[新闻] 7月公布“英国08年上半年游戏市场销量”

英国ELSPA（娱乐休闲软件协）公布数据显示视频游戏正处在一个黄金时代！2008年上半年显示了前所未有的软件销量增长趋势，主要来源WII、XBOX360、PS3、DS！

所有游戏软件销售今年上半年达到了7.38亿英镑（3130万套）相较于07年增幅达到42%，去年为5.1亿英镑，今年上半年软件增长最大的是WII、360、PS3、DS为6.9亿英镑。对比PC游戏软件则大幅下降28%从07年6800万英镑下降到4800万英镑（06年相较于05年下降4%，05年为7370万英镑）。

08年上半年主机硬件增长最大的是任天堂的WII、DS，整体收入为5.13亿英镑对比07年4.05亿英镑增长27%。掌机硬件销量为310万台对比07年220万台增长41%。

总收入包括硬件、软件、周边为14.52亿英镑（4540万件）增长42%高于07年10.22亿英镑（3400万件）

PS：因为是08年7月公布的所以当时（1英镑：1.97美元），其他一些数据原文中没提到是根据以前ELSPA的报告我添加的。07年主机软件全年销量为9.76亿英镑，掌机为4.34亿英镑（不包含PC软件）！



原文
First half of 2008 shows unprecedented software revenue growth thanks to Wii, Xbox 360 & PS3, plus DS.

Video games are enjoying a golden era in popularity according to figures released today by ELSPA (the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers’ Association) and Chart-Track – the company that tracks games sales in the UK.

Software sales for the first six months of 2008 are up on almost all games formats to a staggering revenue of £738 million (31.3m units sold) – an increase of over 42 per cent on
2007’s half-year figures.

The first six months of 2008 show unprecedented software revenue growth thanks to just Wii, Xbox 360 & PS3, plus DS account for £690 million of the total. In stark contrast, PC games software suffered a hefty decline, with revenue of £48 million (3.9m units sold) – down 29 percent on last year’s £68 million.

Paul Jackson, Director General of ELSPA, said: "Games are now one of the most popular pastimes of the British – hence these remarkable figures. Our gamers are more mature than those of most countries – the average age of a player here is now 33 – and as our core gamers have grown up, so too have the revenues they bring in. Games are also proving themselves to be robustly recession-proof. Other retailers in the High Street have been struggling this year, but those selling games are not having such a tough time.

“Britain leads the way across Europe – and one in three games sold across the EU is also developed here. The challenge now is to ensure our success is not taken for granted at home or undervalued in any way – and to ensure we have the home-grown talent to ensure we will still be leading the way five years down the road.”

Revenue from console hardware over the first half of 2008 has seen overall growth in console revenue thanks to Wii & DS Lite. Revenue from console hardware was £513 million – up 27 percent on last year’s figure of £405 million. In terms of units shifted, 3.1 million – up 41 per cent on 2007’s 2.2 million.

Revenue from total games, hardware and accessories sold was a breathtaking £1,452 million (45.4 million units) – up 42 percent on last year’s no less impressive £1,022 million (34 million units).

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PSP呢

PSP还没在英国发售

PSP

psp软件统计不能................

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