April 2020 NPD: U.S. game spending breaks records

Cooped-up consumers spent truckloads of cash on video games in April, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Spending on tracked new games, hardware, accessories, and game cards hit $1.5 billion. Games like Final Fantasy VII: Remake and Animal Crossing: New Horizons contributed to the growth. Here are the full results

April 2020 Dollar Sales, Millions Apr’19 Apr’20 CHG
Total Video Game Sales $846 $1,466 73%
Video Game Hardware $160 $420 163%
Video Game Software (Physical and Full Game Digital Formats from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for DLP Participants) $428 $662 55%
Video Game Accessories & Game Cards $258 $384 49%

“April 2020 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards totaled $1.5 billion, 73% higher when compared to a year ago,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “This is a new record high in reported spend for an April month, eclipsing the $1.2 billion generated in April 2008.”

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