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January 7th, 2009 @ 10:38
ELSPA data shows that UK consumers spent £4.03 billion on videogame products in 2008 with Nintendo’s Wii system accounting for almost a quarter of all software sold.
Wii sold over 20 million games last year which is an increase of 112 percent over 2007.
Software sales as a whole were up 23% over last year, rising to a total of £1.9 billion, whereas consoles accounted for £1.422 billion.
Xbox 360 software saw 51 per cent sales increase, while PlayStation 3 software jumped 145 per cent, with 10.4 million games sold.
“Videogaming is increasingly bringing families together with the introduction of so many outstanding family-based console titles,” said Michael Rawlinson, MD of ELSPA.
“These have really opened up the market to those who may never have even considered playing a videogame before.”
More over at BBC.
By Mike Bowden
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I got these maps free and I’ve not bothered.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Awaits “PS3 Winning the UK market” press release.