Video video games remained the biggest dwelling leisure sector within the UK in 2022, in response to the Digital Leisure and Retail Affiliation’s annual report.
The UK dwelling leisure market is estimated to have reached £11.1 billion in income final 12 months, ERA reported, together with music, video, and video games gross sales.
Whereas the quickest rising trade was video (up 14.4% to £4.43 billion), video games continued to be the largest cash maker, at £4.66 billion, up 2.3% in comparison with 2021.
Video games represented 42.1% of the whole dwelling leisure revenues in 2022, in response to ERA.
Video games digital gross sales have been estimated to signify £4.17 billion (up 3.1% year-on-year) whereas bodily gross sales have been down 4.5% to £488 million. Bodily software program accounted for simply 10% of the sector in 2022, ERA stated.
Wanting on the breakdown of digital gross sales, console downloads have been up 12.2% year-on-year, reaching £724 million. Cell was up barely 3.2%, for a complete of £1.48 billion in income.
This report is predicated on preliminary figures that will likely be consolidated in ERA’s yearbook, due in March. For video games, the bodily gross sales knowledge is courtesy of GfK Leisure, whereas the digital income comes from Omdia estimates (together with digital on-line, cell and pill gaming). Lastly, the digital charts come from the mixed GSD / IFSE knowledge.
ERA CEO Kim Bayley commented: “Gaming stays the often-unheralded chief of the leisure market. Whereas progress at 2.3% was decrease than that of video or music, its scale is big and by way of innovation and pleasure it continues to set the tempo for your entire leisure sector.”
For an in-depth look into 2022 for video games within the UK, you’ll be able to learn our annual report on this web page.
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