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Dec 2020 US NPD THREAD - December 2020 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories reached a December record $7.7B, 25% higher when compared to a year ago. Full year spending also set a new record, totaling $56.9B, 27% higher than 2019.
US NPD HW - Hardware dollar sales reached $1.35 billion in December 2020, an increase of 38 percent when compared to a year ago, and the highest total for a Decemeber month since the $1.37 billion achieved in December 2013.
US NPD HW - Annual hardware dollar sales totaled $5.3 billion, 35% higher than 2019, and the most since $5.6 billion was reached in 2011.
US NPD HW - Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in units and dollars for both December and the 2020 year. Annual dollar sales of Switch hardware were the 2nd highest for a platform in U.S. history. Only the 2008 dollar sales of Nintendo Wii were higher.
US NPD HW - PlayStation 5 finished 2020 as the #2 best-selling console in dollar sales, while PlayStation 4 ranked 2nd in units sold. PlayStation 5 set a new dollar sales record for PlayStation hardware through each platform's first December.
US NPD SW - Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War was the best-selling game of both December as well as 2020, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was 2020's 2nd best-seller. Call of Duty ranked as the best-selling gaming franchise in the U.S. market for a record 12th consecutive year.
US NPD SW - Animal Crossing: New Horizons was 2020's 3rd best-selling title, and the 6th best-selling game of December. In 2020 the title achieved the highest physical dollar sales for a Nintendo published game in a calendar year since Wii Fit Plus in 2010.
US NPD SW - Cyberpunk 2077 debuted as the #2 best-selling game of December, and the 19th best-selling game of 2020, despite the lack of digital tracking.
US NPD SW - The Last of Us: Part II finished 2020 as the year's 6th best-selling title overall. The Last of Us: Part II now ranks as the 3rd best-selling Sony published game in U.S. history in dollar sales, trailing only Marvel's Spider-Man and 2018's God of War.
US NPD SW - Half of the top 20 best-selling games of December 2020 were published by Nintendo.
US NPD SW - December 2020 Top 20 Sellers
US NPD SW - 2020 Top 20 Sellers
US NPD SW - December 2020 Nintendo Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - 2020 Nintendo Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - December 2020 PlayStation Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - 2020 PlayStation Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - December 2020 Xbox Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - 2020 Xbox Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD ACCESSORIES - Spending on video game accessories reached $546m in December 2020, 15 percent higher when compared to a year ago. 2020 spending gained 21 percent, to $2.6 billion.
US NPD ACCESSORIES - Gamepad spending reached a new dollar sales record high in 2020. Sony's DualSense Wireless Controller was the best-selling Gamepad of both December and 2020 in units sold.
US NPD ACCESSORIES - Spending on the Headset/Headphone segment reached a new all-time high. The Turtle Beach Ear Force Recon 70 Gaming Headset Black for Xbox was the year's best-selling Headset in both dollar and unit sales.
