The UK games market’s weekly value has fallen to its lowest point since May 2006, according to Gfk Chart-Track.
According to MCV’s calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/UKIE weekly report, the UK market has hit £11.8 million for the week ending September 11th, down from £14.2 million the week before. The weekly value hasn’t topped £20 million since the launch of Red Dead Redemption in May.
The number of games sold was just 624,806, down 14 per cent compared to the week before.
It has been a tough year for the UK games industry. Weekly sales compiled by Chart-Track shows that the market is trending well below what was achieved in 2009.
And this summer retailers HMV, Argos and Toys R Us have all blamed games for a slump in sales.
Fortunately the fall in sales will be arrested this week with the eagerly awaited release of Halo: Reach and PlayStation Move.
The market data does not factor in pre-owned or digital sales.
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