UK 2016 Results: PS4 #1 in Software Market Share Again, Console Sales Way Down

In the GfK’s annual report for the UK games market, they reveal that 2016 revenue from combined sales of physical games, console hardware, accessories, digital points cards, and toys-to-life figurines fell 15.8% year-over-year to £1.78 billion.

By category, console hardware was down 27% year-over-year to £503 million, software was down 16.4% to £776 million, and accessories were up 1% to £501 million. In 2016, every console (except 3DS) was down in sales, while accessories rose in sales thanks to PlayStation VR.

Taking a deeper look at software last year in the UK, Games Industry points out that nearly 80% of all boxed games sold last year were either on PS4 or Xbox One (up from 66% in 2015). PS3 and Xbox 360 games accounted for 8.1% of sales (down from 20% last year), with Wii U at just 2.5%. Here’s the breakdown of software share by platform in 2016 in the UK, based on units sold:

  1. PlayStation 4 – 45%
  2. Xbox One – 34.1%
  3. Nintendo 3DS – 7%
  4. Xbox 360 – 5.2%
  5. PlayStation 3 – 2.9%
  6. Wii U – 2.5%
  7. PC – 2.3%
  8. Wii – 0.5%
  9. PlayStation Vita – 0.4%
  10. Nintendo DS – 0.1%

Looking at publishers, EA held 22.1% software market share (by units), followed by Activision Blizzard with 12.1%, Ubisoft with 9.5%, Nintendo with 8.2%, Take-Two with 7.4%, and Sony with 7.1%.

According to GfK, here’s the top 50 best-selling games of 2016 in the UK through retail stores:

  1. FIFA 17 (2.5 million)
  2. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  3. Battlefield 1 (1 million+)
  4. The Division
  5. Grand Theft Auto V
  6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
  7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  8. Watch Dogs 2
  9. Overwatch
  10. Forza Horizon 3
  11. Mafia III
  12. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
  13. FIFA 16
  14. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  15. Doom
  16. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
  17. Star Wars Battlefront
  18. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
  19. Far Cry Primal
  20. Gears of War 4
  21. Pokemon Sun
  22. Fallout 4
  23. Pokemon Moon
  24. Final Fantasy XV
  25. Rocket League
  26. WWE 2K17
  27. Titanfall 2
  28. EA Sports UFC 2
  29. No Man’s Sky
  30. Dishonored 2
  31. Rainbow Six Siege
  32. Ratchet & Clank
  33. LEGO Jurassic World
  34. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition
  35. Dark Souls 3
  36. Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2
  37. Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
  38. LEGO Dimensions
  39. Minecraft: Story Mode
  40. Just Cause 3
  41. F1 2016
  42. WWE 2K16
  43. Disney Infinity 3.0
  44. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
  45. Steep
  46. Halo 5: Guardians
  47. Guitar Hero Live
  48. Just Dance 2017
  49. Skylanders Imaginators
  50. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Further down the chart, The Last Guardian placed in 68th, ahead of Battleborn (73rd), Street Fighter V (79th), and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (80th).

FIFA 16 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 were the two best-selling games of 2015 in the UK.

[Source: Games Industry, MCV UK]

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