Unit sales of games for Switch in Russia for the first time exceeded the figure for Xbox One. But the leadership in the local retail market remains for PS4 games.
About this company “M.Video-Eldorado” reported in the report for the second quarter of 2019. During this period, Russians bought 400 thousand games in physical retail for a total of 850 million rubles ($ 12.9 million). Separate statistics on the PC and console segments are below.
Mortal Kombat 11Console games
- Now games for PS4 occupy 70% of the Russian physical retail market. The most popular among them in the second quarter was Mortal Kombat 11, released in April. The retailer did not provide accurate information about unit and cash sales of games for PS4.
- Switch consoles also have something to brag about. In units, sales of Switch games increased by 85% year-on-year. In money, the growth was 70%. Also, for the first time, Nintendo has sold more copies of games for its platform in Russia than Microsoft has for Xbox.
- Xbox games are also showing growth: by 15% both in pieces and in money. The best-selling title for this console turned out to be FIFA 19.
- Physical sales of console games demonstrate positive dynamics (to what extent is not specified). The driver here are games for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, especially exclusives and collector’s editions.
- Sales of digital content (digital codes) for console games have risen by 70% in pieces and almost doubled in money.
Dishonored 2Desktop games
- Physical copies of PC games are selling worse in Russia. Players bought 20% fewer copies in pieces and 50% less in money compared to the second quarter of last year.
- But digital content for desktop games (again, we are talking about codes that are sold in retail), as in the case of console games, shows a positive result. Unit sales increased 2.5 times, cash sales increased by 25%.
- Number one in PC sales for the second quarter is Dishonored 2.
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