Circana: The US Gaming Market dropped by 5% in April 2023
However, hardware sales are showing pretty well results.
The US gaming market declined by 5% YoY to $4.1B. In the last month, the decrease percentage was the same.
Software sales decreased by 6% YoY to $3.6B.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the best-selling game of April; Dead Island 2 is second; MLB: The Show 23 picked third place.
7 new titles appeared in the US top-grossing 20. 3 of them are remakes/compilations.
US citizens’ spending on hardware increased by 7%, reaching $367M. This is a record number since April 2020 ($420M).
PlayStation 5 is the best-selling console by dollar sales. Nintendo Switch is the leader in number of consoles sold.
Accessories sales haven’t changed YoY and remained at the $158M level. The black DualSense is the most popular product.