In Russia, the distribution of game consoles has sharply increased after their prices were reduced.

In the first four months, 580 thousand consoles were sold in Russia. This is 70% more than for the same period in 2023, reports M.Video-Eldorado.

If this situation continues, we predict that the total sales of consoles in 2024 will be at least 40 billion rubles and will be a record figure over the past few years. The previous maximum market volume in monetary terms was noted in 2023 and reached 24 billion rubles.

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The growth in console sales was confirmed by representatives of Wildberry and Citylink. Wildberry reported that the growth in sales is influenced by a large number of offers from sellers from Russia, Kazakhstan and China.

In addition, demand is greatly affected by lower prices.

For example, the cost of a PlayStation 5 with a disc has decreased by more than 10 thousand since the beginning of the year. rubles (now it costs about 43 thousand). The demand for the Sony console is growing the most, but other consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and other manufacturers are also increasing.

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Also in Russia they actively announce the sale of games for consoles. The most popular games of 2024 in M.Video-Eldorado: Grand Theft Auto V Premium Edition, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mortal Kombat 11. [Известия]

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