75% of U.K. game sales in August were digital, GI.biz reports

1.74M video game units were purchased in the U.K. last month, a slight decline of 1.5% from August of last year, Gamesindustry.biz’s Christopher Dring reports, citing data from GSD. Of note, 75% of games sold in the U.K. in August by major publishers were purchased digitally, which is a 10% uptrick from August 2023, the author notes. While it was a quiet month for games overall, Take-Two (TTWO) had a good month, with “Grand Theft Auto V” coming first in sales and “GTA Online” coming in fourth, Dring says, adding that “Borderlands,” “Mafia,” and “WWE 2K” made the top ten as well. Other top sellers for August in the U.K., according to GSD physical and digital data, include Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) “Hogwarts Legacy,” Electronic Arts’ (EA) “EA Sports FC 24” and “Titanfall 2,” and Bandai Namco’s (NCBDY) “Elden Ring.” Other publicly traded companies in the space include Microsoft (MSFT), Sony (SONY), GameStop (GME), NetEase (NTES), Nintendo (NTDOY), Tencent (TCEHY) and Ubisoft (UBSFY).