PS5 lifetime sales are now almost twice that of the combined Xbox Series X and Series S sales figure in the UK, according to a new report.
According to a market statistics shared in a report from the Digital Entertainment and Research Association (via), PS5 lifetime sales in the UK have reached 4,600,000 units, which is nearly double that of Xbox Series consoles’ combined lifetime sales figure of 2,570,000 units in the country. Sony Interactive Entertainment’s current-gen console is a mere 514,000 units shy of reaching the doubled figure.
Furthermore, the report also revealed that PS4 has reached lifetime sales of 7,723,000 units in the UK, surpassing the Nintendo Switch’s lifetime sales of 7,250,000 units in the UK.
As per the report, the UK digital games market of 4,292.8 million Pounds is segmented by mobile platforms taking the largest share of 37%, console DLC taking 20%, console full game sales taking 15%, console subscriptions taking 13%, MMO game subscriptions and microtransactions taking 9%, PC download-to-own titles taking 5%, and social gaming taking 1%, and, lastly, PC casual/PC pay-to-play having next to no contribution.
Meanwhile, the UK physical games market of 322.1 million Pounds is also led by PS5 at 41%, closely followed by Nintendo Switch at 40%, PS4 at 9%, Xbox Series consoles at 7%, PC at 2%, and Xbox One at 1%.
Going by the above statistics, PlayStation is the leading player in the UK games market, followed by Nintendo, and then Xbox, with PC playing an insignificant role.
The UK’s combined list of physical and digital top-selling titles of 2024 is led by EA Sports FC 25 at #1, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 at #2, Hogwarts Legacy at #3, EA Sports FC 24 at #4, GTA V at #5, Helldivers 2 at #6, Red Dead Redemption 2 at #7, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 at #8, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 at # 9, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege at #10.
In related news, Take-Two Interactive revealed during a recent investor presentation that the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles have amassed combined sales of more than 94 million units, based on worldwide estimates as of November, 2024. Based on these estimates, the PS5 has outpaced the Xbox Series consoles by more than a 2 to 1 ratio, and the gap is gradually widening towards a 3 to 1 ratio.
