{"id":883211,"date":"2026-01-08T03:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/the-uk-games-industry-had-its-biggest-year-since-2020-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T03:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:12:17","slug":"the-uk-games-industry-had-its-biggest-year-since-2020-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/the-uk-games-industry-had-its-biggest-year-since-2020-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK Games Industry Had Its Biggest Year Since 2020 Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<article id=\"article\">\n<header>\n<section>\n<p>UK games revenue rose 7.4%<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/users\/302914\/avatar.jpg?v=1641467957\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Entertainment Kezelpaso\"><\/li>\n<li>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/authors\/Kezelpaso\">Ben Kerry<\/a> <span><\/span> <time data-days=\"5\" datetime=\"2026-01-07T13:15:00+00:00\">Yesterday, 1:15pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<section>\n<figure data-uuid=\"eb7cd41a9f3be\"><a title=\"The UK Games Industry Had Its Biggest Year Since 2020 Last Year\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/eb7cd41a9f3be\/the-uk-games-industry-had-its-biggest-year-since-2020-last-year.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/eb7cd41a9f3be\/the-uk-games-industry-had-its-biggest-year-since-2020-last-year.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Entertainment The UK Games Industry Had Its Biggest Year Since 2020 Last Year\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/era-uk-games-revenue-rose-74-to-hit-54bn-in-2025\">GamesIndustry.Biz<\/a> has shared some news from the folks over at the Entertainment Retailers Association that suggests 2025 was a pretty big year for gaming in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The ERA gathered data from multiple sources to show that UK customers spent <em>\u00a35.4 billion<\/em> on gaming in 2025, which is up <strong>7.4%<\/strong> on the year before. &#8220;This is the largest rise that video games have seen in the UK since 2020&#8221;, the site adds, where revenues shot up massively in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>While the &#8220;key driver&#8221; behind this bump is said to be mobile gaming, console is also on the up. Console game downloads increased <em>11.5%<\/em> from 2024 to 2025, with physical sales dipping by just 1%. The site goes on to mention that &#8220;boxed sales represent just 5% of total UK games revenue for 2025&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The best-selling game across Xbox, PlayStation, PC and Switch in the UK for 2025 was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/ea_sports_fc_26\">EA Sports FC 26<\/a>; with the massive footie game shifting almost two million units in the region. The ERA closed out by reiterating that after years of slowdown post-COVID, the market &#8220;returned to form in grand style in 2025&#8221;, and that it has &#8220;strong hopes that it will maintain this momentum into 2026&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>With the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/gta_6\">GTA 6<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/five-reasons-why-2026-is-one-of-the-most-important-years-in-xbox-history\">huge 12 months for Microsoft &#038; Xbox on the cards<\/a>, it&#8217;s looking like this year could be a big one for gaming &#8211; not only in the UK, but worldwide as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Happy to see a bit of positive news coming out of the UK for once? Talk to us about the industry at large down below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>[source <a title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/era-uk-games-revenue-rose-74-to-hit-54bn-in-2025\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/era-uk-games-revenue-rose-74-to-hit-54bn-in-2025\">gamesindustry.biz<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/users\/302914\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Entertainment Ben Kerry\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin&#8217; in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he&#8217;s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that&#8217;s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/authors\/Kezelpaso\"><span><\/span> Author Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"return replyTo('Kezelpaso');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/#\"> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2026\/01\/the-uk-games-industry-had-its-biggest-year-since-2020-last-year\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Lawanda Menjivar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK games revenue rose 7.4% by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 1:15pm GamesIndustry.Biz has shared some news from the folks over at the Entertainment Retailers Association that suggests 2025 was a pretty big year for gaming in the UK. The ERA gathered data from multiple sources to show that UK customers spent \u00a35.4 billion on gaming in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,3291,648],"tags":[5668,7377],"class_list":{"0":"post-883211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-games","9":"category-industry","10":"tag-games","11":"tag-industry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}