In 2020, more than 1.5 million Nintendo Switch devices were sold in the United Kingdom, making Nintendo's device the most popular gaming console in the UK that year. Due to global availability issues, only 450 thousand units of Sony's newly launched PlayStation 5 were sold during that year in the UK.
Unit sales of leading video game consoles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020
(in 1,000s)
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