Black Friday has come and gone and there were plenty of tempting bargains to be had at various retailers. There can only be one winner of Black Friday and this year that went to Sony’s PlayStation 5 console in the largest games market in Europe, the UK, which saw plenty of discounts on the base and Pro models taking 62% of the market. The Nintendo Switch 2 didn’t fare too badly claiming 23% of sales and the Xbox Series X|S acquired 10% and finally the original Switch took 5% of sales during Black Friday 25.. The big winners on the game front were both Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26.
In the UK, sales of consoles were better this year than during Black Friday 2024, with revenue up 14%, and unit sales up 7%. Nintendo Switch 2 did ok, the data firm says, but it was PS5 that was the biggest driver.
In fact, PS5 was the only console to do better this Black Friday than the previous one, with unit sales up 16% over the year before. PS5 had a 62% share of the console market during the week.
