The following is an overview of the games market in the United Kingdom in 2017. The market was valued at £5.11bn, which marks a 12.4% growth over 2016. This is composed of £3.56 billion for software and £1.43 billion for hardware. The retail market increased to £790 million and according to SuperData, the digital console market reached £1.6 billion. The mobile market reached £1.07 billion. Accessories and peripherals slightly declined to £296.1 million. [1]
Top 20[]
The following is the 20 best-selling retail games for 2017. This information comes from Entertainment Retailer's Association yearbook which combines data from the IPSOS's digital download project and the physical figures from retail tracker GfK. Note that digital sales data was not shared by Nintendo, Bethesda, or Bluehole, so PUBG is absent from the list while digital sales are not included for Nintendo or Bethesda games.[2]
| Rank | Name | Publisher | Sales | Digital sales included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 18 | Electronic Arts | 2,696,721 | Yes |
| 2 | Call of Duty: WWII | Activision | 2,442,416 | |
| 3 | Grand Theft Auto V | Take-Two Interactive | 1,080,022 | |
| 4 | Assassin's Creed Origins | Ubisoft | 679,965 | |
| 5 | Destiny 2 | Activison | 673,551 | |
| 6 | Star Wars Battlefront II | Electronic Arts | 658,814 | |
| 7 | Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy | Activision | 651,354 | |
| 8 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands | Ubisoft | 574,889 | |
| 9 | Gran Turismo Sport | Sony | 484,933 | |
| 10 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Sony | 456,374 | |
| 11 | FIFA 17 | Electronic Arts | 425,778 | |
| 12 | Forza Horizon 3 | Microsoft | 400,118 | |
| 13 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | Activision | 381,478 | |
| 14 | Resident Evil 7 | Capcom | 354,247 | |
| 15 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Nintendo | 341,531 | No |
| 16 | Super Mario Odyssey | Nintendo | 339,719 | |
| 17 | LEGO Worlds | Warner Bros. | 336,676 | Yes |
| 18 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Nintendo | 329,013 | No |
| 19 | Forza Motorsport 7 | Microsoft | 267,981 | Yes |
| 20 | Fallout 4 | Bethesda | 223,557 | No |