The Izvestia publication, citing data from Russian trading platforms, shared information about the best-selling games in domestic retail (and not only) on the eve of the New Year holidays.
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In the channels of the M.Video-Eldorado trade group over the past two weeks, the most popular were GTA V (PS4, PS5), a remake of Resident Evil 4 (Xbox) and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch).
Among the projects included in the top 5 of different platforms are also the complete editions of Mortal Kombat 11 (PS4, PS5) and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS5), EA Sports FC 24 (Xbox) and 25 (PS5), Atomic Heart ( PS5) and the collection Mafia: Trilogy (PS4).
EA Sports FC 25 (image source: Steam)
On the Wildberries site, EA Sports FC 25, Hogwarts Legacy and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 were popular, and among the bestsellers on Ozon, where the demand for games increased by 30% compared to 2023, were EA Sports FC 25, GTA V and Minecraft.
Sales of games on the Avito platform in December increased by 12% compared to November – the most successful games for the month were the FIFA series games (11% of sales in the category), and the leaders in sales growth were:
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – its Avito users bought it 33% more often than in November;
- Hogwarts Legacy — на 28 %;
- games of the Uncharted series – by 25%;
- games from The Last of Us series – by 24%;
- Cyberpunk 2077 — на 23 %.
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Meanwhile, in the digital application store RuStore, the most popular simulators in December were Grand Mobile and CarX Drift Racing 2. Tanks Blitz, Arena Breakout and Black Russia were also among the hits.
RuStore also noted the growing interest of Russians in mobile entertainment and in-game purchases. In the fourth quarter, the average bill in games was 670 rubles, which is 10% more than in the third quarter.
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