Excellent start for Resident Evil 3, Nioh 2 behind Persona 5 Royal, PS4 and Xbox One sales growth – March report from NPD released

Company NPD presented a detailed report on sales of games in the territory of the United States for March 2023. About record numbers Nintendo switch and Animal Crossing: New Horizons we reported in a separate news, and in this note we will talk about everything else.

• March 2023 turned out to be the largest March in the last 11 years in terms of the total market turnover in the United States (excluding the mobile platform segment). US users spent $ 1.6 billion on consoles, games and accessories, which is 35% more than sales revenue for the same month in 2019.

• In connection with quarantine measures aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic, Americans, like residents of all other large regions, began to play more. Demand Playstation 4 and Xbox one more than 25% compared to March 2019Nintendo Switch climbed more than 50% and set an absolute March record in market history.

• In terms of revenue from game sales, March 2023 grew by 34% compared to the same month a year earlier – to $ 739 million. This is the largest March in nine years..

• Several new products debuted at once on the game chart. Nioh 2, released March 13, before other fresh releases that managed to break into the top ten, could only fit on the 11th line. She got around MLB: The Show 20 (# 3, premiered on March 17) Doom eternal (# 6, launched March 20) and Persona 5: Royal (# 7, released March 31). Here, however, it is worth noting immediately that Doom eternalas well Animal Crossing: New Horizons, are present on the charts based solely on retail sales – Nintendo and Bethesda Do not share digital statistics with NPD. The rest of the listed games take into account both retail and numbers.

• The March NPD report this year captured several days of April (days from March 1 to April 4 were taken into account), therefore, a remake was able to break through the chart Resident evil 3released on April 3. In total, based on the results of two days of sales, the Capcom project was able to start on the 4th line of the monthly chart, which is certainly a positive signal.

The most successful games in the USA for the period from March 1 to April 4 (the rating is based on sales revenue in dollar terms):