 From this, £4.01 billion was from the sales of software (+10.3% increase over 2017), £1.57 billion from the sales of hardware (+10.7% increase), and £0.11 billion from the sales of other game related items.In the software market, the data showed a significant increase in digital and online revenues, up +20.3% to a record £2.01bn.£1.17 billion of software sales came from mobile games.