With Christmas coming up, EA Sports FC 24 has topped physical sales charts in the UK for the week ending December 16th. Gfk revealed that sales rose by 29 percent week-over-week.
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The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for November, typically the biggest gaming month of the year, and surprisingly, the results weren’t that great. Players spent $5.9 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in November, a 9 percent year-on-year decrease. This was largely driven by a 24 percent drop in hardware spending, with all consoles being down double digits year-on-year. The PlayStation 5 was the #1 console, followed by the Xbox Series X/S, with the Switch really dropping off this season. It seems like inflation, and rumors that a new Switch is right around the corner, likely impacted hardware sales this year.
On the software front, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was, unsurprisingly, the #1 game for November, although unlike past years, it didn’t immediately leap to the top of the full-year 2023 charts. As of now, Hogwarts Legacy is still the #1 game of 2023, and it may stay there as it received a nice boost to #3 on the charts in November. Other new additions to the chart include Super Mario RPG at #7, Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections at #12 and Star Ocean: The Second Story R at #17.
Here are November’s top 20 games according to Circana:
1 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
2 - Spider-Man 2
3 - Hogwarts Legacy
4 - Madden NFL 24
5 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
6 - EA Sports FC 24
7 - Super Mario RPG
8 - Mortal Kombat 1
9 - NBA 2K24
10 - EA Sports UFC 5
11 - Assassin's Creed Mirage
12 - Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections
13 - Sonic Superstars
14 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
15 - God of War Ragnarok
16 - NHL 24
17 - Star Ocean: The Second Story R
18 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales
19 - Minecraft
20 - Just Dance 2024
And here are the top games of 2023 to date:
1 - Hogwarts Legacy
2 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
3 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
4 - Spider-Man 2
5 - Madden NFL 24
6 - Diablo IV
7 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
8 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
9 - Mortal Kombat 1
10 – Starfield
What are your thoughts on the November NPD/Circana charts? Any big surprises or things you’re happy to see?
With Christmas coming up, EA Sports FC 24 has topped physical sales charts in the UK for the week ending December 16th. Gfk revealed that sales rose by 29 percent week-over-week.
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Video game analyst group Circana has released its November 2023 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights report and in it, the company reveals that, unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was the best-selling game of the month. It launched on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on November 10 and is already the second best-selling game of 2023, behind Hogwarts Legacy.
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