Through the month of Could 2022, greater than 1.6 million video video games, 100 000 recreation consoles, and 460 000 equipment had been bought within the UK.
Could was a tricky month for the online game market. General gross sales in Could had been down by 22%, attributable to a scarcity of recent main online game releases in comparison with final 12 months, when Resident Evil: Village was launched. In accordance with the GSD information, 1.63 million video games, each digital and bodily, had been bought in Could 2022.
Online game gross sales have declined by 32% in comparison with April 2022, which noticed the profitable launch of the most recent LEGO title, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The newest Warner Bros title remains to be at No.1 on the charts in Could even after its month-to-month gross sales have seen a decline of 87%.
Whereas Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was No.1 in complete gross sales, it’s value noting that Nintendo Change Sports activities was No.1 when it comes to bodily gross sales, whereas FIFA 22 was No.1 in the case of digital downloads.
Sniper Elite 5 was the one new recreation to seem on the charts, touchdown at No.12, nevertheless, this information solely accounts for bodily gross sales.
Console gross sales had been additionally declining, seeing a 38.3% decline. That is because of the nonetheless ongoing inventory shortages of the most recent PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S consoles. It’s value noting that Nintendo Change gross sales are additionally in decline, though the console remains to be promoting fairly properly in comparison with the pre-pandemic interval.
Nevertheless, console shares appear to be enhancing, particularly for PlayStation 5 which was in third place when it comes to gross sales from January to March 2022, however its gross sales have risen fairly considerably within the final couple of months with its month-to-month gross sales for Could being up 10% in comparison with April.
The newest Xbox console’s month-to-month gross sales are additionally on the rise with a 58% enhance in comparison with April because of the Sequence X selection. Nintendo Change month-to-month gross sales have seen a 3% decline in comparison with April.
In complete, console gross sales in Could elevated by 16% to 106 000 models bought in response to GfK information.
Through the month, 465 000 equipment had been bought within the UK in response to the GfK information. This represents a ten% decline in comparison with April 2022 and a 24.4% decline in comparison with Could 2021.
PlayStation 5’s White DualSense controller was the best-selling accent which was adopted by the wired Xbox controller at No.2. The Midnight black variant of the PS5 controller got here in at No.3 and the Cosmic Pink controller got here in at No.4.
Nintendo Change Leg Strap made an enormous leap on the charts to No.13 because of the current launch of Nintendo Change Sports activities.
Beneath are the highest twenty best-selling video video games within the UK in Could 2022:
1. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
2. FIFA 22
3. Nintendo Change Sports activities*
4. Grand Theft Auto 5
5. Elden Ring
6. Pink Useless Redemption 2
7. Horizon Forbidden West
8. NBA 2K22
9. WWE 2K22
10. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
11. Star Wars Battlefront 2
12. Sniper Elite 5*
13. Gran Turismo 7
14. Murderer’s Creed Valhalla
15. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
16. Sonic Mania
17. Pokémon Legends: Arceus*
18. Name of Obligation: Vanguard
19. Sonic Forces
20. The Sims 4
