UK gaming had its worst month on record last July

The UK video game market is on fire, or it may be more accurate to say continues to be on fire, as reported by MCV. Since July did not have that many new software releases, it was expected to be a bad month, but it turned out even worse than expected. MCV cites the unusually hot weather as a surprising reason for gamers to stay at home instead of going out to get games in shops.

Of the Top 50 games for the month, only three were new games:Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, Pikmin 3, which debuted in Uk at number 2, and Dynasty Warriors 8. Sony did report good news with continuing good performance of The Last Of Us, the month's top seller and currently the 2nd best seller of the year. Nintendo also reported they were happy with the performance of the 3DS.

Here are the Top 10 UK games, courtesy UKIE:

1: The Last of Us (Sony)

2: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)

3. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo)

4. FIFA 13 (EA)

5. Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)

6. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros (Nintendo)

7. Tomb Raider (Square Enix)

8. Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft)

9. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Activision)

10. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary (Bethesda)

Retailers hope August 23 releases of Saints Row, Splinter Cell, The Bureau: XCom and Disney Infinity to help bring sales back up. We earlier reported that UK retailers like Asda stopped stocking Wii U in stores, despite the release of Pikmin 3 that month and the promise of more games. These retailers may not be able to afford to stock Wii U now, and so it may not be helped, but this may also be a decision that will bite them back later as Wii U rallies and they are not in a position to benefit on it.

Image is from The Last Of Us.

Source: MCV

UK gaming had its worst month on record last July

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