![]() Of course, nothing has the consistency of Call of Duty. Far Cry 6 is fading a tiny bit slower than Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, though. ![]() Newer games from the fourth quarter of the year are also going through their normal cycle of peaking and then slowly fading away. Perennial franchises like Madden, NBA 2K, and FIFA continue to pop in the top 10 as do evergreen Nintendo franchises like Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing. Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl*Īs is standard these days, the bulk of the sales chart in the United States is a group of familiar hits. ![]() Rankĭecember 2021 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales For example, Nintendo doesn’t share its first-party sales, and Activision Blizzard does not provide its sales. NPD tracks physical sales at retailers, but it also gets digital data directly from publishers. December 2021 NPD: Top 20 best-selling games of the month in the United States “Despite the December declines, full-year 2021 hardware spending reached $6.1 billion, gaining 14% when compared to 2020.” “Consumer spending reached a record $60.4 billion, 8% higher when compared to 2020,” said Piscatella. Register Here Annual 2021 Dollar Sales, Millions “December growth in subscription and recurrent spending across PC, console, and mobile platforms offset declines in premium game sales to keep content spending flat compared to a year ago, at $5.7 billion.” “December 2021 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories fell 1% when compared to a year ago, to $7.5 billion,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. * Mobile spending provided by Sensor Tower Video Game Content (Physical & Digital Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription consumer spending across Console, Cloud, Mobile*, Portable, PC and VR) platforms) But a decline isn’t surprising when so many people are still unable to find Switch systems in stores let alone Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Sales were flat or down across all categories in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. ![]() Register here.Ĭonsole hardware was once again difficult to come by in December, and that held back sales for an industry that continues to carry most of its momentum from the pandemic. Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. ![]()
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