Nintendo Switch Was Still The Highest Selling Console In February According To NPD Group

Another strong month for Nintendo’s hardware.

This February, the Nintendo Switch was the top console according to the NPD numbers of the sales.

Thanks to the NPD Group and Mat Piscatella for the breakdown. Note. This NPD report only covers the U.S. Video Games Market.

Here are the numbers for February 2019:

• Total: $1.047 billion (Up 4% from $1.007 billion in February 2018)
• Hardware: $277 million (Down 12% from $316 million)
• PC and console software: $457 million (Up 15% compared to $397 million)
• Accessories: $313 million (Up 6% from $294 million)

Nintendo stands ahead of Xbox and Playstation 4 but games such as Anthem have beaten Nintendo in terms of software.

Controllers have been a huge asset to them with an 80% increase in sales however.

What do you think about these stats?

More more insights to the statistics, watch GameXplain’s video below.

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