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Sales Data Circana (NPD) July 2023: #1 Remnant II, #6 Pikmin 4; PS5 #1 Units + Revenue, Switch #2 Units + Revenue

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Circana (NPD) July 2023: #1 Remnant 2, #6 Pikmin 4 #16 Exoprimal; PS5 #1 Units + Revenue, Switch #2 Units + Revenue (Thread being updated real time)

State of the market Remnant 2 was July’s best-selling video game as total spending reached $4.2 billion. Hardware PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during July 2023, with Switch ranking 2nd across both measures.PlayStation 5 continued to lead...
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State of the market

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Hardware

PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during July 2023, with Switch ranking 2nd across both measures. PlayStation 5 continued to lead the 2023 hardware market across both units and dollars. Total video game hardware spend fell 19% during July when compared to a year ago, to $292 million. Declines were experienced across Playstation 5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch.

Software

Remnant 2 from Gearbox publishing was the best selling game of July, instantly becoming the #18 best selling game of 2023 year to date. Two other new releases appeared among the month's top 20 best sellers, including Pikmin 4 (#6) and Exoprimal (#16). Many classic Call of Duty titles experienced a resurgence in July, as multiplayer service functionality was restored on Xbox platforms aligned with price promotion. Call of Duty: Black Ops II returned to the top 20 best-sellers list for the first time since April 2017.

Mobile

Sensor Tower reports the top 10 games by U.S. consumer spending in July as: Royal Match, MONOPOLY GO!, Roblox, Candy Crush Saga, Coin Master, Pokémon GO, Gardenscapes, Jackpot Party - Casino Slots, Call of Duty: Mobile, and Ebony.

Accessories

Accessories spending during July increased 8% when compared to a year ago, totaling $173 million. Gamepad spending gains were the biggest driver of positive segment performance during the month. Pokemon Go Plus debuted as the #3 best selling accessory of July in dollar sales. The PlayStation 5 DualSense Edge remains the best-selling accessory of 2023 in dollar sales.

Software charts

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Year to Date

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Nintendo / PlayStation / Xbox charts are no longer being reported.

Hardware Rankings

Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
Revenue: PS5 > NSW > XBS

YTD Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
YTD Revenue: PS5 > NSW > XBS

Thanks Mat Piscatella!
 
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Looks like TotK won't beat out that game for #1 of the year in the US unfortunately, but at least it's still got a great hold.

And I think Pikmin 4 did very well too, it's probably just not the explosive growth the series is experiencing in Japan but there's nothing wrong with that if it's still selling well. I look forward to seeing what Nintendo has to report in their quarterly for the game.
 
Lugia667 said:
Has the “pikmin 4 bombed” rhetoric began?
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SilverX is trying his hardest over on Era but no one's really buying.

Good debut for Pikmin 4, great legs on SF6, TOTK, FFXVI and especially Diablo IV, and a crazy launch for Remnant II. Not much to really be disappointed in sales wise this month.
 
I'm so old I have no idea what the hell a Remnant II is.

Happy that Pikmin charted at all. As a series lifer, I'm always paranoid it will bomb so hard it never recovers.
 
Decent results for Pikmin 4 physically. 3 Deluxe didn't even chart back when it was released.
 
Dunban said:
Looks like TotK won't beat out that game for #1 of the year in the US unfortunately, but at least it's still got a great hold.

And I think Pikmin 4 did very well too, it's probably just not the explosive growth the series is experiencing in Japan but there's nothing wrong with that if it's still selling well. I look forward to seeing what Nintendo has to report in their quarterly for the game.
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You have to remember that Zelda doesn't have digital numbers reported, with those it could be the best selling title of the year.
 
Oh yeah, I remember some folk from work being hyped for Remnant II. I should at least give it a look and see what it is

lemonfresh said:
Ps5 still king in the U.S it seems
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I’d hope so. It should be in or entering its peak years now with the Switch going into decline as it enters its final year
 
Hero of Hyrule said:
It’s #7 two months after launch, with no digital sales counted, and the second bestselling game of the year, what more did you want lol
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And digital is probably higher than usual because of the vouchers indirectly giving it a discount on that $70 price tag (something Nintendo themselves explicitly advertised on the eShop).
 
