Jul 07, 2022 12:00:00

Expenditure to the game market in 2022 is expected to decrease 8.7% from the previous year to 7.5 trillion yen, due to the shortage of PS5 and the decrease in demand due to pandemics

Market research firm NPD has announced that consumer spending in the US gaming market in 2022 will be down 8.7% from 2021 to $ 55.5 billion. The decrease in spending is affected by the

shortage of supply of the latest game consoles such as Playstation 5, and the calm demand for headsets that surged due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus. In addition, NPD cites the action RPG ' ELDEN RING ' released in February 2022 as the game with the highest sales in the United States in 2022.

2022's Video Game Market Declines Expected to Continue --The NPD Group
https://www.npd.com/news/blog/2022/2022s-video-game-market-declines-expected-to-continue/

Below is a forecast of consumer spending on the US game market announced by NPD. Spending has continued to increase for the second consecutive year since 2019, reaching $ 60.8 billion in 2021. However, NPD forecasts that 2022 will be down 8.7% from 2021 to $ 55.5 billion.

NPD cites soaring prices in other categories such as food and fuel and a shortage of game consoles as reasons for lower spending on the game market.

'Playstation 5' and 'Xbox Series X' that appeared in November 2020 continue to be difficult to obtain even at the time of article creation. NPD predicts that the supply shortage of these game consoles will continue throughout 2022. In addition, Sony revealed at a business briefing in May 2022 that the supply shortage of 'Playstation 5' is expected to continue throughout 2022.

PlayStation 5, which is not available at all, is in short supply but is achieving the highest sales ever-GIGAZINE

NPD also mentioned a decline in demand for headsets. Demand for headsets used not only for games but also for video conferences has increased sharply due to the expansion of remote work due to pandemics, but in 2022, demand for headsets began to settle down. This is expected to reduce spending on gaming gear such as headsets.

In addition, NPD predicts that 'ELDEN RING' will be the highest-selling game in the United States in 2022. NPD also predicts that the following 10 games (including those not yet released) will be in the top 10 sales in 2022.

・ ELDEN RING
・ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
・ God of War Ragnarok
・ Gotham Knights
・ Horizon Forbidden West
Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga
・ Madden NFL 23
・ NBA 2K23
・ Pokémon LEGENDS Arceus
・ Pokemon Scarlet Violet

'The gaming market looks like it's declining in the short term, but it's growing stronger than ever in the long run,' NPD said at the end of the announcement. Claims to be something like that.