Half of the game sold in the UK in 2017 was a work of PlayStation 4

byHarpal Singh

A surprising data from the research company is raised that one in two of the package version games sold in the UK in 2017 was a PS 4 game.

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A non-profit organization supporting the UK game industryUkie, Market research company'sGFK Chart-TrackAccording to data gathered, it turned out that PS4 games accounted for 50.2% of the sales of packaged games sold in the UK in 2017.

According to Ukie, 2017 seems to be the first time in the UK that one platform occupies more than half of sales of the entire game market. The platform that accounted for the largest sales in the UK game market was PlayStation (47.9%) in 1998, and it seems that PS4 was to update its record in about 20 years.

byNikita Kachanovsky

It is noteworthy that PS 4 had more than one exclusive title. The most notable in the UK appeared in PS 4 "Crash · Bandicoot 3 Bottoms!"After the release, we recorded seventh place in the weekly sales ranking of packaged version games. Also, as a remake version of "FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGEIt seems to be getting popular, and these PS 4 exclusive titles pull the sales of PS 4 title in the UK saying.

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As other titles, "Persona 5"Or"Wipeout Omega Collection","UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy Game","Gran Turismo SPORT"The software for PS4 also recorded the 1st place in the weekly sales ranking, and the game for PS4 in 2017 game sales rankings won the first place over 15 weeks.

In addition, the platform that had the largest sales after PS 4 is Xbox One, accounting for 31.6% of the total. However, since this data is "Ranking of packaged version game sales", sales of downloaded version games are not included.

Nintendo Switch which appeared in March 2017 and sold 10 million units as early as mid December. When releasedA strong start to record the highest sales volume ever in EuropeAlthough it was reported that cutting PS4 popularity is prominent in the UK.

Over 10 million players worldwide have discovered#NintendoSwitch. Have not gotten yours yet? Head to@ GameStop,@ Target,@ Walmart, or@ ToysRUstoday!pic.twitter.com/T9fy8ckUpa

- Nintendo of America (@ NintendoAmerica)December 13, 2017