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From motor racing to music-making; football to fantasy; action adventures to artificial societies, UK demand for the latest video games is driving the leisure software market to new heights.

 Emerging video game platforms are poised for rapid growth, as a confluence of factors enables advanced multiplayer experiences on consoles and PCs, improved games on mobile phones and other handheld devices, and simple, yet engaging interactive TV games

New figures published today by ELSPA, sourced from Chart Track, show a continuing increase in sales of computer games in the UK with 11 million units of software sold in the first quarter of 2002. This is a 6 per cent rise on the same period last year. The value of games sold, across all formats, rose by 20% from £219 million in the first quarter of 2001 to £262 million in the first quarter of this year.

New figures released today by The European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) show that UK sales of video games and other leisure software products and games consoles reached an all time high in year 2001 with sales values reaching just over £1.6 billion, a massive 36% increase on the previous year. 51.2 million units of games hardware and software were sold during the twelve months, 21% up on the previous year. And the upward trend is set to continue this year with launches of two new consoles, the Game Cube from Nintendo and the Xbox from Microsoft.

The latest edition of The European Leisure Software Publishers Association’s (ELSPA’s) annual report on the interactive leisure software market, which is published today, shows a global market continuing to grow at a faster rate than any other form of entertainment media and in defiance of previous cyclical trends.

New figures released today by The European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) and ChartTrack will bring a smile to the faces of games company executives and also to consumer groups. UK sales of video games and other leisure software products reached an all time high in year 2000 with over 39.5 million units sold - 16% up on the previous year and 32% up on 1998 sales

In the most extensive survey ever of the UK and European leisure software market, the new Screen Digest Report (Interactive Leisure Software Market Assessment and Forecasts 1999 -2003) records 1999 as another record year for UK sales of leisure software and associated hardware. Total spending on hardware and software in the UK reached almost £1.4 billion, 10 per cent up on 1998.

UK leisure software market shows strong upward trend ahead of expectations. 1999 Sales Value Expected to be More Than Double the 1996 Total