UKIE: UK games market reaches £8.7bn in 2025
The UK games market reached £8.7 billion in 2025, driven by digital software and hardware sales, including the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. While the mobile segment and game-related merchandise saw growth, the UK games industry experienced a significant decline in employment, with hundreds of companies cutting jobs.
- Entities
- Topic: Game Development Employment
- Topic: Mobile Gaming
- Topic: Digital Software Sales
- Game: Minecraft: The Movie
- Topic: Video Game Market
- Topic: Hardware Sales
- Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
- Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Company: Ukie
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