While games historically have been on the rise over the past decade, the pandemic’s role in encouraging stay-at-home entertainment has likely accelerated video games’ double-digit percentage sales jumps in the spring months since social distancing measures went into effect. Nintendo, meanwhile, forged ahead with Animal Crossing: New Horizons taking the top gaming spot, with the Switch outpacing all other consoles in overall sales, as well as in individual units sold. Microsoft’s top June sales came from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Grand Theft Auto V, as well as getting a significant boost from the Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller - the bestselling June accessory in a record-setting month for peripherals. Big in-house releases like Final Fantasy VII Remake and The Last of Us Part II gave Sony a huge boost for the PS4 in the first half of the year, with TLOU2 especially breaking June launch-window records (some of which Remake had just broken only weeks before). In terms of the games themselves, the numbers hold few surprises.
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While NPD releases global figures separately, the uptick could point to 2020 being a bigger year for games worldwide than 2019, when the $120 billion of spending on digital games alone lapped the global movie box office by roughly triple. It’s a staggering figure that would likely outpace the domestic movie box office, even in years when there’s been no pandemic keeping summer blockbusters off-limits at theaters. The $6.6 billion sales figure encompasses everything games-related, from software to consoles to peripherals to online services. VliGtYt4sc- Mat Piscatella July 17, 2020
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This is the highest tracked spend for a June month since $1.3 billion was reached in June 2009.
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JUNE 2020 US NPD THREAD - June 2020 tracked spending across Video Game hardware, software, accessories and game cards totaled $1.2 billion, gaining 26% when compared to a year ago.