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 |
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|
|
|
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Total Video Game Sales |
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$846 |
$1,466 |
73% |
Video Game Hardware |
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$160 |
$420 |
163% |
Video Game Software (Physical and Full Game Digital Formats from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for DLP Participants) |
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$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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