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UK game spending slumps in first half of 2024 while music grows, as release schedule lacks Taylor Swift moment
UK spending on video games plummeted by 29.4 percent during the first half of this year, while music and video sales gr…
As Bayley notes, however, a slew of 2024 blockbusters are on the horizon - including Star Wars Outlaws in August, EA Sports FC 25 and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in September, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Assassin's Creed Shadows in October, plus Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Music sales grew by 7.9 percent, driven by Record Store Day and the launch of new Taylor Swift breakup album The Tortured Poets Department, including its lead single Fortnight (nothing to do with Fortnite). A drop in DVD and Blu-ray spending was offset by growth in video downloads and digital sales - which does not include money spent on streaming subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon or Disney+.
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