NPD: A Dollar Sales Win For The PS5, A Unit Sales Win For The Switch

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In the United States, the PlayStation 5 generated the most revenue despite a lack of stocks, but the Nintendo Switch was the console that sold the most in the first month of 2021.

NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella wrote on Twitter that the PlayStation 5 broke a record that has been present for a dozen years. In January 2009, the Nintendo Wii has set the previous record for being the best-selling platform in the United States in terms of dollar sales. The PlayStation 5’s two versions outperformed the Wii, but then again, the PS5‘s pricing is higher than what the Wii ever costed. However, the Nintendo Switch outsold the PlayStation 5, and its units Sales „the highest of any platform in a January month since the Nintendo Wii in January 2010,” quoting Piscatella.

Video game hardware sales pulled 319 million dollars, which is the highest total in almost a decade, and it is a significant year-on-year increase (144%; due to the coronavirus global pandemic and the arrival of the next-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles). Consumer spending across hardware, software, and accessories reached 4.7 billion dollars, and it also saw a healthy increase from last year (42%).

Here’s the games’ top twenty for January:

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Madden NFL 21
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
Ring Fit Adventure
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
NBA 2K21
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
FIFA 21
Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Mortal Kombat 11
Just Dance 2021
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Minecraft: PS4 Edition
Cyberpunk 2077
Super Mario Party
EA Sports UFC 4

We see the usual games at the top, and Nintendo is strongly present (the newest Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros., and Mario Kart are in the top ten). On PlayStation platforms specifically, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was followed by Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla.

We have yet to see what the results would be if there was no lack of stocks, which could persist for the whole year. Would the Switch still end in the lead?

Source: PSL

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