NPD released its December report and found that the Switch and Call of Duty: Pioneer topped the hardware and software charts, respectively.
The December 2021 report found that total industry spending on hardware, content and accessories fell 1% year over year (year-over-year) to $7.5 billion.
hardware Compared with December 2020, sales fell 3% to $1.3 billion.
The Nintendo Switch was the top-selling hardware platform, but it tied with the PlayStation 5 in sales this month.
inside software Growth in subscriptions and recurring spending on PCs, consoles and mobile in December helped offset a decline in high-end game sales, keeping content spending flat at $5.7 billion from a year ago.
Call of Duty: Pioneer was the best-selling game in December, followed by Halo: Infinite, which was the best-selling game on the Xbox platform of the month and the No. 1 tracking game on PC.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl was the third best-selling game in December, followed by Madden NFL 22 and Battlefield 2042 in the top five. Resident Evil: Village ended the year as the eighth best-selling game of the month.
The top selling games for October can be found above. The best-selling games for each console can be found in the gallery.
Spend over $2 billion mobile In December, it was the 10th consecutive month that consumers spent so much money on mobile games on the App Store and Google Play.
Video Game Sales Accessories It was down 9% year over year to $493 million. The Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller is the best-selling accessory in December 2021.