U.S. Video-Game Spending Falls in July as Xbox Hardware Sales Decline (MSFT:NASDAQ)

Switch 2 Leads US Console Sales Slump in Worst July Since Covid

Nintendo Co.’s Switch 2 sales in the US this July were less than half what they were the same month a year ago, leading an industrywide hardware decline, according to Circana.

U.S. video-game spending falls in July as Xbox hardware sales decline (MSFT:NASDAQ)

U.S. video game spending fell 10% in July as console sales sank on higher prices, pressuring Microsoft Xbox.

US console sales hit new low in July as physical Xbox games plummet

$282 million was spent on new video game hardware in the US this July, which is much less than you’d think, and barely anyone bought physical Xbox games.

We Just Had The Worst July For Console Sales Since 2020

The average price of a video game console in the U.S. last month was over $500

PS5 Sales Drop Just 6 Percent in the US as Overall Hardware Spending Falls 29 Percent

PS5 sales in the US declined by just 6% year over year in July 2026, according to Circana data shared by analyst Mat Piscatella. The relatively small decline came despite a major contraction in the wider hardware market and rising console prices. Xbox Series unit sales fell 18% compared with July 2025, while Nintendo Switch 2 sales dropped 51%. The PS5 therefore recorded the smallest unit decline among the three current-generation platforms duri…

Xbox Reportedly Makes Up Less Than 5% Of US Physical Sales In 2026

Are we looking at a disc-less future?Well, this makes for grim reading! Mat Piscatella of the analysis group Circana has shared some new details today about the gaming industry's performance in both July and the year as a whole, including about physical sales in 2026.As reported by Kotaku, Circana noted that 63% of all physical gaming sales in the US this year have been for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, 32% have been for PlayStation, a few speci…