Dear Reader:
Sept. 2018 NPD - Super Mario Party sees top 10 debut (full charts)
Sept. 2018 totals
Total: $1.376 billion (up 7 percent from $1.285 billion in September 2017)
Hardware: $306 million (down 3 percent from $316 million)
PC and console software: $747 million (flat from 2017’s $744 million)
Accessories: $323 million (up 43 percent from $225 million)
Various tidbits
- for the 2018 year-to-date period, hardware spending has increased 18 percent to $2.4 billion
- spending gains for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and the NES Classic and SNES Classic have driven growth
- total spending on Accessories and Game Cards grew 43 percent to an all-time high of $323 million
- year to date, Accessories and Game Card spending has grown 35 percent when compared to a year ago, to $2.6 billion
- for the first time in tracked history, both September and year-to-date Game Card spending now exceeds that of Accessories