crispy4000 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Breakdown shamelessly stolen from Resetera: Quote State of the market November 2020 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories reached a November record $7.0 billion, 35% higher when compared to a year ago. YTD spending totaled $44.5 billion, 22% higher than the same time period in 2019.Content Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War was November's best-selling game, and instantly becomes the best-selling game of 2020 year-to-date. It also ranks first on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms for the month of November and YTD. This is the 13th consecutive year a Call of Duty game has ranked as the best-selling game of its release month.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla debuted as the 2nd best-selling game of November and is the 7th best-selling game year to date. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla achieved the highest launch month sales for an Assassin's Creed franchise title since Assassin's Creed III in 2012.Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales was the 3rd best-selling game of November, while ranking 2nd on PlayStation platforms. Launch month sales were the second highest amongst superhero games on PlayStation platforms in U.S. history, trailing only Marvel's Spider-Man.Just Dance 2021 debuted at number 13 on the November best-sellers chart. Launch month sales of Just Dance 2021 were the second highest in franchise history. Only Just Dance 3, launched in October 2011, experienced a larger launch. Hardware Consumers spent a November record $1.4 billion on new video game hardware, an increase of 58% versus YA. Growth was driven by the launches of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. Year-to-date hardware spending reached $4.0 billion, 34% higher than a year ago.PlayStation 5 was November's best-selling hardware platform in consumer spending, while Nintendo Switch led the market in units sold.PlayStation 5 achieved the highest launch month unit and dollar sales for a video game hardware platform in U.S. history. The records were previously held by the PlayStation 4, which debuted in November 2013.Nintendo Switch has been the best-selling hardware platform in units sold for a record 24 consecutive months.Accessories Spending on accessories reached $314 million in November 2020, 8% higher when compared to a year ago. Year-to-date spending has increased 22% to a record $2.1 billion.Sony's DualSense Wireless Controller White achieved the highest launch month unit and dollar sales for a gamepad in U.S. history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Any word on how Demons Souls did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dodger said: Any word on how Demons Souls did? #10 on the charts. Spiderman MM did much better from the look of it, but it's also $30 cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Quote PlayStation 5 achieved the highest launch month unit and dollar sales for a video game hardware platform in U.S. history. The records were previously held by the PlayStation 4, which debuted in November 2013. Phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Company specific. Sony Playstation: Microsoft Xbox: Nintendo Switch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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