Agnezenn said:
And digital is probably higher than usual because of the vouchers indirectly giving it a discount on that $70 price tag (something Nintendo themselves explicitly advertised on the eShop).
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To say nothing of the people who bought a physical and digital copy so the physical Collector's could stay sealed and they could start playing it at 12AM ET exactly on 5/12/23 (it's me, I'm people)
 
Hero of Hyrule said:
It’s #7 two months after launch, with no digital sales counted, and the second bestselling game of the year, what more did you want
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lol I was going to say. It's interesting to see such takes given that TOTK is on one platform with no digital when that's where half its sales come from.

TOTK is going to keep and selling and selling like the Goliath that it is and people will act surprised at its gargantuan sales every time Nintendo announces its LTD.
 
TOTK is absolutely going to beat out that game. We have 4 months left in the year and Zelda was already just 1.5 million or so units behind it after like, two weeks or something.
 
Pikmin does seem a little underwhelming, i thought we were comparing it to like FF16 for a while. i would hope for at least #2 in this list, it's behind a few games that have been out for a bit.
 
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Revolsin said:
yeah, i just mean it being lower than FF16's 3rd week onwards just seems lower than i expected. im guessing total with digital is likely still lower than FF16's launch, since launch week is when the primary sales come in.
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It's lower than FFXVI's second week onwards, and it's because FFXVI does include digital. Square Enix shares digital data with NPD, Nintendo doesn't. So that right there is probably half of Pikmin's sales.

It's also a revenue chart, not a unit chart. FFXVI being $70 vs $60 means it gets a big advantage. In other words Pikmin is most likely much higher.
 
Revolsin said:
Pikmin does seem a little underwhelming, i thought we were comparing it to like FF16 for a while. i would hope for at least #2 in this list, it's behind a few games that have been out for a bit.
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We've simply hit the point where FF is a bigger franchise in the West then in Japan.

That's where Pikmin has picked up the slack.
 
Remnant 2? I don't even remember hearing about this game and it's the best selling game of the month?
There are so many games releasing now I can't keep track. Man, it sucks getting old.

Really wish we knew Pikmin 4 digital sales to see how much the franchise has grown with this entry. But it seems to be doing pretty well if it charted this month.
 
theweirdguy said:
Remnant 2? I don't even remember hearing about this game and it's the best selling game of the month?
There are so many games releasing now I can't keep track. Man, it sucks getting old.

Really wish we knew Pikmin 4 digital sales to see how much the franchise has grown with this entry. But it seems to be doing pretty well if it charted this month.
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Obviously pretty difficult to make a proper comparison due to what else is selling at the same time (and as despite being only 3 years ago, July 2020 was a very different time) but P3DX didn't even make the NPD top 20 in its 18ish days of tracking. So seeing Pikmin 4 make the top 20, let alone be in number 6 is definitely a good improvement.
 
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I think the better barometer will be to see how Pikmin 4 compares to 3 DX which became the best selling Pikmin title at 2.4 millions LTD.
My guess would be that it should easily exceed those sales when it's all said and done.
 
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Christo750 said:
Really wish they counted digital for Nintendo games. Would love to see how these lists would look then.
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Also digital for companies like T2 and Valve

Or

Give a physical only chart

This half physical only half physical + digital means the NPD charts give a very warped sense of the market. Arguably even more warped then a physical only chart does.
 
Crazy that I spend so much time on video game sites and had never once heard of Remnant II. Or Remnant 1. No idea what genre it even is.

Never experienced that before, to be so far out of the loop.

Not gonna make any judgments on Pikmin, as vouchers may have boosted digital share. Hope it did well.
 
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BassForever said:
Also digital for companies like T2 and Valve

Or

Give a physical only chart

This half physical only half physical + digital means the NPD charts give a very warped sense of the market. Arguably even more warped then a physical only chart does.
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It's also by revenue right? So games with different prices will also warp the chart.
 
The entirety of last years NPD, although we only have Switch's yearly number.

2022 Monthly Sales (NPD)

PS5XBS
Jan369k307k
Fev128k261k
Mar282k489k
Apr234k267k
May119k177k
Jun277k260k
Jul301k247k
Aug341k251k
Sep494k288k
Oct456k261k
Nov1328k730k
Dec1331k942k
TOTAL5660k4480k

2022 Yearly sales (NPD)

2022LTD
NSW5.830.00039.410.000
PS55.660.00011.900.000
XBS4.480.0009.700.000
PS450.00034.760.000
 
Lugia667 said:
May and June is obvious but April is interesting
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Mario movie effect + Zelda OLED at the end of the month. But the statistic is for the combined 3-month period.

As a matter of fact June was the worst month out of the three for YoY comparisons.
 
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