NPD June 2022: Overwatch and Final Fantasy VII return to the top 20

Consumer spending on games continues to decline from a year ago, according to industry tracking firm The NPD Group. While subscription spending shows signs of growth, it wasn’t enough to offset the 11% drop in spending on hardware, content and accessories.

“In June 2022, consumer spending on video game hardware, content and accessories fell 11% from a year ago, to $4.3 billion,” said NPD analyst Mat Piscatella. . “Growth in subscription spending could not offset declines in other areas of content spending, while spending on hardware and accessories also fell.” The PlayStation 5 generated the highest dollar sales among all platforms, both in June and in the first half of 2022. The Nintendo Switch led both in terms of unit sales.

According to data provided by Sensor Tower, the mobile phone market is also down slightly, but less than in May — it was down 10.7% in June, compared to 12.6% in May. Sensor Tower speculates that the slower decline could be due to the launch of Diablo Immortal, which was in the top 10 in revenue for both stores. Google Play recorded the largest decline, while the App Store saw a small positive year-over-year growth.

Piscatella added, “First-half spending totaled $26.3 billion, down 10% from the same period in 2021. Subscription content is the only major spending category that showed growth. spending.

NPD June 2022: Top 20 best-selling games of the month in the United States

NPD tracks physical sales at retailers, but it also gets digital data directly from publishers. Not all companies participate. For example, Nintendo does not share its first-party sales and Activision Blizzard does not provide its Battle.net sales.

These charts are sorted by dollar sales – not by number of units sold. And that’s for full game sales and doesn’t include in-game spending.

Unsurprisingly, Elden Ring and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga continue to dominate the charts. According to Piscatella, “Elden Ring ranks among the top 10 best-selling premium games in the US market of all time (dollar sales).”

New games in the charts

One of the interesting quirks of this month, as opposed to previous months, is how many new games make it into the top 20 this month. While the April and May charts largely consisted of previously released titles, five new games made it in June, the highest since March. This is probably due to the number of interesting new releases, which is undoubtedly higher this month than it has been. The best-selling new release is Mario Strikers: Battle League, followed by F1 22, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Sonic Origins, and The Quarry.

Peak of interest for old titles

The other interesting thing about the June rankings is the number of games in the top 20 that were previously ranked much lower. For example, Final Fantasy VII: Remake was previously ranked 159, but dropped to 9th place this month. This is likely due to the announcement of the sequel, among other promotional events in June to celebrate the original game’s 25th anniversary. According to Piscatella, Final Fantasy VII: Remake was last in the top 20 in May 2020. Other games that recently returned to the charts include Overwatch (from 59th to 5th place), following new details on the sequel; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles (from 56th to 14th place), which received a Switch release, and Monster Hunter: Rise (from 30th to 13th place), following the expansion’s launch Sunbreak.

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