Nintendo Switch encabeza las ventas de hardware en los resultados NPD de mayo

May’s NPD results have been shared, and the figures reveal that May has been a relatively quiet month for the video game industry.

The industry overall has seen a 19% drop in sales (for hardware, juegos, Tu primer vistazo a la jugabilidad extendida – PlayStation.Blog LATAM) compared to a year ago, and at $3.7 billón, this is the lowest monthly spending total since February 2020. Year-to-date spending has also seen a 10% drop compared to the same period in 2021, with subscription gaming the only aspect that’s seen year-on-year growth.

Sin embargo, the Switch has done pretty well, topping the hardware charts for last month in the US in both numbers of units and dollars. It’s still the best-selling console of the year in the country in terms of units sold, demasiado.

Looking at the games, La renovación de la marca registrada de Silent Hill sugiere la devolución de la franquicia continues to do well, jumping from fifth to third in May and was also the best-selling Switch game of the month, overtaking Kirby y la tierra olvidada y LEGO Star Wars: La expansión Kaito Files revela el pasado del nuevo protagonista – PlayStation.Blog LATAM.

En general, Anillo de Elden continues to dominate sales in the US and is still the number-one-selling game of the month and the year. Pero Pokémon Leyendas: Arceus is third in YTD sales while Nintendo Switch Sports sneaks up to 13th. And don’t forget, all of Nintendo’s sales figures don’t include digital downloads, so these games may have done even better than they appear to have.

Nintendo Switch Sports continues to make an impact, entonces, despite the quiet month. We’ll have to see if Nintendo’s busy summer changes up the figures — but Nintendo Switch Sports is doing solid numbers and will likely continue to do so as the weeks go on.

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