Almost 90% of games sold in UK in 2022 were digital - ERA

Digital income accounted for astir 9 retired of each 10 video games sold successful the UK successful 2022, according to a commercialized body.

The integer amusement and retail relation (ERA) said 89.5% of games sold had been integer downloads and the remaining 10.5% existent carnal copies.

About 30% of the income came from mobile apps, which are sold digitally.

In total, the gaming manufacture accounted for £4.7bn of income successful the UK successful 2022 - higher than that of the film, tv oregon euphony industries.

The numbers mean gamers were overmuch much apt to download games done their console oregon PC alternatively than waiting for a transportation oregon going to a shop.

ERA main enforcement Kim Bayley said gaming was the "often-unheralded leader" of the amusement market.

"While growth, astatine 2.3%, was little than that of video oregon music, its standard is tremendous - and successful presumption of innovation and excitement, it continues to acceptable the gait for the full amusement sector," she said.

Unlike the euphony industry, wherever the Official Chart Company counts the nonstop fig of income of integer songs, the figures successful the gaming manufacture are estimates.

Digital stores owned by gaming titans specified arsenic PlayStation and Valve bash not person to people their income figures - but the ERA estimates, provided market-research institution Omdia, were "the manufacture benchmark", Ms Bayley told BBC News.

"In the aged days, erstwhile determination was beauteous overmuch lone carnal console games and PC discs, it was acold easier to way the market," she said.

"These days, it's a batch much fragmented and sometimes the caller integer players simply won't stock their income information straight - that's wherever estimates travel in.

"The impervious of the pudding is however the numbers are received and respected."