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Forums - Sales Discussion - May NPD 2021 thread

Leaks:

Switch < 451k
PS5 < 192k
XBS < 169k

Official NPD:

State of the market

May 2021 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories increased 3% when compared to a year ago, reaching $4.5 billion. Year-to-date consumer spending totaled $24.0 billion, a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2020.

May performance experienced a return to YoY growth following a slight dip in April. Gains in Subscription, Console, PC and VR content spending drove the positive variance. May 2021 hardware sales gained 5% compared to the prior year.

Hardware

May video game hardware dollar sales increased 5% when compared to May 2020, to $244 million. Year-to-date hardware consumer spending totaled $1.9 billion, a 36% increase compared with a year ago.

Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars during the month of May, as well as 2021 year-to-date.

Content

Resident Evil: Village was the best-selling game of May 2021. Resident Evil: Village generated the highest launch month sales of any 2021 release to date, and after one month in market the title ranked as the 2nd best-selling game of 2021 YTD.

Resident Evil: Village was the best-selling game of the month on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms, as well as across tracked titles on Steam.

Days Gone was the 21st best-selling game of May 2021, after placing 247th on the April chart. Days Gone was released to the PC platform via Steam on May 17th, 2021.

Software charts

Accessories

May 2021 spending on video game accessories fell 8% compared to a year ago, to $142 million. Year-to-date accessory sales reached $1.0 billion, an increase of 17% when compared to the same period in 2020.

Year-to-date sales of Steering Wheel accessories have gained more than 45% when compared to a year ago. The Logitech G920 Driving Force Racing Wheel is 2021's best-selling Steering Wheel year-to-date.


Thanks to Mat Piscatella for the break down !

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Last edited by Ryng - on 02 July 2021

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[NSW] 400K
[PS5] 200K
[XBS] 170K



It really feels like shooting in the dark in these days, but oh well let's take a shot anyways.

[NSW] 520K
[PS5] 255K
[XBS] 190K



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2024 OpenCritic Prediction Leagues:

Nintendo | PlayStation | Multiplat

[NSW] 380K
[PS5] 190K
[XBS] 160K

Overshot all three by alot last month, going to be a bit more conservative this time.



[NSW] 470K
[PS5] 210K
[XBS] 173K



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Let's be positive and bank on increased stock all around.
NSW : 425K
PS5: 225K
XBS: 175K



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I feel like PS5 and XBS each had more stock drops in May than in April, so I'm optimistic they did quite a bit better than last month.

NSW - 420K
PS5 - 300K
XBS - 250K



Switch: SW-3707-5131-3911
XBox: Kenjabish

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Any ballpark numbers for any platform?



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Before we get leaks, I'll take a stab.

NS - 450K
PS5 - 250K
XSX - 175K