In 2019, Russians spent 4.2 billion rubles ($65 million) on retail console games

Last year, residents of Russia bought 1.9 million console games on physical media at retail. In monetary terms, sales amounted to 4.2 billion rubles, according to the group “M.Video-El Dorado“.

According to her report:

• 70% of sales were for PlayStation 4 games;
• the most popular game for PlayStation 4 was Red Dead Redemption 2 (Death Stranding was not even in the top five);
• sales of games for Nintendo Switch in 2019 grew faster than for any other platform;
• sales of games for the Nintendo Switch in monetary terms outstripped the Xbox One;
• The best-selling game for Nintendo Switch was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild;
• The best-selling game for Xbox One was FIFA 19;
• from January to December 2019 , 670 thousand gaming consoles worth 12.3 billion rubles were sold on the Russian market;
• the average price decreased by 6% to 18.5 thousand rubles (among the factors are the reduction in the cost of PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One consoles, the appearance of Xbox One S without a disk drive and Nintendo Switch Lite, as well as the boom of retro consoles);
• The combined share of Sega, Dendy, Nintendo Classic Mini: NES and PS Classic in pieces reached a quarter of the market;
• The PlayStation 4 remains the most popular console with a share of about 55% in pieces and 75% in money;
• in second place in sales is the Xbox One family from Microsoft;
• on the third is a hybrid Nintendo Switch.

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