UK video game market value by sector 2023

In 2023, consumers in the United Kingdom spent 495 million British pounds on boxed software, up 5 percent from the previous year, in which consumers spent 489 million British pounds on boxed software. Digital console games accounted for the biggest share of the UK gaming market with 2.48 billion British pounds in annual consumer spending.

Value of the games industry market in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2023, by sector (in million GBP)

Characteristic	Pre-owned software	Boxed software	Digital PC	Digital console	Digital and online games	Digital console and PC	Mobile gaming	Console hardware	PC game hardware	Console game accessories	VR hardware	Toys & merchandising	Books & magazines	Film, TV & soundtracks	Events & venues	Streaming & gamine video content	Specialist PC gaming hardware
2023	-	495	684	2,480	-	-	1,520	951	673	402	194	207	14.1	124	10.3	62.8	-
2022	21.3	489	660	1,980	-	-	1,430	832	760	396	171	196	13.9	54.8	4.35	47.4	-
2021	33.8	511	620	1,650	-	-	1,460	1,130	881	464	183	159	11.8	3.98	1.04	49.8	-
2020	42.6	646	-	-	-	1,369	1,500	853	823	453	129	119.6	10.5	22.9	0.25	-	-
2019	55	603	-	-	-	1,982	1,213	488	469	331	100	94.2	13.9	29.5	8.8	-	-
2018	68	770	-	-	1,965	-	1,126	702	442	355	74.8	63.6	17.8	23.6	8.9	-	-
2017	101	790	-	-	1,600	-	1,070	659	376	296	101	72.9	18	17.6	8.4	-	-
2016	119	766.7	-	-	1,220	-	995.1	507.5	258	300.1	61.3	66.8	18.4	7.8	7.5	-	-
2015	123	904	-	-	-	1,224	664	689	-	360	-	62.3	16.3	6.9	62	-	138
2014	112.5	935	-	-	-	1,081	548	915	-	288	-	69	23	5.4	5.5	-	-
2013	96.4	998	-	-	-	981	452	626	-	276	-	80	13	6.9	2.8	-	-
2012	-	1,045	-	-	655	-	234	454	-	418	-	77	-	7.2	2.4	-	-
2011	-	1,420	-	-	520	-	158	646	-	453	-	60	-	7.5	2.2	-	-

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April 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2011 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Events spending is defined as "the price paid for tickets to games consumer shows."
Movies and soundtracks spending is defined as "soundtracks, adaptations and movie/ anime spin-offs."
Toys are defined as "spin-off kids toys based on video games brands."
Mobile gaming spending is defined as spending on "download-to-own apps and in-game purchases."
Accessories and points cards spending consists of spending on "hardware plus Skylanders and pre-paid cards."
Consoles spending consists of "spending on pure games machines."
Boxed software spending consists of "physical video games sales."
Pre-owned is defined as "used software."
Books and magazines is defined as "game guides, Minecraft books and consumer magazines."

Data for years prevous to 2019 were published earlier by MCV/UKIE. In some years, different categorizations were used than in later years. In 2016, the category "Specialist PC gaming hardware" was added. 2019 figures are revised as of 2020.

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