Last month was pretty rough when it came to hardware sales in gaming. All three major consoles in the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S saw significant sales drops compared to last year.
According to data from Circana (via Mat Piscatella), September's video game hardware sales fell by 44% when compared to the same period last year. It is the lowest monthly hardware spend total since September 2019.
Xbox Series hardware dropped by 54%, PlayStation 5 dropped by 45%, and Nintendo Switch by 23%. Outside of these sales drops, another interesting bit of information was dropped regarding the PS5. While for the longest time, consoles with a disc drive have dominated the life-to-date unit sales of the PlayStation 5, and still make up more than 80% of the total sales, 40% of September's consoles were digital.
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