Mat Piscatella of NPD Group has unveiled the sales figures of the gaming market for the USA in the month of January 2023, indicating that PS5 is the best-selling console. Let’s see everything that the analyst has reported.
First of all, it is indicated that the total expenditure was $4.3 billion in the USA, down 5% compared to January 2022. The drops were recorded by “content” (physical, digital, premium games, DLC and subscriptions) and accessories, -5% and -14% respectively. Hardware spending has remained the same, however.
As for i video games, the Top 20 is composed as follows (the asterisk indicates games whose digital data is not known):
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
- dead space
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- Fire Emblem Engage*
- Elden Ring
- Forspoken
- God of War Ragnarok
- One Piece Odyssey
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet*
- The Last of Us Part 1
- Sonic Frontiers
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Mario Kart 8*
- Minecraft
- Need for Speed Unbound
- Just Dance 2023 Edition
- NBA 2K23*
- Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales
- NHL 23
As regards the console, the best-selling is PS5, both in terms of units and in terms of dollar earnings. Nintendo Switch is instead second, for both rankings. Even if it is not specified by Piscatella, we can say that Xbox Series X | S is therefore third.
Finally, regarding the accessories, the best-selling is the DualSense controller for PS5 in Midnight Black color. In general, however, sales of gamepads have declined sharply. The accessories segment saw a decline of $165 million compared to January 2022.
Finally, remember that PS5 is the best-selling console in January 2023 in the UK, let’s also see the Top 20 games.
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