US-NPD-Daten für März sind da. Switch ist bei den Stückzahlen vorne, XBox beim Umsatz:
State of the market
March 2022 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories declined 15% vs YA, to $4.9B. Declines were seen across all major categories of spend. First quarter 2022 spending fell 8% vs Q1 2021, to $13.9B.
US NPD HW - Video game hardware dollar sales dropped 24% when compared to a year ago, to $515 million. First quarter hardware sales reached $1.2 billion, a 15% decline versus 2021's first quarter.
Hardware
Xbox Series was the best-selling hardware platform of both March 2022 and the first quarter in dollars, while Switch led both time periods in unit sales.
Xbox hardware unit and dollar sales in March 2022 set new all-time March highs for the platform. Previous Xbox bests were set in March 2011 (units) and March 2014 (dollars).
Software
Elden Ring repeated as the best-selling game of the month, as dollar sales experienced double-digit percentage dollar sales growth compared to its Feb 2022 launch. Elden Ring ranked first in dollar sales among tracked titles across PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Elden Ring remains the best-selling game of 2022 year-to-date, and now ranks second over the 12 month period ending March 2022 with dollar sales trailing only those of Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Gran Turismo 7 debuted as the #2 best-selling game of March 2022, while also ranking 2nd on PlayStation platforms. Gran Turismo set a new all-time launch month dollar sales record for a Gran Turismo franchise launch.
Sensor Tower US Mobile - Overall spend on mobile games was down 12% year-over-year, with a close to 25% decline for Google Play games revenue during that period, offsetting App Store games spending which was down less than a quarter of a percent.
Top 10 mobile games by U.S. revenue for March 2022: Candy Crush Saga, Roblox, Coin Master, Garena Free Fire, Genshin Impact, Evony: The King's Return, Bingo Blitz, Royal Match, and Candy Crush Soda Saga
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State of the market March 2022 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories declined 15% vs YA, to $4.9B. Declines were seen across all major categories of spend. First quarter 2022 spending fell 8% vs Q1 2021, to $13.9B. US NPD HW - Video game hardware dollar sales...
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