PlayStation 5 enjoys best ever holiday period, reaching 75 million shipments
PS5 shipments are now neck-and-neck with PS4
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Microsoft was the No.1 games publisher in the world last month
Nearly $0.5bn was spent on Xbox games across Steam, PlayStation and Xbox in December
US physical game spend ‘has halved since 2021’
Boxed game spend is down more than 85% since its peak in 2008, according to Circana data
European PC and console game sales rose 1% in 2024
Sales of PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch dropped 21% in Europe last year
Nintendo has now trumped Sony for 20 years in Japan
Switch comfortably took the majority of Japan's best-selling games in 2024
Physical video game sales collapsed in the UK last year
UK digital game revenue also fell slightly in a tough year for the industry
Dragon Age Veilguard and Silent Hill 2 launch sales ‘relatively slow’ in Europe
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 sales are off to a fast start in Europe
PS5 hits 65m as Sony says to expect ‘mix of single-player and service games’
Sony’s games business forecasts record profit, partly due to third-party games
EA Sports FC 25 tops UK chart in strong month for new releases
Space Marine 2, Astro Bot, NBA 2K25 and Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom also debuted last month
GTA 5 tops European sales chart in August ahead of Star Wars Outlaws
Sony’s Concord charted at No.347