We get a chart of top selling games in UK end of last year, It’s no doubt that FIFA 15 is the top one, as you can see. We can also know the top Publishers and Platforms. We can get a lot of messages about UK video game industry from the chart.
Overall it was something of a mixed bag as software unit sales dropped 13% year-on-year (partially off-set by higher average prices that saw revenue fall only 7%), while great sales of new-gen hardware saw unit sales rise 21% and revenue 48%. Overall in terms of units (software+accessories+hardware) sales dropped 6%, while revenue increased by 12%. DualShock 4 was the most sold accessory in 2014 followed by the Xbox One controller.
Top selling games in the UK (2014):
1. FIFA 15 / EA Sports
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare / Activision
3. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
4. Destiny / Activision
5. Watch Dogs / Ubisoft
6. Minecraft: Xbox Edition / Microsoft
7. FIFA 14 / EA Sports
8. Far Cry 4 / Ubisoft
9. Call of Duty: Ghosts / Activision
10. Assassin’s Creed: Unity / Ubisoft
11. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition / Sony
12. Titanfall / EA Games
13. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag / Ubisoft
14. The Lego Movie Videogame / Warner Bros.
15. Battlefield 4 / EA Games
16. Lego Marvel Super Heroes / Warner Bros.
17. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor / Warner Bros.
18. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham / Warner Bros.
19. Driveclub / Sony
20. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare / EA Games
Top Publishers (revenue share):
1. EA (23.2%)
2. Activision Blizzard (16.8%)
3. Ubisoft (13.9%)
4. Take-Two (8.1%)
5. Nintendo (7.3%)
6. Warner Bros. (6.3%)
7. Sony (5.9%)
8. Microsoft (5.5%)
9. Square Enix (2.3%)
10. Bethesda (2.2%)
Top Platforms (software revenue share):
1. PS4 (29.1%)
2. Xbox One (24.1%)
3. Xbox 360 (20.3%)
4. PS3 (12.3%)
5. Nintendo 3DS (5.5%)
6. PC (3.1%)
7. Wii U (3.0%)
8. Wii (1.2%)
9. PS Vita (0.9%)
10. DS (0.6%)