UK video games sale charts for February 2024

February is nearly all the time a notoriously gradual month for gaming. This previous February was little exception because the UK noticed a lower of round 5.5% from the earlier yr when it comes to gross sales, for a complete of two.77 million models offered all through the nation.

Nevertheless, this February’s lower in gross sales isn’t as unhealthy because it sounds when you think about the truth that final February noticed the sensationally profitable launch of Hogwarts Legacy, which went on to change into the best-selling online game title of final yr.

With that mentioned, there is just one actual motive why the distinction in gross sales between the 2 Februarys isn’t a lot wider, and that motive is Helldivers 2. The squad-based third-person shooter was far and away the top-selling sport this February.

The PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Home windows platformed title has loved important acclaim since its launch on February 8 and has even completed the uncommon achievement in gaming of its gross sales growing within the weeks following its preliminary launch.

In response to the Recreation Gross sales Knowledge (GSD), gross sales of Helldivers 2 rose by near 115% in its second week of launch and elevated once more by simply over 20% by the top of its third week on sale. The sport has loved large success throughout each the PS5 and PC platforms, with the PlayStation producing near 60% of the general gross sales and the PC making up the remaining.

Not solely is that this an unimaginable achievement for a non-established IP, however it’s much more spectacular when put next with the remainder of the month’s new releases. Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and Cranium and Bones have been the opposite ‘huge’ releases this previous February.

Suicide Squad ended the month within the No.4 place, with gross sales performances being decrease than Warner Bros. had hoped for. By the top of its first month on sale, the sport was round 20% decrease than that of gross sales on each Gotham Knights and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Cranium and Bones additionally disenchanted and needed to accept the No.8 spot. In its first two weeks of gross sales, the action-adventure pirate title offered round 75% fewer copies than Sea of Thieves – the final huge pirate-themed sport launched again in 2018.

Another new releases to enter the charts this February have been Persona 3 Reload at No.10, Mario vs Donkey Kong at No.16, and the brand new survival sport Pacific Drift at No.18. One other sport that loved substantial and considerably unsuspected success in February was the monster-taming title, Palworld. Nevertheless, as the sport’s builders aren’t on the GSD’s monitoring system, gross sales numbers for the sport haven’t been recorded.

On the {hardware} facet of issues for February, the UK noticed roughly 95,855 gaming consoles offered all through the nation. It is a lower of round 13% in contrast with the earlier month and virtually 35% in comparison with the earlier February.

The PlayStation 5 continues to be the top-selling platform by a large diploma, nonetheless, gross sales on the console are down by 2% in comparison with final month and virtually 30% in comparison with final February. The Nintendo Swap took the No.2 spot, whereas the Xbox Sequence X/S needed to accept third place.

All three console platforms have seen growing declines to this point this yr, with many trade specialists now predicting there to be some huge console-related information to be introduced in both late 2024 or early 2025.

With the Nintendo Swap now developing on seven years available on the market, many predict some information on the Nintendo Swap 2 to drop shortly, whereas over at Sony, the upcoming launch of the PS5 Professional has already been revealed. We researched a typical console life cycle a while in the past, and the seven-years’ time span is an benchmark.

When it got here to gaming accent gross sales this previous February, within the area of 610,000 add-on merchandise have been bought by UK avid gamers. Similar to console and sport gross sales, that is additionally a lower of simply over 10% in comparison with January however is definitely a rise of simply over 15% in contrast with February 2023.

The PS5 DualSense white controller continues to steer the market as soon as extra, with the Xbox Robotic White Wi-fi controller following shut behind. The final week of February additionally noticed a powerful launch for the Sony Pulse Elite Premium Headset. That’s just about all the things for the UK gaming chart information for February 2024. Keep tuned right here for all the newest gaming information as quickly because it drops.