SaysWho? Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 State of the market January 2021 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories achieved a January record $4.7B, 42% higher when compared to a year ago. Gains were achieved across all spending categories. Content Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was January's best-selling game. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has been the best-selling game in the U.S. each month since its November launch, and it now ranks as the 20th best-selling video game in U.S. tracked history. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla was the 2nd best-selling game of January. When comparing each title's first 3 months of sales, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is now the 2nd fastest selling Assassin's Creed franchise release in U.S. history, trailing only Assassin's Creed III. Animal Crossing: New Horizons ranked as January's 5th best-selling title, the first time it has ranked among the top 5 since ranking 5th in July 2020. Animal Crossing: New Horizons repeated as the month's best-selling title on Nintendo Switch. All platforms: Playstation 4 and 5: Xbox Series and One: Switch: Hardware Sales of video game hardware were 144% higher than January 2020, reaching $319 million. This is the highest total for a January month since the $323 million achieved in January 2011 Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in units sold for the month of January. Unit sales of Nintendo Switch were the highest of any platform in a January month since the Nintendo Wii in January 2010. PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in dollars sold in January, with the highest dollar sales total for a January month since the Nintendo Wii in January 2009. Accessories Spending on video game accessories reached a January record $222 million in the month, 73 percent higher when compared to a year ago. The Gamepad, Headset/Headphone and Steering Wheel segments all achieved new January dollar sales records. The PS5 DualSense Wireless Controller White was the best-selling accessory of January, while the PlayStation Pulse 3D Wireless Headset White was the best-selling Headset/Headphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 Also, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is selling REALLY well. It's one of the top 20 best-selling games in the US ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 PeOpLe ArEnT rEaDy FoR nEw CoNoSoLeS, nO oNe HaS mOnEy To SpEnD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Cyberpunk isn't even in the top 10 for Sony and is down to 7 for the Xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDunks4 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Cyberpunk isn't even in the top 10 for Sony and is down to 7 for the Xbox. Did it ever get listed again on Sony's store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, JPDunks4 said: Did it ever get listed again on Sony's store? Don't know, but the physical copies are still being sold for Sony systems right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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