Just over 90,000 games consoles were sold in the UK for the four weeks ending May 1st, 2021, according to GfK Entertainment.
It s a sharp drop of 59% over the same period in 2020. Of course, April 2020 was the first full month of the original lockdown in the UK, and that had an immediate effect on sales of games, consoles and accessories.
In April 2020, games consoles sales spiked 230% in units (and 192% in revenue) compared with the year before due to the lockdown. Therefore, the drop of 59% last month isn t as severe as it may seem.
Nintendo Switch was comfortably the best-selling console of April 2021, unseating PS5. There was a significant drop in PS5 console stock last month, and in fact PS4 was April s best-selling PlayStation machine.
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