--- title: US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following... description: US video game consumer spending rose 12% year-on-year to $5.3 billion in March 2026, driven primarily by a 69% surge in hardware sales to $500 million. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/us-hardware-sales-rose-69-in-march-2026-following-strong-switch-2-performance-us-monthly-charts-rh0hq3m1k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following strong Switch 2 performance | US Monthly Charts | daily.dev og:description: US video game consumer spending rose 12% year-on-year to $5.3 billion in March 2026, driven primarily by a 69% surge in hardware sales to $500 million. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/us-hardware-sales-rose-69-in-march-2026-following-strong-switch-2-performance-us-monthly-charts-rh0hq3m1k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rH0hQ3m1K.png og:image:alt: US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following strong Switch 2 performance | US Monthly Charts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following strong Switch 2 performance | US Monthly Charts **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary US video game consumer spending rose 12% year-on-year to $5.3 billion in March 2026, driven primarily by a 69% surge in hardware sales to $500 million. The Nintendo Switch 2 led both unit and dollar hardware sales, with unit sales 12% ahead of the original Switch at the same point and holding the record as the fastest-selling hardware platform in Circana's tracking history since 1995. Console content spending grew 22%, boosted by a 40% rise in digital premium downloads and new releases including Crimson Desert, MLB The Show 26, and Pokémon Pokopia. MLB The Show 26 topped the overall software chart, while Resident Evil: Requiem entered the top five best-selling Resident Evil titles by US dollar sales after just two months. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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