NPD released its analysis report in March 2020, pointing out that U.S. hardware, software and accessories increased by 35% year-on-year.
NPD report shows that March 2020 software Compared with March 2019, it increased by 34% to US $ 739 million. Software spending tracked in March reached the highest level in three months since 2011, when it was US $ 787 million.
The entire inter-quarter, from January to March, fell 8% to 1.4 billion US dollars.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons It is the best-selling game of the month and the second best-selling game so far in 2020. The sale of the title has exceeded all other sales of the "Animal Crossing" series of licensed games.
According to NPD statistics, in any game released by Nintendo, it "sets the third-highest release month in history."
During the launch of moths at Nintendo in the United States, only Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Brawl debuted with higher physical software sales for the first time.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare It is the second best-selling game in March and is still the best-selling game in 2020.
Sony's Major League Baseball Show 20 It is the third-best selling game and the fifth-best selling game in 2020. The game's sales in the release month "significantly" exceeded MLB The Show 19.
Rounded, Resident Evil 3 Remake 4th place for the first time, followed by NBA 2K20.
NPD March 2019 – Top 10 best-selling games
Headings with an asterisk do not include digital sales.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Major League Baseball: Performance 20
- Resident Evil 3 Remake
- NBA 2K20
- Eternal destruction *
- Persona 5: Royal
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Borderlands 3
- Mario Kart 8: Luxury *
The figure below shows the best-selling games on each platform.
hardware This month ’s spending increased 63% year-on-year to $ 461 million. Nintendo Switch Hardware sales more than tripled year-on-year and set a new record in March, setting a record high for the month the game was released in March 2017. Since Nintendo DS was released in the first quarter of 2010, it has also created "the highest unit sales in the first quarter on any hardware platform."
PlayStation 4 with Xbox One Sales in March increased by 25%.
This quarter, hardware spending increased 2% year-on-year to US $ 773 million.
In Accessories and game cardsThe total expenditure reached US $ 397 million, an increase of 12% year-on-year. Compared with the previous highest level in March 2008, expenditure reached the highest level in history.
Year-to-date spending has fallen by 3% to US $ 905 million.
Compared with last year's record, game controller spending reached a record high. of Nintendo Swtich Pro controller Is the best-selling controller, and PlayStation 4's spending on gamepads in a month in March set a record of "the highest single platform ever."
of Xbox One Ear Force Stealth 600 wireless headphones This headset from Turtle Beach is the best-selling headset of the month and this quarter.
overallOverall spending in March 2020 increased by 35% year-on-year to US $ 1.6 billion. This is the highest expenditure report in three months since reaching $ 1.8 billion in March 2008. So far, spending has fallen by 4% to $ 3 billion, which is a 4% drop compared to the same period last year.
