According to a report from Games Industry, 48% of all physical video games sold in the UK in 2018 were for the PS4, although the figure was slightly down compared in 2017. 30.2% of the physical games were sold on Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch doubled it’s sales to 16.8%.
In terms of actual games, FIFA 19 was the best selling game of 2019, but the game sold less physical copies than previous years, as digital copies accounted for 25% of sales. Red Dead Redemption 2 was the second best selling title of 2018.
Platform Market Share – Units
| Position | Platform | Software Market share (Units) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayStation 4 | 48% |
| 2 | Microsoft Xbox One | 30.2% |
| 3 | Nintendo Switch | 16.8% |
| 4 | Nintendo 3DS | 3% |
| 5 | PC | 0.9% |
| 6 | Xbox 360 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Nintendo Wii | 0.3% |
| 8 | PlayStation 3 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Nintendo Wii U | 0.1% |
According to GI, it was a good year for PlayStation as a publisher. The success of God of War and Spider-Man, saw Sony claim 9.6% of the market as a games publisher. Spider-Man alone sold 676,621, making it the fourth best-selling physical game of the year, while God of War was at No.8 with 399,395 copies sold.
UKIE/GfK Top 20 best-selling games of 2018
| Ranking | Title | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 19 | 1,889,401 |
| 2 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1,757,212 |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | 1,172,855 |
| 4 | Spider-Man | 676,621 |
| 5 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe | 458,675 |
| 6 | Far Cry 5 | 434,133 |
| 7 | Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy | 430,551 |
| 8 | God of War | 399,395 |
| 9 | Forza Horizon 4 | 392,960 |
| 10 | FIFA 18 | 351,788 |
| 11 | Grand Theft Auto V | 339,805 |
| 12 | Spyro Reignited Trilogy | 333,725 |
| 13 | Battlefield V | 313,100 |
| 14 | Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | 305,937 |
| 15 | Super Smash Bros Ultimate | 284,155 |
| 16 | Super Mario Odyssey | 240,710 |
| 17 | Call of Duty: WWII | 230,576 |
| 18 | Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu | 227,767 |
| 19 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 226,125 |
| 20 | Fallout 76 | 218,534 |