Circana (NPD) US sales December 2023 - PS5 (#1 for both) NSW (#2 for both) XBS #3 / MW3#1, Mario Wonder#2, Madden 24#3

[Gizmo_Duck]

Rankings
Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
Revenue: PS5 > NSW > XBS

YTD Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
YTD Revenue: PS5 > NSW > XBS

Hardware

Video game hardware spending ended 2023 flat vs YA, at $6.6B. Growth in PlayStation 5 hardware dollar sales helped offset declines across both Xbox Series and Switch. PlayStation 5 ended 2023 as the best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars.

December hardware spending reached $1.6 billion, an increase of 4% when compared to December 2022. Growth in Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 hardware dollar sales offset a double-digit percentage decline for Nintendo Switch. PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform of December 2023 in both units and dollars, with Switch placing 2nd across each measure.

Dollar sales of Sony video game hardware set a new 1-month record for the manufacturer, beating the previous Sony high set in December 2022.

Software

Hogwarts Legacy finished as 2023’s best-selling video game in the U.S. market in dollar sales. It is the first year since 2008 that a non-Call of Duty or Rockstar developed title ranked 1st (Rock Band).

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was both the best-selling game of Dec and the #2 best-selling game of 2023. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ended 2023 ranked 7th. Call of Duty was the best-selling franchise in U.S. full game dollar sales for a record 15th consecutive year.

Fortnite featured the highest unique monthly active users on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles in the US market during December, while Lethal Company ranked 1st on Steam. 36% of active PlayStation 5 players (up from 31% in Nov) and 31% of active Xbox Series players (up from 28% in Nov) played Fortnite at least once during December. (Source: Circana Player Engagement Tracker)

Inclusion in subscription offerings again helped several titles see big boosts in active user counts in Dec. On PlayStation 5, PowerWash Simulator ranked 9th in monthly active users in Dec, up from #318 in Nov. On Xbox Series consoles, Goat Simulator bounded from 245th to 7th.

Accessories

Accessories spending finished the year 4% higher than a year ago, at $2.6 billion. A 7% increase in sales of Gamepads drove the growth. The PS5 Dual Sense Edge was the best-selling gamepad of 2023 in dollar sales.

 

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[Gizmo_Duck]

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[Dorian Breh]

Same-Man 2 managed to outsell Zelda (despite Zelda's digital sales not being included) despite being 1/3rd the install base and releasing at the end of October

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Same-Man 2 managed to outsell Zelda (despite Zelda's digital sales not being included) despite being 1/3rd the install base and releasing at the end of October

Sold more than COD on playstation also

 

[Fatboi1]

It's crazy Same nikka 2 sold more than TOTK which came out several months earlier. I guess LTD Zelda will sell more but I wasn't expecting that lol.

 

[Dorian Breh]

Sold more than COD on playstation also

But what about the PROFIT?!?!?!

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Also, spider-man 2 bundles aren’t counted on the NPD so it actually would rank higher with them

 

[Diondon]

Sony

 

[Dorian Breh]

It's awfully quiet in here, where them Xboys at?

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

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It's not about sales, it's about revenue.

 

[Leasy]

It's not about sales, it's about revenue.

They don’t matter to Ponies…

 

[Dorian Breh]

They don’t matter to Ponies…

He's making fun of you, Leaze