Switch zernichtete die Konkurrenz im März wieder mal? Gut.
Mir ging es beim Switch-Vergleich darum, dass die Switch auch nur dank der Pandemie so außergewöhnlich gut läuft.
Dass eine Konsole im ersten Jahr weniger Einheiten verkauft als eine Konsole die sich gerade im Peak befindet ist klar.
Die PS5 Zahlen sind super. Aber eben genau wie die Switch zum Teil dank und nicht trotz der Pandemie.
Dafür ist die Switch im 5. jahr, ein sehr später und langer Peak und sie gewinnt obwohl die PS5 dank Pandemie den besten Konsolenstart hingelegt hat.
State of the market March 2021 consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories reached a March record $5.6 billion, 18% higher when compared to a year ago. First quarter consumer spending totaled $14.9 billion, 30% higher than 2020's first quarter. Hardware March video...
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State of the market
March 2021 consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories reached a March record
$5.6 billion,
18% higher when compared to a year ago. First quarter consumer spending totaled
$14.9 billion,
30% higher than 2020's first quarter.
Hardware
March video game hardware dollar sales were 47% higher than a year ago, at a March record $680 million. The previous high of $552 million was set in March 2008. Year-to-date hardware spending totaled $1.4 billion, an increase of 81% compared to a year ago.
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars during the month of March. In the first quarter, Nintendo Switch was the unit sales leader while
PlayStation 5 ranked first in hardware dollar sales.
PlayStation 5 is the fastest selling console in U.S. history in both unit and dollar sales (lifetime sales with five months on the market).
Content
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War returned to the top of the monthly best-sellers chart in March. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was also the best-selling title of both the first quarter as well as the 12-month period ending March.
Monster Hunter: Rise debuted as March's 2nd best-seller, while also ranking 1st on Switch. With just one month on the market,
lifetime dollar sales of Monster Hunter: Rise rank 2nd amongst all Monster Hunter franchise releases, trailing only Monster Hunter: World.
Outriders launched as the 3rd best-selling game of March. Outriders ranked as the #3 best-selling game on both Xbox and PlayStation platforms.
Mario Kart 8 placed 6th on the March 2021 best-sellers chart.
Mario Kart 8 is the best-selling racing genre video game in U.S. history.
The March launch of the Switch version of
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time helped the title rise to #15 on the March best-sellers chart after placing 65th in February.