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2020: ~3,160,000 units (up 29.4% YoY)
Switch #1 >1,500,000 units (up 52.4% YoY)
Ps5 #2 >450,000 units
Ps4 #3 ~450,000 units (down 35.3% YoY)
Xbox Series #4 >310,000 units
Xbox One #5 <300,000 units (down 42.3% YoY)
PS5 and Xbox Series sold 800,000 consoles in the UK last year | GamesIndustry.biz
GI21_Whitepaper.pdf | DocDroid
2021
January: >150,000 units
Xbox Series #1
Switch #2 (up 21% YoY)
Ps5 #3 narrowly behind #2
Xbox Series S/X was the No.1 console of January | UK Monthly GfK Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
February: >200,000 units | 373,426 cumulative (up 184.4% YoY)
Ps5 #1
Switch #2 (up 81%YTD)
Xbox Series #3
PS5 and Switch sales spike in February | UK Monthly Boxed Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
March: 217,268 units (down 7.6% YoY)
Ps5 #1 sold more than December 2020
Xbox Series #2
Switch #3 (up 13.6% YTD)
PlayStation 5 enjoys second biggest month so far | UK Monthly Boxed Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
April: >90,000 units (down 59% YoY)
Switch #1 leading Ps5 YTD neck-and-neck
Xbox Series #2
Ps5 #4
Nintendo Switch comes out top in April as PS5 stock slows | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
May: <200,000 units (up 17% YoY)
Ps5 #1 now ahead Switch YTD comfortably
Xbox Series #2 (up MoM)
Switch #3 narrowly behind #2 (down MoM few 100 units | down YTD)
PS5 and Resident Evil Village dominate May | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
3 last weeks of May + the 1 "missing" week start of June is ~172,500 units
June: >183,000 units (up 6% MoM)
Ps5 #1 (down MoM)
Xbox Series #2 (up MoM)
Switch #3 (up MoM)
Xbox Series S/X and Nintendo Switch sales improve in June | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
July: 146,000 units (down 21% MoM)
Ps5 #1 (flat MoM)
Switch #2 (slightly down MoM)
Xbox Series #3 stock war hard to come by
Zelda, F1 and PS5 can't prevent July sales slump | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
August: >151,500 units
Ps5 #1
Switch #2 (slightly down MoM)
Xbox Series #3
PS5 hits 1m UK sales in record time | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
September: <220,000 units
Ps5 #1
Xbox Series #2
Switch #3 (up MoM)
FIFA 22 UK sales were 77% digital | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
October: 228,632 units
Switch #1
Ps5 #2
Xbox Series #3
Nintendo Switch back at No.1 after OLED launch | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
YTD: >1,830,000 units (up YoY)
Ps5 #1
Switch #2 (down YoY)
Xbox Series #3
notable YTD events
April/May: Series S becomes readily available at retailers in the UK
May: PS5 overtook Switch as the leading console
August 14th: PS5 reached 1m units sold LTD (>550k YTD)
October 30th: Xbox Series X|S outsold Wii U lifetime sales (>590k YTD)
disclaimer:
GFK is tracking point of sale data of every major retailer in the UK except for Currys. They cover 85% of the market.
3 weeks (week 9, 22 and 35) are missing from those monthly numbers and they could change the rankings because Xbox Series X and PS5 are sold in batches and not on a steady baseline like Switch.
Series S was readily available since end of April / early May, so only the Week in March could've made a bigger impact.
NPD cadence is for example 4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4 weeks to get to the full 52 weeks every year.
Switch #1 >1,500,000 units (up 52.4% YoY)
Ps5 #2 >450,000 units
Ps4 #3 ~450,000 units (down 35.3% YoY)
Xbox Series #4 >310,000 units
Xbox One #5 <300,000 units (down 42.3% YoY)
PS5 and Xbox Series sold 800,000 consoles in the UK last year | GamesIndustry.biz
GI21_Whitepaper.pdf | DocDroid
2021
January: >150,000 units
Xbox Series #1
Switch #2 (up 21% YoY)
Ps5 #3 narrowly behind #2
Xbox Series S/X was the No.1 console of January | UK Monthly GfK Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
February: >200,000 units | 373,426 cumulative (up 184.4% YoY)
Ps5 #1
Switch #2 (up 81%YTD)
Xbox Series #3
PS5 and Switch sales spike in February | UK Monthly Boxed Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
March: 217,268 units (down 7.6% YoY)
Ps5 #1 sold more than December 2020
Xbox Series #2
Switch #3 (up 13.6% YTD)
PlayStation 5 enjoys second biggest month so far | UK Monthly Boxed Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
April: >90,000 units (down 59% YoY)
Switch #1 leading Ps5 YTD neck-and-neck
Xbox Series #2
Ps5 #4
Nintendo Switch comes out top in April as PS5 stock slows | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
May: <200,000 units (up 17% YoY)
Ps5 #1 now ahead Switch YTD comfortably
Xbox Series #2 (up MoM)
Switch #3 narrowly behind #2 (down MoM few 100 units | down YTD)
PS5 and Resident Evil Village dominate May | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
3 last weeks of May + the 1 "missing" week start of June is ~172,500 units
June: >183,000 units (up 6% MoM)
Ps5 #1 (down MoM)
Xbox Series #2 (up MoM)
Switch #3 (up MoM)
Xbox Series S/X and Nintendo Switch sales improve in June | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
July: 146,000 units (down 21% MoM)
Ps5 #1 (flat MoM)
Switch #2 (slightly down MoM)
Xbox Series #3 stock war hard to come by
Zelda, F1 and PS5 can't prevent July sales slump | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
August: >151,500 units
Ps5 #1
Switch #2 (slightly down MoM)
Xbox Series #3
PS5 hits 1m UK sales in record time | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
September: <220,000 units
Ps5 #1
Xbox Series #2
Switch #3 (up MoM)
FIFA 22 UK sales were 77% digital | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
October: 228,632 units
Switch #1
Ps5 #2
Xbox Series #3
Nintendo Switch back at No.1 after OLED launch | UK Monthly Charts | GamesIndustry.biz
YTD: >1,830,000 units (up YoY)
Ps5 #1
Switch #2 (down YoY)
Xbox Series #3
notable YTD events
April/May: Series S becomes readily available at retailers in the UK
May: PS5 overtook Switch as the leading console
August 14th: PS5 reached 1m units sold LTD (>550k YTD)
October 30th: Xbox Series X|S outsold Wii U lifetime sales (>590k YTD)
disclaimer:
GFK is tracking point of sale data of every major retailer in the UK except for Currys. They cover 85% of the market.
3 weeks (week 9, 22 and 35) are missing from those monthly numbers and they could change the rankings because Xbox Series X and PS5 are sold in batches and not on a steady baseline like Switch.
Series S was readily available since end of April / early May, so only the Week in March could've made a bigger impact.
NPD cadence is for example 4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4 weeks to get to the full 52 weeks every year.
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