
MCV presents the full facts and figures from the last twelve months in the UK games market, courtesy of our exclusive trade partnership with ELSPA and ChartTrack...
Total software units:
£75.9m (Up 16 per cent on 2006)
Total software 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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