NPD Group: in February, the American gaming market earned $ 4.4 billion
The revenues of the American gaming market continue to decline. NPD Group analysts report that in February Americans spent 6% less on video games, hardware and accessories than a year ago. As for individual games, the sales leaders were Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West.
Key data
- The total turnover of the American gaming market in February amounted to $4.4 billion.
- Of this amount, $3.9 billion accounted for sales of the games themselves and related content — a drop of 4% year-on-year.
- The sales of “gaming hardware” suffered the most, which immediately fell by 27% to $295 million. Nintendo Switch has once again become the leader among consoles both in terms of revenue in dollars and in terms of the number of devices sold. It is followed by the Xbox Series X|S.Accessory sales also declined by 7% to $180 million.
- The Xbox Elite Series 2 wireless gamepad sold best in February.
Top 20 best-selling games of the month
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.
- Elden Ring (new)
- Horizon Forbidden West (new)
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus *
- Dying Light 2: Stay Human * (new)
- Total War: Warhammer III (new)
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Madden NFL 22
- Mario Kart 8 *
- FIFA 22
- Minecraft
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Mario Party Superstars *
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons *
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate *
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition *
- NBA 2K22 *
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl *
- Far Cry 6
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild *
