In February 2022, the Nintendo Switch is the most popular console on the market. After a short break in January for profit, it is therefore the Switch that is regaining its rank. We can only rejoice for Nintendo, even if we know that the situation is a bit artificial given the shortages of consoles observed for competing machines since their release.
Matt Piscatella, Executive Director & Video Game Industry Advisor at the NPD Group, tweeted some very interesting information about Nintendo’s performance in the US market, including the list of top-selling games on Switch:
1. Pokémon Legends: Arceus
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Mario Party Superstars
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5. SSBU
6. Pokémon Shining Diamond / Sparkling Pearl
7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
8. Super Mario 3d World
9. Just Dance 2022
10. New Super Mario Bros.
When we see that the 10th best seller on the US market is none other than New Super Mario Bros, we say to ourselves that it must not be easy to exist on Switch when your name is neither Nintendo nor Pokémon, nor Mario!
US NPD PREMIUM GAMES – February 2022 Nintendo Platforms Top 10 Best-Sellers pic.twitter.com/ykZOEVCCIN
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) March 11, 2022
In his thread of tweets about the NPD Group’s February 2022 report, Piscatella explains that revenue was down 6% from February 2021, to $4.4 billion. The console sales segment recorded the strongest decline, -27%, to 2.95 billion dollars against 4.06 billion last year. Sales of video games fell 4% to 3.908 billion dollars, those of accessories by 7% to 180 billion dollars.
In short, the US market is therefore tightening up a little in February 2022, over 12 months we have recorded a 4% decline in gross income, fairly distributed over the 3 segments, with a more marked drop on the accessories side (-11 %).
