In the UK market, sales of PS5 and Xbox Series games and systems went up in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year.
This is according to a story from GamesIndustry, which said that data from GSD and GfK shows that Q1 2023 UK game sales (including both physical and digital copies) went up 1% from the same time last year, while console sales went up almost 25%.
Most of the rise in toy sales was due to Hogwarts Legacy, which was the fastest-selling game in the UK since Red Dead Redemption 2 (besides FIFA and Call of Duty) and has already sold more than Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and The Elden Ring.
ias: The story said that because of how well Hogwarts did, Q1 2023 game sales could still be higher than Q1 2022 sales, even though more popular games like Elden Ring, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and Horizon: Forbidden West came out in the first quarter of 2022.
Compared to the same time last year, console sales grew by 24.2%, mostly because the PS5 was more widely available.
During the first three months of 2022, the PlayStation 5 was hard to find in stores. Now, you can find the Sony console in most stores that sell game platforms.
During the first three months of the year, PS5 sales went up by more than 180 percent, according to the statistics. In comparison, the Nintendo Switch dropped by more than 25%, while the Xbox Series systems dropped by 18%.
Also, sales data for March was shared, which showed that Resident Evil 4 remake was the best-selling game in March. GI.biz found that PlayStation sold 65% of Resident Evil 4, while Xbox sold 20% and the PC sold 15%.