New console sales from Sony, Xbox, Nintendo and Steam in Russia increased by 31% in 2023. socialbites.ca was informed about this by the press service of the Avito company. Sales of used devices in this category increased by 11% last year.
The most notable increase (12x) was the increase in sales of Steam Deck consoles. The average price of a device on the Avito platform is 43.9 thousand rubles. Nintendo ranks second with a growth rate of 48%. The average price of the most popular Nintendo Switch model is 18.1 thousand rubles, which is 29% lower than last year. Sony sales increased by 41% and Xbox sales increased by 37%.
The biggest demand for Sony is between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 models, while the price of the new PlayStation 4 on Avito for Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series S is currently on average 22.5 thousand rubles. (-15% on an annual basis), PlayStation 5 – 44.1 thousand rubles. (-27 thousand rubles), for Xbox 360 – 7.3 thousand rubles. (-16%), Xbox One – 14.4 thousand rubles. (-15%), Xbox Series S – 22 thousand rubles. (-16.5 thousand rubles).
The most popular boxed versions of games in the Russian Federation in 2023 were FIFA 23, God of War: Ragnarok and GTA V. God of War: Ragnarok (+250%) took the first place in terms of sales increase, UFC. 4 (+33%) and FIFA 23 (+30%).
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