UK Video Game Revenue Fell 4% to £4.6 Billion in 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 January 2025 / 1,783 Views
Total video game revenue in 2024 in the UK dropped 4.4 percent year-on-year to £4.6 billion, according to data from Nielsen/GfK, India and GSD and shared by Entertainment Retailers Association to VideoGamesChronicles.
The main reason for the drop is due to physical game sales falling nearly 35 percent year-on-year to £324.4 million. Sales for digital games dropped one percent to £4.29 billion.
"After the breakneck growth of recent years, it is no surprise that the games market has slowed down, but it remains a giant," said ERA boss Kim Bayley. "Despite the attractions of digital business models to developers, we believe physical still has a role to play."
Mobile and tablet gaming sales rose 2.6 percent and subscription revenue increased 12 percent. PC download sales dropped five percent and console download sales fell 15 percent.
The best-selling game in the UK of 2024 was EA Sports FC 25 with sales of 2.9 million units in 2024. 80 percent of its sales were digital.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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ig the brits were 4% less interested in FIFA, CoD, and GTAV this year? Kinda shocking how small the decline is given that two years ago saw tons of heavy-hitting releases, whereas last year did not.
This is true. And very important to consider mathematically.
2024 saw fewer heavy hitters and less new games being released than 2023.
While in 2024, most of the games that were released in 2023 already and bought in 2024 for the first time were already discounted.
In other words:
A 4% decline in 2024 translates to only a 4% discount over a span of 12 months on various games. Which isn't correct of course.
So the amount, if you will, of games and content being bought in 2024 was greater.
But the average price tag was lesser, and fewer heavy hitters were released.
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