U.K. game sales fall 4.4% y/y in January, Gamesindustry.biz says

2.24M video games were purchased across the U.K. last month, with sales down 4.4% year-over-year, Gamesindustry.biz’s Christopher Dring reports, citing GSD data. The main reason for the decline is January 2022 saw the massive launch of Nintendo’s (NTDOY) "Pokemon Legends: Arceus," whereas Janauary 2023 did not see any release of a similar scale, the author notes. The top sellers in the U.K. for the month were EA‘s (EA) "FIFA 23" and "Dead Space," Take-Two’s (TTWO) "Grand Theft Auto V" and "Red Dead Redemption 2," Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI) "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," Sony‘s (SONY) "God of War Ragnarok," and Bandai Namco’s (NCBDY) "Elden Ring." Reference Link