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Sony PS5 was the best-selling game console in the US in first quarter of 2021
On April 19, according to data from the market research organization NPD, the PS5 has become the best-selling host in the history of the United States in terms of sales and value.
NPD executive director Mat Piscatella said on Twitter that the Nintendo Switch console became the highest-selling hardware platform in the first quarter of this year, while the PS5 still ranked first in the US sales value list.
Moreover, the data shows that the overall game hardware sales in March were 47% higher than the same period last year, setting a record of 680 million U.S. dollars. The amount spent so far this year is 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 81% over the same period last year.
Sony believes that as of March 31, 2022, they expect to sell more than 12.8 million PS5 units, which will also exceed PS4 sales in the second year after its release.
|VIA|