U.K. Game Market Breaks Huge New Record Of £4 Billion

The ERA (Entertainment Retail Association) broke the news that the United Kingdom's gaming market has exceeded four billion pounds for the first time ever.

The figure comes as part of a larger one encompassing all entertainment revenues in Britain; revenues increased by 16.8% to £9.05 billion.

According to the ERA, it was the imposed COVID-19 lockdowns that pushed sales to record heights, with digital sales generating the biggest revenue of all.
The digital market grew by 16.3% to £3.6 billion in 2020, while physical copy sales grew 4.6% to £598.5 million.

Here is the list of the best selling games and units sold:

Chart Position	Title	Total Unit Sales
1	FIFA 21	2,182,694
2	Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	1,420,353
3	Grand Theft Auto V	1,127,222
4	FIFA 20	903,810
5	Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare	897,350
6	Animal Crossing: New Horizons*	810,462
7	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	665,815
8	The Last Of Us Part II	539,247
9	NBA 2K20	481,507
10	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	436,957

Source: GSD Data provided by ISFE.  Digital sales weeks 1-52 2020.

It should be noted that the Animal Crossing: New Horizons digital sales were not included in the list, which may mean it would be ordinarily higher up.

Linden Garcia,
Editor, NoobFeed