PlayStation 5 [1,178 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps5/ “> PlayStation 5 is currently the fastest-selling video hardware platform in US history, according to market research firm NPD Group [57 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/npd-group/ “> NPD Group.
It is based on dollar sales generated by Sony Interactive Entertainment [1,230 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/sony/ “> Sony’s console after four months availability, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella Said Friday.
However, the limited offer PS5 was only the second best-selling hardware platform in February, lagging behind Nintendo Switch [1,529 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/switch/ “> Nintendo Switch in both unit and dollar sales.
Nintendo [1,632 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/ “> Nintendo’s system has been the best-selling console in the US for 27 consecutive months, based on units sold.
NPD said Switch’s lifetime dollar sales have now surpassed those of the DS, making it Nintendo’s second best-selling platform behind Wii, and the seventh best-selling platform in U.S. history.
Nintendo does not provide digital sales data, but Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, which sold best in February [45 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/super-mario-3d-world-bowsers-fury/ “> Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury based on sales only. It is also the second top seller in 2021 game behind Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War [147 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ “> Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Activision [508 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/activision-blizzard/activision/ “> Activision’s shooter dropped to number 2 on February’s software map, followed by the new entry Persona 5 [29 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/persona-5/ “> Persona 5: Strikers, Marvel’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales [85 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales/ “> Spider-Man Miles Morales and Madden NFL 21 [26 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/madden-nfl-21/ “> Madden NFL 21. The only other new entry in the top 20 was Little Nightmares 2 [10 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/little-nightmares-2/ “> Little Nightmares 2 on no.6.
Total consumer spending on video game hardware, content and accessories peaked at $ 4.6 billion last month in February, with annual spending up 39 percent from 2020.