PS5 UK best-seller in August, GTAV best-seller

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The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the UK in August, according to GfK Entertainment data reported by GamesIndustry. PS5 sales were up four percent month-on-month and down 57 percent year-on-year.

The Xbox Series X|S reclaimed the second spot with August sales that were nearly flat compared to July and down 22 percent year-over-year. The Nintendo Switch had to settle for third place with sales that were off 10 percent month-over-month and down 30 percent year-over-year.

In total there were just under 75,000 video game consoles sold (GfK panel data) in the United Kingdom in August 2024. This is a decrease of three percent compared to the previous month and a decrease of 45 percent compared to the previous year.

GSD data shows that 1.74 million games were sold in August 2024, a decline of 1.5 percent year-on-year. Digital sales accounted for 75 percent of games sold by major publishers, up 10 percent year-on-year.

Grand Theft Auto V has risen one place from first place, while Grand Theft Auto Online returned to the top 10 in fourth place.

2K Games had four games in the top 10 this week. Borderlands 3 came in third place, New stories from the border areas came in sixth place, Mafia trilogy came in ninth place, and WWE 2K24 is ranked 10th.

Madden NFL 25 was the best-selling new release, debuting at #41. Sales are down 31.5 percent from last year’s entry.

The Time Splitters games returned to the charts thanks to a PlayStation release with added trophy support. TimeSplitters 2 ended up in 218th place, TimeSplitters: Future Perfectiont took 229th place, and the original Time Splitters finished in 326th place.

The Judgement + Judgement 2 remasters ranked 241st, while Treaty was ranked #261 before being pulled from sale.

There were over 516,774 accessories and extras products sold in the UK in August, down 4.5 percent compared to July and down 9.6 percent year-on-year.

The PlayStation Portal was the best-selling accessory in terms of revenue, ranking sixth in terms of units sold.

The DualSense controller was the best-selling accessory in terms of units sold. The DualSense White controller is the best-selling accessory of the year so far, followed by the DualSense Midnight Black controller.

These are the 10 best-selling games in the UK in August 2024 (digital + physical):

Position	Title
1	Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2	Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
3	Borderlands 3 (2K Games)
4	Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar)
5	EA Sport FC 24 (EA)
6	New Tales from the Borderlands (2K Games)
7	Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
8	Titanfall 2 (EA)
9	Mafia Trilogy (2K Games)
10	WWE 2K24 (2K Games)

GSD digital data includes games from participating companies that are sold on PC digital storefronts, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Notable participating companies include Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, CD Projekt, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Kepler, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros.; Nintendo and 505 Games are notable absent, along with a number of smaller studios.

A lifelong and avid gamer, Willem D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on as a junior analyst in 2010, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content himself YouTube channel And Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.