NPD: Switch Was Top Selling Console For December 2020 In US, Half Of Top 20 Best-Selling Games Published By Nintendo

NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella has shared some new information about the Switch’s performance last month in the United States.

According to NPD Group’s data, the Nintendo Switch was once again the best selling console in the US for December 2020, and the best selling console overall for 2020. Furthermore, half of the Top 20 best-selling titles for the month were published by Nintendo, among them Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity, and more.

You can check out some charts below, along with a few extra tidbits shared by Piscatella:

December 2020 Top 20 Overall

2020 Top 20 Overall

December 2020 Top 10 for Switch

2020 Top 10 for Switch

• December 2020 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories reached a December record $7.7B, 25% higher when compared to a year ago. Full year spending also set a new record, totaling $56.9B, 27% higher than 2019.
• Hardware dollar sales reached $1.35 billion in December 2020, an increase of 38 percent when compared to a year ago, and the highest total for a Decemeber month since the $1.37 billion achieved in December 2013.
  Annual hardware dollar sales totaled $5.3 billion, 35% higher than 2019, and the most since $5.6 billion was reached in 2011.
• Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in units and dollars for both December and the 2020 year. Annual dollar sales of Switch hardware were the 2nd highest for a platform in U.S. history. Only the 2008 dollar sales of Nintendo Wii were higher.
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons was 2020’s 3rd best-selling title, and the 6th best-selling game of December. In 2020 the title achieved the highest physical dollar sales for a Nintendo published game in a calendar year since Wii Fit Plus in 2010.
• Half of the top 20 best-selling games of December 2020 were published by Nintendo.
  Spending on video game accessories reached $546m in December 2020, 15 percent higher when compared to a year ago. 2020 spending gained 21 percent, to $2.6 billion.

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