NPD announces best-selling games of 2021 in US

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Best-selling games of 2021 revealed

Call of Duty: Vanguard was the top-selling video game of 2021 in the US, while the Nintendo Switch dominated gaming hardware sales, according to data from NPD Group.

Despite a slight decline in spending on video game hardware, content, and accessories, 2021 was a record-breaking year.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Does not compute?
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NPD video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella said consumer spending on gaming hardware and software hit $60.4 billion in 2021, 8% higher than in 2020.

Software accounted for the biggest chunk of spending, at around $51.69 billion (R791 billion), an increase of 7% over last year.

While hardware and accessory spending dropped in the last month of the year, it was offset by subscription and recurrent spending across PC, console, and mobile platforms.
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Pity the top two is Activision. Now new Call of Duties will never be sold again. Gamepass with 'micro' transactions. Ugh.
 
Tanarri said:
Pity the top two is Activision. Now new Call of Duties will never be sold again. Gamepass with 'micro' transactions. Ugh.
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I'd rather spend a bit less less than 2K a year and have access to thousands of dollars worth of a massive variety of games, than have to spend a more than 1K on each yearly iteration of the same game. Microtransactions be damned, they've always been optional, and there's no one to blame but children and the affluent that buy these ridiculously overpriced things. Haven't the last few COD releases been swarmed with microtransactions anyway?
 
I think if it's going to become the only method of monetisation then it'll become a lot more intrusive. You'll then start to have a lot of semi optional things behind a pay wall. Only getting worse with each new yearly iteration. Rip CoD.
 
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