https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/mar/19/lockdown-boredom-drives-uk-video-games-market-to-7bn-record-high

Gaming fans joined by million of newbies in 2020 resulting in £1.6bn more spent compared with 2019

The UK video games market hit a record £7bn last year as lockdown fuelled an unprecedented boom in the popularity of mobile games, consoles and virtual reality headsets.