as the pandemic forces everyone to stay indoors a lot of children have got hooked to video games consoles like x box and playstations are flying off the shelves as parents bow to the demands of childrent sankaran ganesh who bought a 49000 ps4 pro console for his 10year son says it has been challenging to keep children engaged especially those in independent houses after a six hour online class we need to find some activity for our kids especially since visiting friends or going to playgrounds is not feasiblewith little option for outdoor activities or sports sales of gaming consoles and pc gaming have been scaling new highs since april some of them reporting highestever growth retailer croma has seen a more than 70 growth in pc gaming which requires a personal computer and 2x growth in sales of gaming consoles like playstation between april and september 2020 compared to the against last year demand for high graphic plates used in pc gaming has driven growth in this sector the high demand is due to people having suddenly found themselves with extra time on their hands during lockdown said mahesh raamaswamy head of digital products cromaprosenjit ghosh head of playstation business at sony india says sales of ps4 from april to september 2020 have been the highest ever since the product was launched in the country we see new trends where people are beginning to see gaming take a position alongside other mainstream popular entertainment options like movies or cricket there is an increasing acceptance of gaming from a gamer only option to a more familyinclusive center of the living room phenomenonmost of the purchases are being done online with leading ecommerce platform amazon india reporting a 35x increase in unit sales of video game consoles over the last few months compared to last year popular products such as sony ps4 xbox and nintendo have seen a considerable uptake amongst customersan amazon spokesperson said that in september 2020 the newly launched xbox series x was sold out within 15 minutes of going live interestingly customers are also searching for accessories like headsets controllers which indicates that they are looking to create more immersive and holistic gaming experience at home he said