Delusibeta
Banned
MCV has the numbers, and there's loads to shift through. All stats from GfK ChartTrack.
The summary is as follows:
Hardware
2.9 million dedicated consoles were sold (4% increase in unit sales over 2012, 38% increase in revenue, no prizes for guessing why)
530,000 PS4s sold
364,000 Xbones.
3DS king of all consoles this year, as with the US.
Software
(Note: this is strictly games on discs, digital games are excluded)
34.5 million video games sold on discs (down 13% from 2012, revenue down 4%)
Average game price on disc: £29.42 (up approximately £3 over last year, thanks to the budget market shrinking and next gen prompting a price increase)
King of all games this year is GTA V, selling 3.67 million units
Second place is FIFA 14, selling 2.65 million.
In terms of software revenue, 360 is top, followed by PS3, 3DS, PS4, Xbone and the remnants of the retail PC market.
In terms of software units, 360 wins, followed by PS3, then PC, 3DS, Wii, PS4, the vanilla DS and then the Xbone.
"Exclusive" of the year: Minecraft 360 Edition (#9, but still damn impressive for a disc version of a digital game)
Exclusive of the year: The Last of Us (#10)
Console exclusives in the top 100:
Killzone Shadow Fall (#17),
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (#21)
Pokemon X (#27),
Pokemon Y (#29),
Halo 4 (#31)
Luigi's Mansion 2 (#34)
Gears Judgement (#35)
GT6 (#42)
Forza 5 (#43)
God of War: Ascension (#49)
Mario Kart 7 (#52)
Forza Horizon (#55)
New Super Mario Bros 2 (#62)
GT5 Academy Edition (#71)
Ryse (#79)
Knack (#82)
Forza 4 (#84)
Super Mario 3D Land (#93)
New Super Mario Bros U (#94)
Super Mario 3D World (#97)
(do note that bundled games are included, hence Forza 5, Killzone SF and to a lesser extent GT6's high rankings)
Further stats, including the top 100 best selling games across all formats, top tens for each individual formats and more are in the article.
The summary is as follows:
Hardware
2.9 million dedicated consoles were sold (4% increase in unit sales over 2012, 38% increase in revenue, no prizes for guessing why)
530,000 PS4s sold
364,000 Xbones.
3DS king of all consoles this year, as with the US.
Software
(Note: this is strictly games on discs, digital games are excluded)
34.5 million video games sold on discs (down 13% from 2012, revenue down 4%)
Average game price on disc: £29.42 (up approximately £3 over last year, thanks to the budget market shrinking and next gen prompting a price increase)
King of all games this year is GTA V, selling 3.67 million units
Second place is FIFA 14, selling 2.65 million.
In terms of software revenue, 360 is top, followed by PS3, 3DS, PS4, Xbone and the remnants of the retail PC market.
In terms of software units, 360 wins, followed by PS3, then PC, 3DS, Wii, PS4, the vanilla DS and then the Xbone.
"Exclusive" of the year: Minecraft 360 Edition (#9, but still damn impressive for a disc version of a digital game)
Exclusive of the year: The Last of Us (#10)
Console exclusives in the top 100:
Killzone Shadow Fall (#17),
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (#21)
Pokemon X (#27),
Pokemon Y (#29),
Halo 4 (#31)
Luigi's Mansion 2 (#34)
Gears Judgement (#35)
GT6 (#42)
Forza 5 (#43)
God of War: Ascension (#49)
Mario Kart 7 (#52)
Forza Horizon (#55)
New Super Mario Bros 2 (#62)
GT5 Academy Edition (#71)
Ryse (#79)
Knack (#82)
Forza 4 (#84)
Super Mario 3D Land (#93)
New Super Mario Bros U (#94)
Super Mario 3D World (#97)
(do note that bundled games are included, hence Forza 5, Killzone SF and to a lesser extent GT6's high rankings)
Further stats, including the top 100 best selling games across all formats, top tens for each individual formats and more are in the article.