According to the newspaper’s report, the demand for game consoles in Russia more than doubled in the first quarter of this year.Kommersant” referring to the statistics of electronics stores and marketplaces. Thus, the set-top box market began to gradually recover after the sharp decline in 2022, when a number of foreign companies collapsed in monetary terms against the backdrop of their exit from Russia.
According to Ozon, sales of PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles increased 2.8 times in the first quarter of 2023, while the average check increased by 24%. M.Video-Eldorado also pointed to the growth of the category, citing the growth in demand with the availability of popular new products such as the PlayStation VR2 in stores.
According to Vasily Ovchinnikov, head of the Video Game Industry Development Organization, the recovery in demand for game consoles and the growth of indicators in this category is due to the establishment of the supply of equipment through parallel imports. Also, this was facilitated by the organic lowering of prices for the next generation of set-top boxes, since their release took place more than two years ago.
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