Circana: Remnant II tops the US game sales in July 2023
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Games
The total revenue of the gaming industry in the U.S. reached $4.187 billion in July, marking a 1% increase compared to the previous year.
U.S. residents spent $3.722 billion on games, showing a 2% increase from the previous year.
Gearbox Publishing's Remnant II emerged as the best-selling game of July in the U.S. It also secured the 18th position on the chart of the best-selling games of the year.
Among other newcomers in the July chart, Pikmin 4 ranked 6th, and Exoprimal secured the 16th spot.
Due to the restoration of multiplayer in older CoD games on Xbox, Call of Duty: Black Ops II returned to the top 20 in sales for the first time since April 2017. Sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops III also increased.
Royal Match, MONOPOLY GO!, and Roblox led the American mobile market in revenue for July 2023.
Royal Match managed to increase revenue by 21% compared to June 2023. The results for MONOPOLY GO! were even more impressive, with the game's revenue growing by 83% MoM in July 2023.
Hardware and Accessories
Sales of gaming hardware dropped by 19% in July 2023, totaling $292 million. This decline affected all platforms.
PlayStation 5 continued to be the most successful system in 2023, both in terms of sales volume and revenue.
Gaming console sales in the U.S. for 2023 have reached $2.9 billion, a 17% increase from the previous year.
Accessories sales grew by 8% in July, reaching $173 million.
2023 results so far
As of the end of July, the total revenue of the U.S. gaming industry reached $30.682 billion, representing a 1% increase compared to the same period in 2022.
Game sales remained at the same level, totaling $26.516 billion.
Console sales increased by 17% to $2.919 billion.
Accessories sales were 1% lower than in 2022, with a combined sales volume of $1.247 billion by the end of July.
Hogwarts Legacy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (excluding digital sales), and Diablo IV are the best-selling games of 2023 up to the current moment.