In January, sales of games and hardware in the US market fell by almost 20% year-on-year
In January, the revenues of the American gaming market decreased, despite the release of several major new products. This is reported by NPD Group analysts in their monthly sales report in the United States.
Kingdom Hearts IIIGeneral market figures
- Total turnover — $893 million (fell by 19%).
- Video game sales — $427 million (down 18%).
- Sales of iron — $199 million (fell by 28%).
- Accessory sales — $267 (down 12%).
Last month, games such as Kingdom Hearts III, a remake of Resident Evil 2, New Super Mario Bros. were released in America. U Deluxe and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. The first three games became the leaders of the top 10 best-selling titles.
However, January of last year was remembered for record sales: Monster Hunter: World and Dragon Ball FighterZ were released that month, reports Gamesindustry.biz . That’s why the results of the past month are not impressive.
Resident Evil 2Top 10 best-selling games in January
1. Kingdom Hearts III
2. Resident Evil 2
3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (excluding digital sales)
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (excluding digital sales on PC)
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (excluding digital sales)
6. Red Dead Redemption 2
7. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
8. NBA 2K19
9. Mario Kart 8 (excluding digital sales)
10. Grand Theft Auto V
Console Sales
In the segment of gaming devices, there was a decline in sales in annual terms for all consoles except the Nintendo Switch. The platform became the best-selling in January, despite the release of Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2 on other consoles.
Note that sales of games for Switch have also increased — in contrast to the performance of games for other platforms.
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