Games
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom reached #1 on the chart even without the digital sales numbers which Nintendo is not sharing.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the largest launch in the series’ history in the UK. Overall game sales are now behind only Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild.
- Amid the success of a new Nintendo exclusive, game sales increased by 30% YoY to 2.17M copies.
- Hogwarts Legacy launched on past-gen consoles. In May, 53% of sales came from PS4 and 24% – from Xbox One.
Hardware
- 96k game consoles were sold in the UK in May. It’s 10% lower than in last year; and a 14% drop to April.
- Nintendo Switch, which sales increased by 28% YoY, took first place by sales from PlayStation 5.
- 35% of all Nintendo Switch sales in May came from the OLED-version bundle with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- PlayStation 5 sales decreased by 23% to the previous month. May was the first month of 2023 when console sales dropped below 2022.
- Xbox Series S|X experienced a decline of 10% YoY.
- At the end of May, overall console sales in 2023 increased by 16.6% compared to the previous year. The growth is led by PlayStation 5 (+81% YoY). Nintendo Switch declined by 8%; Xbox Series S|X – by 19%.
- 441.2k accessories have been sold in May – a 5% drop from the previous year. DualSense is still a leader but had great competition with Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.
