UK sales Split

[jason1637]

Kyuu said:

jason1637 said:

PC gaming isn't very popular in the Uk. Guaradians of the Galaxy wasn't even in the top 20 on PC https://eraltd.org/media/72514/2022-era-yearbook_interactive.pdf (page 37)

We don't know Forzas split but at launch Halo sold more physically due to the multiplayer be already free a month in advance.

If you want digital charts, last week’s data had Halo at No.3 rather than No.4. It actually sold mostly physical, which is unusual for an Xbox game, but I suspect unsurprising when you factor in free-to-play mode

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) December 20, 2021

PC gaming is pretty popular in the UK. Steam alone had around 40% digital marketshare last year; that's around 3% more than Playstation Store and 16% more than Microsoft/Xbox Store.

More recently, Elden Ring on PC had a 30% split week 1, edging out the Xbox version.

Guardians of the Galaxy's poor digital ratio is quite puzzling to me. I'm also a bit surprised about Minecraft's digital ratio, but that might have to do with Switch's playerbase being heavily physical biased.

I mean some games will do really well but if you look at the PC game sales versus the console sales from that report it doesn't seem like PC gaming is that large compared to like other countries.