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Jan. 2021 NPD: Switch the best-selling hardware for the 26th consecutive month, highest console unit sales for a January in over a decade
The software and hardware sales for January 2021 are officially in. Here's what was big in the United States last month, thanks to a rundown by Mat Piscatella from The NPD Group.
January 2021 top 20
January 2021 top 10 for Switch
Various tidbits
- Sales of video game hardware were 144% higher than January 2020, reaching $319 million. This is the highest total for a January month since the $323 million achieved in January 2011.
- Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform in units sold for the month of January. Unit sales of Nintendo Switch were the highest of any platform in a January month since the Nintendo Wii in January 2010.
- PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in dollars sold in January, with the highest dollar sales total for a January month since the Nintendo Wii in January 2009.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons ranked as January's 5th best-selling title, the first time it has ranked among the top 5 since ranking 5th in July 2020. Animal Crossing: New Horizons repeated as the month's best-selling title on Nintendo Switch.