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

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

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…