The NPD Group

April spending down 8% despite strong hardware sales | US monthly charts

Accessories sales were down 10% year-on-year, while hardware saw a 16% growth

November spending down 10% compared to 2020 | US monthly charts

Hardware sales were at their lowest for a November since 2016, but Switch is still on a high

US gaming has lost half of the audience gains it made in 2020 - NPD

While pandemic participation boost declines, spending on video games continues to grow

US game sales up 30% during Q1 2021 | US Quarterly Report

Consumer spending on gaming reached $14.92 billion from January to March 2021, NPD Group reports

Mobile gaming saw surge of new players in 2020

NPD: Number of mobile gamers increased 12% last year, in part due to pandemic-related lockdowns

FIFA 21 debuts at No.1 in the US for October in a first for the franchise

Nintendo Switch hardware sets a new dollar sales record for the month, surpassing the Wii in 2008

US games spending once again reaches record quarterly highs

By the end of Q2, one out of every three US owners of either a PS4 or Xbox One owned both systems

Ring Fit Adventure sprints to the US top 10 in June thanks to stock increase

NPD: The Last of Us Part 2 debuts at No.1, sees second-highest launch month dollar sales for a Sony-published game ever

NPD: US console sales in April up 163% to $420m

Video games hardware and software generated $1.5 billion last month, making it the biggest April on record

Game spending in the US reached a record quarterly high in Q1 2020

The NPD Group: Consumers spent nearly $10.9 billion on video games from January through March of this year

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game of the year in the US

But Nintendo thrived in hardware and software sales at the end of its competitors' console generations

NPD: Growth of mobile gamers slows while revenue continues rising

Research firm finds number of US and Canada mobile users playing games was up just 2% last year, but revenues jumped 24% to more than $11.82 billion

NPD: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order debuts at No.2 in the US for November

But Pokemon would have overtaken it if sales of all versions were combined

NBA 2K20 slam dunks with best US launch month sales of any sports game ever

NBA 2K is now the sixth-best-selling gaming franchise in US history, beating out Guitar Hero

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare expected to be US best-selling title of 2019

NPD: NBA 2K20 predicted second, Pokemon Sword and Kingdom Hearts III also make top ten

NPD: Super Mario Maker 2 warps to the top of June US sales

Nintendo Switch continues its reign as best-selling hardware platform for 2019

NPD: May 2019 was the worst May for new releases since 1998

Mortal Kombat 11 overtakes Kingdom Hearts III as best-selling software title year-to-date; hardware and software sales see overall declines

NPD: Nintendo likely to end the year as best-selling publisher

With no looming major end-of-year releases, Call of Duty, NBA 2K, and Madden predicted to top 2019 software charts

NPD: US video games sales reached $43.4 billion last year

Red Dead Redemption 2 crowned best-selling game of 2018; Super Smash Bros. Ultimate takes December

NPD: US, Canada saw more mobile gamers in 2018

Number of mobile gamers increased 5% year-over-year; Android remains most popular smartphone option