UK Market Gaming Stats Revealed For 2015

The games industry is the same as any other market when it comes to analysing the performance of titles, consoles and revenue with the aim of finding trends in consumer preferences and company performance. GfK Entertainment has made a wide range of information available concerning the shape of the UK gaming scene in 2015 via trade paper MCV, the results are quite interesting and I have conveyed a snapshot below,

First up is the total revenue for 2015, as you can see below it shows there has been a slight decrease in all categories except that of gaming accessories, which have seen a rise in overall revenue.

• 2015 total revenue – £2,112,750,781   (2014: £2.3bn)
• Entertainment Software – £927,663,843 (2014: £948 Million)
• Console Hardware – £689,473,076 (2014: £915 Million)
• Gaming Accessories – £495,613,862 (2014: £431 Million)

Next up is the software market percentage share by console (units) stats, these convey a picture of the PS4 dominating the UK scene with a market share of 36.3%, Microsoft’s Xbox One is second while the ageing last gen Xbox 360 is third, not surprisingly, the PlayStation Vita does not fare as well.

1. PlayStation 4 – 36.3%
2. Microsoft Xbox One – 29.7%
3. Microsoft Xbox 360 – 12.5%
4. PlayStation 3 – 7.1%
5. Nintendo 3DS – 4.8%
6. PC – 3.6%
7. Nintendo Wii U – 3.5%
8. Nintendo Wii – 1.0%
9. Nintendo DS – 0.7%
10. PlayStation Vita – 0.7%
11. Others – 0.1%

Next is the software market share by console (Revenue). As you can see, the PlayStation 4 is again the winner with a substantial slice of 41.6%, second is again not surprisingly the Xbox One followed by the Xbox 360 in third.

1. PlayStation 4 – 41.6%
2. Microsoft Xbox One – 34.1%
3. Microsoft Xbox 360 – 9.0%
4. PlayStation 3 – 4.9%
5. Nintendo 3DS – 3.7%
6. Nintendo Wii U – 3.2%
7. PC – 2.3%
8. Nintendo Wii – 0.5%
9. PlayStation Vita – 0.4%
10. Nintendo DS – 0.2%
11. Others – 0.1%

Next up is the software market share by publisher (revenue) top 10, as you can see Electronic Arts (EA) is not far off having twice the market share from second place; Activision Blizzard.

1. Electronic Arts – 23.3%
2. Activision Blizzard – 14.0%
3. Warner Bros – 9.9%
4. Take – Two 7.4%
5. Bethesda – 7.1%
6. Ubisoft – 6.7%
7. Nintendo – 5.7%
8. Microsoft – 5.2%
9. Sony Computer Entertainment – 4.9%
10. Bandai Namco Entertainment – 3.5%

Next up is a combined look at the top-selling games for all formats within 2015, this shows that FIFA 16 is the number one selling title on the PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. This is what you would expect when you consider the release date of this title compared to that of say Fallout 4. It makes me chuckle to think that the highest selling game in terms of units for the PC is The Sims 4 followed by Football Manager 2016 and 2015.

Last up is the top 20 physical games of 2015 for all formats, the list is 50, but, I did not want to go on forever.

1.  FIFA 16 (EA)
   2.  Call Of Duty: Black Ops III (Activision Blizzard)
   3.  Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
   4.  Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)
   5.  Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
   6.  Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros.)
   7.  FIFA 15 (EA)
   8.  Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
   9.  Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft)
   10. Lego Jurassic World (Warner Bros.)
   11. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Bandai Namco)
   12. Battlefield Hardline (EA)
   13. Minecraft: Xbox 360 and Xbox One Edition (Microsoft)
   14. Minecraft: Story Mode (Telltale Games)
   15. Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)
   16. Minecraft: PlayStation 3, 4, and Vita Edition (Sony)
   17. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami)
   18. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (Sony)
   19. Dying Light (Warner Bros.)
   20. The Elder Scrolls Online (Bethesda)