Nintendo Switch leads February 2020 hardware sales

Video game sales continued to decline in the United States in February, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. And an absence of exciting new game releases helped hold back consoles sales as well. But while people are spending less money on gaming systems, Nintendo Switch hardware sales still surpassed its aging and outgoing competition.

“Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of February in both unit and dollar sales,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “And [it] remains the best-selling hardware platform of the year.”