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State of the market
August 2023 US Video Game Market Highlights from Circana - August 2023 U.S. consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories grew 3% vs YA, to $4.2B. Growth across both content and accessories spending offset a double-digit percentage decline in hardware.
Hardware
Video game hardware spending fell 13% when compared to a year ago, to $328 million. PlayStation 5 dollar sales fell by a single-digit percentage in the month when compared to a year ago, while both Switch and Xbox Series declined by a double-digit percentage.
PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during August 2023, with Xbox Series ranking 2nd across both measures.
PlayStation 5 continued to lead the 2023 hardware market across both units and dollars. Year-to-date hardware spending was 13% higher when compared to the same period in 2022, at $3.2 billion.
PlayStation 5 hardware unit sales increased compared to a year ago, Xbox and Switch both declined.
Software
Madden NFL 24 was the best-selling game of August, instantly becoming the 6th best-selling game of 2023 YTD. This is the 24th consecutive year in which a Madden NFL franchise release was the best-selling title of its launch month. Launch month dollar sales of Madden NFL 24 software (excluding digital add-on spending) grew by a double-digit percentage when compared to Madden NFL 23 a year ago.
The release of Baldur’s Gate 3 helped drive 132% growth in digital premium download spending in the PC, Cloud, and non-Console VR content segment. Digital sales of Baldur’s Gate 3 are not reflected in the best-selling titles chart as publisher Larian Studios is not a panel member
Mobile
Sensor Tower reports the top 10 games by U.S. consumer spending in August as: MONOPOLY GO!, Royal Match, Roblox, Candy Crush Saga, Pokémon GO, Coin Master, Gardenscapes, Jackpot Party – Casino Slots, Evony and Homescapes.
"Mobile gaming spending in August 2023 showed a modest increase (+2.5%) compared to August 2022,” said Samuel Aune of Sensor Tower. “The star of this month was MONOPOLY GO!, whose meteoric rise shows no signs of slowing."
"The rest of the list shows small changes such as Pokémon GO pushing Coin Master out of the top five, Ebony climbed a rank to #9, and Call of Duty: Mobile dropped out of the top 10. Puzzle game Homescapes hopped over fellow Playrix game Township to take the #10 spot," said Aune.
Accessories
Accessories spending in Aug grew by 12% vs YA, to $159M. 7 of the top 8 best-selling accessories of August in dollar sales were PlayStation DualSense gamepads, with PlayStation VR2 ranking as the only non-DualSense gamepad appearing among the top 8.
Software charts
#26 Immortals of Aveum
Year To Date
Nintendo / PlayStation / Xbox charts are no longer being reported.
Rankings
Units: PS5 > XBS > NSW
Revenue: PS5 > XBS > NSW
YTD Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
YTD Revenue: PS5 > NSW > XBS
Thanks Mat Piscatella!
Circana (NPD) August 2023: #1 Madden #2 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon ; PS5 #1 Units (Up YOY) + Revenue, XBS #2 Units + Revenue
State of the market August 2023 US Video Game Market Highlights from Circana - August 2023 U.S. consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories grew 3% vs YA, to $4.2B. Growth across both content and accessories spending offset a double-digit percentage decline in hardware...
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State of the market
August 2023 US Video Game Market Highlights from Circana - August 2023 U.S. consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories grew 3% vs YA, to $4.2B. Growth across both content and accessories spending offset a double-digit percentage decline in hardware.
Hardware
Video game hardware spending fell 13% when compared to a year ago, to $328 million. PlayStation 5 dollar sales fell by a single-digit percentage in the month when compared to a year ago, while both Switch and Xbox Series declined by a double-digit percentage.
PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during August 2023, with Xbox Series ranking 2nd across both measures.
PlayStation 5 continued to lead the 2023 hardware market across both units and dollars. Year-to-date hardware spending was 13% higher when compared to the same period in 2022, at $3.2 billion.
PlayStation 5 hardware unit sales increased compared to a year ago, Xbox and Switch both declined.
Software
Madden NFL 24 was the best-selling game of August, instantly becoming the 6th best-selling game of 2023 YTD. This is the 24th consecutive year in which a Madden NFL franchise release was the best-selling title of its launch month. Launch month dollar sales of Madden NFL 24 software (excluding digital add-on spending) grew by a double-digit percentage when compared to Madden NFL 23 a year ago.
The release of Baldur’s Gate 3 helped drive 132% growth in digital premium download spending in the PC, Cloud, and non-Console VR content segment. Digital sales of Baldur’s Gate 3 are not reflected in the best-selling titles chart as publisher Larian Studios is not a panel member
Mobile
Sensor Tower reports the top 10 games by U.S. consumer spending in August as: MONOPOLY GO!, Royal Match, Roblox, Candy Crush Saga, Pokémon GO, Coin Master, Gardenscapes, Jackpot Party – Casino Slots, Evony and Homescapes.
"Mobile gaming spending in August 2023 showed a modest increase (+2.5%) compared to August 2022,” said Samuel Aune of Sensor Tower. “The star of this month was MONOPOLY GO!, whose meteoric rise shows no signs of slowing."
"The rest of the list shows small changes such as Pokémon GO pushing Coin Master out of the top five, Ebony climbed a rank to #9, and Call of Duty: Mobile dropped out of the top 10. Puzzle game Homescapes hopped over fellow Playrix game Township to take the #10 spot," said Aune.
Accessories
Accessories spending in Aug grew by 12% vs YA, to $159M. 7 of the top 8 best-selling accessories of August in dollar sales were PlayStation DualSense gamepads, with PlayStation VR2 ranking as the only non-DualSense gamepad appearing among the top 8.
Software charts
#26 Immortals of Aveum
Year To Date
Nintendo / PlayStation / Xbox charts are no longer being reported.
Rankings
Units: PS5 > XBS > NSW
Revenue: PS5 > XBS > NSW
YTD Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
YTD Revenue: PS5 > NSW > XBS
Thanks Mat Piscatella!
