Circana: The revenue of the US gaming market in August 2023 increased by 3%.
Content sales are up; hardware is struggling a little.
The American gaming industry earned $4.2 billion last month.
The growth was driven by content sales (+4% YoY) and accessories (+12% YoY). However, hardware sales decreased by 13% YoY. Nevertheless, this trend is positive, as the decline in July was 19%.
Games
Madden NFL 24, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and Remnant II were the best-selling games in the US market in August 2023.
Mobile market revenue increased by 2.5% YoY. Monopoly GO took the first place, surpassing Royal Match.
Playrix is the only publisher in August with two games in the top 10 mobile games chart.
Hardware
PlayStation 5 remains the best-selling console in the USA both in terms of the number of systems and dollar sales. Xbox Series S|X came in second place.