New UK game sales data has revealed the best-selling titles of 2019, alongside the news that sports revenue has dropped in the region for the first time since 2012.
We'll take things out of the top ten. The football-loving nation has spoken too FIFA 20 occupies the top spot with sales of 1.5 million – though this is less FIFA 19sales of 1.9 million in the same frame last year. Call of Duty: Modern Wars and gained over a million sales.
With Nintendo, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Suddenly out, it's actually sold over 7000 more copies in the UK than it did in 2018. Pokémon sword he sits in seventh place, even though sales are mutually exclusive Pokémon Shield, the two games would have reached fifth place with sales of just under 430,000.
Great Theft Auto V remained the top 10 game of 2019 despite its launch in 2013.
| Position | A game | 2019 sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 20 | 1,502,191 |
| 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Wars | 1,192,211 |
| 3 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 465,062 |
| 4 | Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order | 438,465 |
| 5 | Red Redemption 2 | 306,392 |
| 6 | FIFA 19 | 278,417 |
| 7 | Pokémon sword | 273,991 |
| 8 | Race For The Most Effective Team | 267,285 |
| 9 | Grand Theft Auto V | 247,357 |
| 10 | Stage 2 by Tom Clancy | 237,226 |
As noted above, virtual sales are notable year after year. According to GfK, 17.6 million box-built games were sold by retailers – a 19.8% decrease from 2018 total. Digital sales are on the rise, but only, generating 1.1% more revenue than last year.
GamesIndustry notes that for the first time that the UK software market has seen a decline in revenue since 2012, although there is one obvious reason for this. 2012 saw PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 begin to fade with the promise of PS4 and Xbox One on the screen; 2019 is in a similar situation, with sales piling up under the PS5 and Xbox Series X launches scheduled to take place in 2020.
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