Xbox 360 tops 2010 UK Sales Charts

The UK video game industry made £2.875 billion in 2010, a marginal drop from last year’s £3.311 billion.

Consoles brought in the most money. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 managed to get a leg up on the PS3, generating £538 million as opposed to the PS3′s £414 million. Nintendo figures haven’t been posted by UKIE. The 360 also took home the trophy for software sales with 18.2 million to PS3’s 13.8 million.

A total of 63 million console and PC games were sold last year. And as you already know by now, Black OPS is UK’s fastest and largest selling game EVAR. Gaming Peripheral sales stand at 25.8 million.

UKIE director general Mike Rawlinson had this to say:

“Despite 2010 being a tough year for the economy, the video games and interactive entertainment industry continues to perform strongly,”

“As the UK’s leading creative industry, these figures demonstrate the increasingly popular position of video games in everyone’s everyday lives, and the strength that the sector has to see it through tough times.

“The UK video games market has something for everyone, with the market expanding into new areas, particularly online, on mobile phones and on other interactive devices. This expansion is coupled with the continued strength of traditional markets, providing consumers with choice and demonstrating the industry’s increasing maturity.”

“Thanks to continued innovation from games publishers and developers more and more people are playing games. With one in three people now considering themselves gamers, interactive entertainment is increasingly part of everyone’s everyday lives.”