Xbox Series S and X hits 1m UK sales in strong December | UK Monthly Charts
Christopher Dring
Head of Games B2B
Wednesday 12th January 2022
560,000 games consoles were sold in December in the UK, which generated just short of £200 million, GamesIndustry.biz can reveal.
According to GfK's panel data, it was another massive month for Nintendo Switch, which saw a 6% increase in console sales over November. November had already been a big month for Nintendo's machine due to significant Black Friday activity around a new Mario Kart 8: Deluxe bundle.
As a result, Switch was the No.1 console of December. Just behind Nintendo was the Xbox Series S and X consoles, which enjoyed a bumper 108% increase in sales month-on-month. In fact, it is the biggest month yet for Xbox Series X and S, even beating its launch month in November 2020. The increase was driven by a significant increase in stock of the X version of the console.
There have now been over one million Xbox Series consoles sold in the UK since its launch in November 2020, Gfk says.
It means PS5 slips to third position this month, but it was still a successful sales period for Sony's platform, which enjoyed a 28% increase in sales compared with November. It was the second biggest month for PS5, and the biggest outside of its launch month.
SONY TOP IN ACCESSORIES AND XBOX GROWS
Almost 2.1 million accessories (GfK panel data) were sold in December 2021, a rise of 77% over November, but a drop of almost 20% compared with December 2020. December 2020 benefited from the huge number of consoles that had been sold during November (Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series S and X) -- this is because there is typically a lag between hardware sales and add-on accessory sales.
Sony continues its dominance of the accessories charts, with the DualSense White (No.1) and the DualSense
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