In 2018, the Russian console market showed strong growth. The best dynamics were shown not by modern devices, but by retro consoles. This was reported in “M.Video-Eldorado”.

In the first nine months, console sales in Russia reached 6.8 billion rubles. According to the forecasts of retailers “M.Video” and “Eldorado”, by the end of the year the turnover of this market will exceed 12 billion rubles.

In January-March of this year, video games worth ₽1 billion were sold in the Russian retail. Sales of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo consoles for the same period amounted to 2.4 billion rubles. This is reported by the Russian retailer “M.Video” together with the M.GAME project and the Eldorado company.

Sony has reported financial results for 2017. The company reported that 19 million PlayStation 4 consoles were sold last year. Since the release of the latest generation of PlayStation in 2013, Sony has sold more than 76 million PS4s worldwide.

Sony Corporation has reported on the results of the work of the gaming division of Sony’s Game&Network Services for the 3rd fiscal quarter of 2017. Over the past three months, the company has delivered fewer consoles, but compensated for this with a significant increase in game sales.