Top 2018 Games With Highest Revenue In 2018

The list of top 2018 physical video games with the highest sales revenue in the UK has been released with the familiar names to lead the list. Accordingly, the first position called the name of the game FIFA 19 with the sales revenue of under 1.9 million units.

The second position belonged to a game of Rockstar, Red Dead Redemption 2 with the total shipments of 1.75 million units. Following Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 shifted 1.2 million copies. Ranking the 4th position in the chart is the Spider-Man exclusive version for the PS4, which is the exclusive game with the highest revenue in the year 2018, according to GfK Chart-Track's sales monitor. The fifth, eighth, and ninth positions respectively belonged to Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe version), God of War, and Forza Horizon, which are also exclusive games.

In general, video games bring more revenue than other types of entertainment in the UK at present. It is known that the market of games has increased its size by two times since 2007. In particular, digital sources like microtransactions and DLC make up a large share in the growth. The revenue from the digital sources accounts for more than 80 percent of market share of games in the UK.

According to Kim Bayley, the Entertainment Retailers Association's CEO, the digital technology's potential has been successfully applied in the games industry to provide compelling and new entertainment types. Although the games industry has the shorter development period than the other three sectors, it has become the largest one.

Below is the list of top 20 boxed games with the highest revenue in 2018. However, this chart does not mention the date of digital sales. Therefore, it should not be considered all UK game sales' representative.

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