NPD Group: May US Gaming sales are the worst since the pandemic
People are getting back to real life?
$3.68B was spent on games in the US in May. It’s 19% lower than a year before.
$3.33B of this sum was spent on the gaming content (games, microtransactions, subscriptions e.t.c.). The decline YoY is 19% too.
Elden Ring made it back to the top chart.
Google Play sales went down by 23% YoY; App Store is feeling better with only a 2.6% decline.
Hardware sales decreased by 11% (to $216M); accessories - by 7% (to $131M). Nintendo Switch LED was first in both unit & dollar terms.