UK video game sales now 80% digital

80 per cent of UK video game sales are now digital, new figures have revealed.

The Entertainment Retailers Association said of the £3.86bn generated by video game sales in the UK in 2018, £3.09bn was from downloaded games, and £770m was from physical sales.

That download revenue figure is up 12.5 per cent year-on-year, while the physical revenue figure is down 2.8 per cent. Overall, the total game sales revenue figure is up 9.1 per cent year on year.

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