NPD: in April, the American video game market earned $4.7 billion

The revenues of the American video game market have fallen after 13 months of growth, according to analysts at NPD Group. Iron sales suffered the most, which decreased by 30%. As for the games, FIFA 21 disappeared from the top twenty best-selling titles, but it included NieR: Replicant and Returnal.

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• the total market turnover amounted to $4.7 billion, which is 2% less compared to April 2020;
• the largest revenue came from sales of games and related content — $4.1 billion, which is 12% more in annual terms;
• iron sales totaled $296 billion, falling immediately by 30% year-on-year. Nintendo Switch has retained the title of leader among consoles both in terms of the number of copies sold and in terms of revenue in dollars. But sales of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S are still limited due to a shortage of consoles themselves in warehouses;
• sales of accessories also decreased — by 23% compared to last April to $168 million. DualSense controllers remained the most purchased peripherals of the month.

Top 20 best-selling games in April

Important: NPD tracks sales of physical copies from retailers and receives data on the “figure” from publishers. But not all companies provide information. For example, Nintendo does not disclose digital sales of exclusives, and Activision Blizzard does not share information from Battle.net .

The rating is also based on net sales of games (without microtransactions and subscriptions). An asterisk marks titles in which digital sales were not taken into account. And the familiar ones are titles that did not take into account sales in the “figure” on Xbox.

• 1) MLB: The Show 21^ (new)
• 2) Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
• 3) New Pokemon Snap* (new)
• 4) Outriders
• 5) NieR: Replicant (new)
• 6) Mortal Kombat 11 (new)
• 7) Monster Hunter: Rise
• 8) Returnal (new)
• 9) It Takes Two
• 10) Mario Kart 8*
• 11) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
• 12) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)
• 13) Super Mario 3D World*
• 14) Minecraft
• 15) Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
• 16) Super Mario 3D All-Stars*
• 17) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
• 18) Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
• 19) Pokemon: Sword/Shield*
• 20) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*