US game spending grows 16% to $4.6bn in October, says NPD | US monthly charts

During October US consumer spending on games reached $4.6 billion, a 16% increase year-over-year according to the latest NPD data.

Year to date spending reached $46.7 billion, which is up 12% compared to the same time in 2020.

Consumer spending on hardware increased 82% year-on-year, to $472 million. Year-to-date hardware spending grew 53% to $3.9 billion.

Aided by the release of the OLED Model, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console for the month in both units and dollars.

For games, Far Cry 6 debuted as No. 1 while also being the eight best-selling game of 2021 to date. It was also the top selling title on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms in October.

Second on the charts was Back 4 Blood as Metroid Dread was third best-selling title.

Overall spending on gaming content (including subscriptions and cloud gaming) saw a 11% increase year-over-year at $3.76 billion.

Accessories spending was up by 5% year-on-year, for a total of $158 million, as year-to-date accessory sales saw a 9% increase when compared to last year.

Here are the US Top 20 (based on dollar sales) for the period between 8/29/2021 through 10/2/2021, courtesy of The NPD Group:

*Digital sales not included