The opening of schools has affected game sales!

In line with the sales data released every month by gamefor.com, one of Turkey’s leading gaming and e-pin sales sites, game sales, which continued to increase from mid-2020 to the end of last summer with the effects of the pandemic and closing practices, continued to increase and were much higher than previous years, and returned to their normal levels with the opening of schools.

The digital game store Gamefor, which is the authorized seller of 85 international gaming companies in Turkey, continues to shine a light on the Turkish gaming sector with the data it announces every month. According to the data released, in-game and in-game sales decreased by 5% in October compared to September and decreased by 8% compared to October last year. With the effects of the pandemic, game sales, which continued to increase from mid-2020 until the end of last summer and were well above previous years, declined with the opening of schools. Sales, which fell in September, continued to decline in October, returning to their normal pre-pandemic levels.

Distribution of game sales as a category:
August September October
PC 16% 17% 15%
Console 15% 18% 17%
Mobile 69% 65% 68%

‘Mobile battle royale’ trend continues
Mobile battle royale games such as PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile and Garena Free Fire formed the top of the ‘top turnover games’ list based on Gamefor’s gaming and in-game sales data for a long time. October
The majority of the expenditures on oyunfor.com in the month were made to the ‘in-game currencies’ of these games, which can be played for free.

Top 10 turnovers in October:

1. PUBG Mobile
2. Garena Free Fire
3. Valorant
4. Call of Duty: Mobile
5.CS:GO
6. League of Legends
7. Lords Mobile
8. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
9. Roblox
10. Brawl Stars

While 6 of the 10 most turnover games were mobile and 4 pc platform-specific games, it was noted that there were no console games on the list. On a genre basis, 3 of the 10 games are battle royale, 3 are MOBA, 2 are FPS, 1 is strategy, and 1 is Roblox, a ‘game design game’ that includes all kinds of games. The common feature of the top 10 highest turnover games in October is ‘free-to-play’, meaning they are free to play.

Izmir outperforms Ankara for the first time
According to the data announced, the most shopping took place in Istanbul as expected in October, while Izmir was the second most game shopping city, surpassing Ankara for the first time.

Distribution of sales by city:

August / September / October
1. Istanbul / Istanbul / Istanbul
2. Ankara / Ankara / Izmir
3. Izmir / Bursa / Ankara
4. Bursa / Izmir / Bursa
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