Of course, the year 2020 was disastrous for many industries and fields, but it was different for the video games market, especially the PlayStation Store.
As the games market achieved very good performance, taking advantage of the need for many to stay at home and search for means of entertainment.
The market value of games increased in 2020 by 19.6% compared to the previous year 2019, until its market value reached 130.3 billion pounds, equivalent to 162 billion US dollars.
According to what was published on the GamesIndustry.biz website regarding consoles, boxed sales accounted for only 28% of total sales.
Compared to digital units that accounted for 72%, and the market for mobile games, video games and computer games accounted for 9% of Total sales in the world.
Although it is difficult to determine the best-selling games in the world, FIFA 21 was ranked first on the UK sales list.
While Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War ranked first in sales in America, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons topped the list of sales in Japan.
However, as soon as the second version of The Last of Us was released in June 2020, it was officially announced that it topped the US sales charts in June.
Where the game recorded huge sales in all countries of the world, not only in America, so that the Last of Us Part II was one of the strongest and best PlayStation games during a record period.
By selling 4 million copies during the first 3 days of its release, thus surpassing All other exclusive games.
Most downloaded games on PlayStation store in 2020
During the past few days, Sony revealed the most downloaded games on the Playstation store, whether PS4 or PS5, over the past year 2020.
According to statistics conducted by Sony, the game Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War topped the PlayStation 5 game on the PlayStation 5 in the Arab, European and American stores.
While it topped the list as the most downloaded game on the PS4 in the US store.
While Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales came second on the PlayStation 5 on the Arab, European and American Store, while Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ranked third.
GTA 5 has kept its appearance at the top of the list, where it came in second place in the list of PlayStation 4 games in the American Store, and third in the European Store.
And it is expected to maintain the same numbers when it is released on both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X store During the current year 2021.
The list of most downloaded games from the Arab and European store on PS5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- FIFA 21
- Demon’s Souls
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- NBA 2K21 Next Generation
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- Rainbow Six Siege
The list of the most downloaded games from the American Store on PS5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- NBA 2K21 Next Generation
- Demon’s Souls
- Madden NFL 21
- FIFA 21
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- Watch Dogs: Legion
