Digital sales of music, video and games exceeded £1 billion for the first time in 2012, according to official year-end figures released today by the UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).
With a final year-end tally of £1.033 billion (€1.272bn), digital sales of music, video and games grew by 11.4 per cent over 2011 to account for a quarter of the combined entertainment market. Disc sales of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and videogames still account for just over three quarters of the entertainment market, despite falling by 17.6 per cent compared with 2011.
ERA Director General Kim Bayley described breaching the £1 billion barrier as “an incredible achievement” for the UK’s digital entertainment retailers and reflected their huge investment in new and innovative services which means you can buy music, video and games literally at any time of the day and wherever you are. “At the same time I suspect that many people will be surprised to learn just how resilient the physical business still is – with three quarters of entertainment sales still on disc. Downloads offer convenience and portability, but people still seem to value the quality and tangibility of a physical product,” she noted.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/569-uk-digital-entertainment-sales-top-%C2%A31bn.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/569-uk-digital-entertainment-sales-top-%C2%A31bn.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/569-uk-digital-entertainment-sales-top-%C2%A31bn.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/569-uk-digital-entertainment-sales-top-%C2%A31bn.html
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