Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom blamed for 40% drop in US hardware sales this year

Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S sales all saw “double-digit percentage declines year-on-year” comparing figures up to May, “with Switch showing the most significant drop”, according to the company’s boss and industry analyst Mat Piscatella.PlayStation … Read more

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom partly blamed for 40% drop in US hardware sales this year

Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S sales all saw “double-digit percentage declines year-on-year” comparing figures up to May, “with Switch showing the most significant drop”, according to the company’s boss and industry analyst Mat Piscatella.PlayStation … Read more

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom partly blamed for 40% drop in US spending on games this year

Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S sales all saw “double-digit percentage declines year-on-year” comparing figures up to May. Switch saw the most significant drop in spending, which Circana’s boss and industry analyst Mat Piscatella said … Read more