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Legend11 on 30 January 2008

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UK GAMES MARKET 2007

The definitive report
By Neil Long
January 10

MCV present the full facts and figures from the last twelve months in the UK games market, courtesy of our trade partnership with ELSPA and ChartTrack...

Total software units:
£75.9m (Up 16 per cent on 2006)

Total sofware value:
£1.72billion (Up 25 per cent on 2006)

Total console software (units):
58.2 million (Up 26 per cent on 2006)

Total console software (value):
£1.41bn (Up 34 per cent on 2006)

Console handheld (units):
21.4m (Up 45 per cent on 2006)

Console handheld (value):
£434m (Up 28 per cent on 2006)

BEST-SELLING GAMES ALL FORMATS 2007:

1. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
2. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. More Brain Traning (Nintendo)
6. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
7. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
8. Wii Play (Nintendo)
9. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)
10. WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 (THQ)

SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS’ MARKET SHARE IN VALUE:

1. Electronic Arts: 17.4 per cent
2. Nintendo: 12.9 3 per cent
3. Microsoft: 9.1 per cent
4. Ubisoft: 8.2 per cent
5. Activision: 7.3 per cent
6. THQ: 5.8 per cent
7. Sega: 5.3 per cent
8. Sony: 5.0 per cent
9. Symantec: 3.2
10. Take 2: 3.1 per cent

SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS’ MARKET SHARE IN UNITS:

1. Electronic Arts: 15.8 per cent
2. Nintendo: 12.3 per cent
3. Ubisoft: 8.6 per cent
4. THQ: 6.7 per cent
5. Activision: 6.2 per cent
6. Sega: 5.2 per cent
7. Microsoft: 5.0 per cent
8. Sony: 4.8 per cent
9. Take 2: 3.8 per cent
10. Eidos: 2.7 per cent
Note: Microsoft software calculations include non-games PC software.

FORMAT MARKET SHARE BY VALUE

Xbox 360: 18.6 per cent
Nintendo DS: 18.2 per cent
PC: 17.9 per cent
PlayStation 2: 15.3 per cent
Wii: 13.2 per cent
PSP: 6.4 per cent
PS3: 9.1 per cent
GBA: 0.6 per cent

FORMAT MARKET SHARE BY UNITS

PC: 23.3 per cent
Nintendo DS: 19.7 per cent
PlayStation 2: 18.7 per cent
Xbox 360: 12.9 per cent
Wii: 10.4 per cent
PSP: 7.4 per cent
PS3: 5.6 per cent
GBA: 1.1 per cent


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Press_the_Button on 30 January 2008

Ohh, look at the PC - beats all comers when you look at market share by units sold and in 3rd place when you look at it by value. Now, where are all those that claim the PC is a dying platform??



I am largely platform agnostic. I fail to understand why some people get overly fanboyish about what is an inanimate piece of electronics that's obsolete even before it's launched, when there are far more important things to champion, such as preventing environmental destruction or preventing millions of people dying unnecessarily from illnesses. This fact however, doesn’t mean I am not someone who doesn’t enjoy gaming as a pastime (as I have done for the last 20 years) or doesn’t have a strong interest in how the market is evolving – hence my presence on this site.

Platforms owned – PC, DS, X-Box 360, PS3, PSP and Wii.

superchunk on 30 January 2008

wow. some nice details there. Can't wait to see this next year for compare/contrast.



iconeternal on 30 January 2008

Great growth again. Does anybody know how this compares to the other major territories?



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shio on 30 January 2008

PC beats all platforms... not bad.



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DSLover on 30 January 2008

Great growth. I'm happy to see the DS taking second in market share by both value and units. Be interesting to see if this continues in 2008. Nintendo doing really well in software although wii's market share seems low considering its sales.