February 2020 NPD: Consumer Spending Dips in Uneventful Month

On the rocks.

Consumer spending dropped by 29 per cent year-over-year, as February 2020 proved to be an uneventful month in the latest NPD sales report for the United States. According to analyst Mat Piscatella, “late cycle hardware dynamics for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well as a lighter new release software slate drove the variance”.

It means that the software chart was dominated by older games, with not a single new release making the grade. Dreams charted in the PS4 specific sales charts, but it couldn’t make the multiformat Top 20, despite being critically acclaimed. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare secured the top spot, with NBA 2K20 coming in just behind.

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