A new report from the retail research group Circana has revealed some info on video game sales for all of 2023. According to their numbers, Hogwarts Legacy, the Harry Potter-based game from publisher Warner Bros. Games, was the best-selling US video game of the past year in terms of dollar sales.
Mat Piscatella, the Executive Director of Circana, posted the info on his X (formerly Twitter) account:
2023 Year Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from DLP members, Excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/LR6Za5YQ24
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) January 18, 2024
Piscatella points out in a follow-up post that Hogwarts Legacy is the first game since 2008 to be the best-selling game of the year in the US that isn't a Call of Duty game or a title released by Rockstar Games.
Hogwarts Legacy was also the best-selling on Sony's PlayStation consoles for 2023. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was the best-selling game for Xbox consoles, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling title on Nintendo's platforms.
Here's the top 20 list of US video game sales for 2023:
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
- Madden NFL 24
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Diablo 4
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- EA Sports FC 24
- Starfield
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- MLB: The Show 23
- Dead Island 2
- Final Fantasy 16
- Street Fighter 6
- Elden Ring
- Mario Kart 8
- Minecraft
Overall, Circana says that video game content sales in the US came in at $57.2 billion in 2023. Those numbers are up by just 1 percent compared to 2022's game revenues. Hardware sales were down slightly overall, but they were offset by rising game sales, along with gains in subscriptions, add-ons, and gaming accessories.
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