Greatest-selling video video games within the UK in 12 months 2022

Regardless of AAA titles delivering, annual stories present general recreation gross sales dropped 6% in 2022. Console gross sales are additionally down 29% from the earlier 12 months.

In 2022, online game, console, and accent gross sales have all decreased from the earlier 12 months. Continued shortages in inventory and lack of blockbuster titles have been cited as the 2 main causes.

Stories from the GSD (Recreation Gross sales Knowledge) present that simply over 34 million video games had been bought this 12 months, a 6% lower from 2021. For these not acquainted, the GSD is answerable for monitoring recreation gross sales (digital and bodily) from all the highest publishers worldwide.

Solely 14 million video games had been bought from bodily retail shops, whereas the opposite 20 million copies had been obtained from digital shops, proving as soon as extra that digital buy is the popular methodology for avid gamers lately.

The market information additionally exhibits that round 14 million of general gross sales had been from new releases, which is definitely a 20% improve when in comparison with final 12 months.

One stunning element to return out of the report was that despite the fact that avid gamers most well-liked to purchase their video games digitally these days, digital downloads had been truly significantly decrease within the UK in comparison with 2021.

The worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns most certainly helped the substantial progress in digital downloads throughout 2020 and 2021.

As anticipated, the top-selling video games for 2022 had been as soon as once more FIFA and Name of Obligation franchises. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga completed the 12 months in third place simply forward of FromSoftware’s Elden Ring.

Another titles to make it onto the highest 20 checklist had been God of Battle Ragnarok, Horizon: Forbidden West, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Grand Theft Auto V and Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 additionally positioned sturdy once more this 12 months.

The Nintendo recreation that bought probably the most this 12 months was Nintendo Change Sports activities, though if the gross sales from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are mixed, the 2 video games technically bought extra.

Concerning console gross sales, the GSD market information confirmed that solely 2 million gaming methods had been bought within the UK throughout 2022, which is a 29% drop in comparison with final 12 months.

That is principally because of a giant drop in PS5 and Nintendo Change console gross sales specifically. It’s been effectively documented that Sony’s PS5 gross sales had been impaired by inventory shortages for almost all of the 12 months. Gross sales of Nintendo Change additionally dropped dramatically, regardless of this the hand-held console nonetheless completed the 12 months as the most well-liked console general.

Xbox Collection S and X once more see themselves ending in third place for the 12 months. Similar to the PS5 although, the Xbox Collection X additionally noticed gross sales endure as a result of a scarcity of provide.

Ultimately, there have been lower than 60,000 items separating the three consoles in whole gross sales, making 2022 one of many closest years in current reminiscence.

So far as accent gross sales had been involved, over 9 million controllers, headphones, and different equipment had been bought in the UK in 2022, which can be a lower in comparison with the 12 months earlier than.

Under are the best-selling video video games (each boxed and digital) within the UK throughout 12 months 2022: