While PS5 console sales in the US experienced growth in January 2023, “other platforms” including Xbox have experienced a decline, according to the latest NPD figures. Mat Piscatella, Executive Director for The NPD Group, released data on US consumer spending for video game content, hardware, and accessories for the month. Compared to last year, hardware spending was flat at $393 million, while content and accessories spending fell, leading to an overall 5% decline in sales.
PS5 Dualsense was the best-selling accessory in US for January 2023
U.S. video game hardware spending was flat compared to a year ago, at $393 million. Growth in PlayStation 5 and Switch hardware spending was offset by declines across other platforms.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) February 13, 2023
While Piscatella does not have any specific numbers on how much each platform has risen or fallen in sales, he shared on Twitter:
Growth in PlayStation 5 and Switch hardware spending was offset by declines across other platforms.
He continues in another tweet: “PlayStation 5 was the U.S. market’s best-selling hardware platform of January 2023 in both unit and dollar sales, with Switch ranking 2nd across both measures.”
A 14% drop in accessories spending was mainly due to consumers choosing not to spend on Gamepads, though the PS5 Dualsense Midnight Black controller was the best-selling accessory for the month in terms of dollar sales.
The NPD report also corroborates the January 2023 PS Store download charts, with Dead Space coming in at second place for the month and Forspoken coming in seventh.
As expected, Modern Warfare 2 sits at the top of the pile. Two new entries into the Top 20 include Fire Emblem Engage at fifth and One Piece Odyssey in ninth. One caveat to the chart, though, is that Nintendo strangely does not share digital sales.
