April NPD (Circana) 2023 Thread + Predictions

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trunkswd said:

Oneeee-Chan!!! said:

April 2023 US Video Game Market Highlights from Circana - Consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories reached $4.1 billion, a 5% drop when compared to a year ago. A 6% decline in April spending on video game content offset 7% growth in hardware. pic.twitter.com/BpejGl1c5i

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 17, 2023

How do we know that PS5 sales have dropped significantly? I can't tell from Matt's thread.

1) yes 2) no, and not particularly close.

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) May 17, 2023

Mat was asked if the PS5 set a new record for PlayStation for April and he replied "no, and not particularly close." While in March the PS5 set a new PlayStation record. Plus PS5 sales dropped 35% in the UK in April compared to March. 

Last month, according to Matt's tweet, hardware spending was $566M. This month it is $367M so it appears you are correct.