UK Video Games Market Nets $9.2B In 2021, But Games Sales Fall

The UK video games market hit a new record of $9.2 billion last year as the pandemic continued to fuel an unprecedented boom in home entertainment, with gamers rushing to stock up on new consoles and virtual reality kit even as overall sales of games fell. The amount spent by gaming fans – on everything from new consoles, software and mobile games, to themed events, toys and magazines – rose 1.9% year-on-year beating expectations that the market would slide following the gaming gold rush at the height of the pandemic in 2020. The overall market rose despite a 6.3% drop in video game sales.

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