This year again, Nintendo did not need to redouble its imagination to seduce the public: the manufacturer only had to remove its package that included Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and a 3 month Nintendo Switch Online membership, sells all for just over £ 250 and voila. This bundle accounted for 54% of the Switches sold during this record week. The recent launch of the OLED Switch, the call of Metroid or the box of Pokemon You will have done the rest: the Switch dominated the competition during this great business week. According to data from GfK, console sales increased 22% compared to the week of Black Friday 2020.

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But the rest of the consoles have little to do with it, once again hampered by an erratic supply. “Only Switch had an exceptional week, the PS5 and Xbox series did not have many offers. The PS5 Digital was even out of stock and the Xbox Series X had a significant drop in stock the week before.“says GfK. It is therefore the Xbox Series S that finishes in second position, but far from the Nintendo console. On the games side, it has sold about half a million boxed Switch games this week, but all platforms combined There are 100,000 fewer sales than for Black Friday 2020. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Minecraft were the two biggest sales on Switch while FIFA 22 and Call of Duty Vanguard led the dance on the other platforms.

In fact, the other Black Friday winner across the Channel would prefer Oculus, whose Quest 2 appears to have reached a new level of popularity following a release like Resident Evil 4 VR. Driven primarily by Quest 2, the PC VR segment generated close to £ 12 million, which is double last year. “Last week was the biggest week for PC VR, even surpassing the Oculus Quest 2 launch week in 2020, which was a great week at the time and is still the second biggest week. Never registered for VR on PC“says GfK.