in
the
UK
during
August,
down
4.5%
over
July
and
down
9.6%
over
August
last
year.

The
DualSense
controllers
remain
the
top
selling
items,
as
they
have
done
all
year.
The
DualSense
White
is
the
best-selling
accessory
of
the
year
so
far,
followed
by
the
Midnight
Black
variety.

However,
when
it
comes
to
revenue,
the
pricier
PlayStation
Portal
is
No.1
for
the
year.
This
week
the
streaming
handheld
device
is
at
No.6
in
terms
of
units.

UK
GSD
August
2024
Top
10
(Digital
and
Physical)

GSD
digital
data
includes
games
from
participating
companies
sold
via
PC
digital
stores,
Xbox
Live,
PlayStation
Network,
Nintendo
Eshop.
Major
participating
companies
are
Activision
Blizzard,
Bandai
Namco,
Capcom,
CD
Projekt,
Codemasters,
Electronic
Arts,
Embracer
Group
(including
Gearbox,
Koch
Media,
Sabre
Interactive),
Focus
Entertainment,
Kepler,
Konami,
Marvellous
Games,
Microids,
Microsoft
(including
Bethesda),
Milestone,
Nacon,
Paradox
Interactive,
Quantic
Dream,
Sega,
Sony,
Square
Enix,
Take-Two,
Tencent,
Ubisoft
and
Warner
Bros.
Nintendo
and
505
Games
are
the
notable
absentees,
alongside
smaller
studios.