Circana: The US gaming market declined in May 2024
Ghost of Tsushima became the best-selling game of the month.
In May 2024, Americans purchased gaming products worth $3.975 billion. This is 6% less than a year earlier.
For the first 5 months of 2024, the volume of the American gaming industry amounted to $22.8 billion. This is 2% more than for the same period in 2023.
Sales of gaming content fell by 3% to $3.6 billion. The 13% growth in the mobile segment could not offset the 40% drop in console game sales.
❗️Such figures for the decline in console sales can partly be explained by the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in May 2023.
PlayStation 5 is the sales leader by units and revenue. Xbox Series is second in terms of dollar value; Nintendo Switch in terms of units sold.
PS5 is currently 8% ahead of its sales dynamics in the US. Xbox Series lags 13% behind Xbox One and falls short of Xbox 360.
Sales of accessories fell by 8% compared to the previous year. The most successful accessory in monetary terms in May was the PlayStation Portal.
Top-selling Premium games in the US in May
Ghost of Tsushima returned to the top of the charts after 4 years. The game became the leader in dollar sales.
At the same time, Ghost of Tsushima narrowly surpassed Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which only includes physical sales.
Helldivers II still holds the top spot in sales in 2024. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is in second place; Dragon’s Dogma II is in third.
The most profitable mobile games in the US in May 2024 are MONOPOLY GO!; Royal Match and Roblox.
PC/Console charts
Top sellers on PlayStation are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III; MLB: The Show 24 and Sea of Thieves.
Elden Ring, thanks to the release of DLC, made it into the top 10.
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There are updates in the PlayStation MAU ranking - XDefiant appeared for the first time (5th position), and Multiversus returned (10th position).
On Xbox, the top sellers are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III; Minecraft and Elden Ring. F1 24 made it into the top 10 for the first time.
The Xbox MAU ranking is more stable, and it also includes XDefiant.
The new leader in the Nintendo sales ranking is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
In the Steam MAU ranking in the US, Helldivers II holds the lead. In May, V Rising jumped to 6th position, and Hades II entered the ranking for the first time (8th position).
