Now, courtesy of GfK and UKIE, we can reveal the 100 best-selling boxed games that were sold during 2017, and the most successful boxed video game publishers, too.ĮA Market Share Slips As Activision GrowsĮA accounted for more than 22% of all boxed games sold in 2016, but that fell to 17% in 2017. The result has helped the games retail marketplace, with UK retailer GAME reporting a more than 5% growth in sales at the end of last year (although that was also boosted by improved console sales). This was helped by a stronger Christmas period, with boxed game sales across November and December rising over 5% compared with the year before - driven by a stronger performance of Call of Duty. Last year, sales of boxed games in the UK stopped declining.Īlthough the number of physical games sold (23.8m) was 0.4% down over 2016, the revenue figure rose 2.1% to £792m.
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