GSD & GfK: The UK gaming market (PC & Console) declined in February 2024
It's becoming hard for the gaming market of 2024 to follow the pace of 2023.
Analytical platforms report only actual sales figures obtained directly from partners. The mobile segment is also not taken into account.
Game Sales
2.77 million games were sold on PC and consoles in the UK in February 2024. This is 5.5% less than in February of the previous year.
Important note: Palworld was not taken into account in the calculation.
Analysts note that the 5.5% decline is actually a good result because Hogwarts Legacy was released in February last year.
Replacing the wizards, Helldivers II emerged as the sales leader by a significant margin. Moreover, in the second week, the game sold 115% better than in the first week, and in the third week, it sold 21% better than in the second week. 57% of the project's sales were for the PlayStation 5 version.
The sales of Helldivers II for the first 3 weeks are only 28% lower than those of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 in the UK.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League debuted at the 4th position on the chart. Sales after the first 4 weeks were 20% lower than those of Gotham Knights and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. The publisher is dissatisfied.
Skull and Bones debuted at the 8th position. The sales of Ubisoft's AAAA game after the first two weeks were 75% lower than those of Sea of Thieves in March 2018.
Hardware Sales
95,855 consoles were sold in the UK in February. This is 33% less than the previous year and 13% less than January.
PS5 is the sales leader. However, the trend is negative, with sales being 2% lower than January and 28% worse than the previous year.
Nintendo Switch takes the second place; Xbox Series S|X is third.
Overall, console sales in the UK at the end of February are 29% worse than the previous year. However, this is more likely due to deferred demand realized in 2023.
609.4 thousand accessories were sold in February. This is 12% less than January but 16% higher than February 2023. DualSense is the most successful accessory.