Research firm NPD Group told about the indicators of the American market in April 2023. This is the first full month of “self-isolation”, which resulted in record results in several categories at once.
To begin with, the month was a record April in the history of sales – indicators from year to year increased by 73% to $ 1,467 billion. This is more than it was in April 2008, when sales reached $ 1.2 billion.
Last month’s best-selling game was a remake Final Fantasy VII. At the same time, he showed the best start in franchise history, surpassing indicators Final Fantasy XV, and already became the third game by sales in 2023.
In second and third place were Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The only other novelty was Predator: Hunting Grounds – she debuted in 15th place. Remake Resident evil 3, which hit the March charts, dropped from 4 to 6 place.
Last year Modern warfareBy the way, it shows strong results: this is the best-selling game in the last 12 months and the first 4 months of 2023, and in terms of sales, it is in 4th place in the history of the American market.
Nintendo Switch sales in April were record-breaking, and the system’s sales pace for 2023 is already higher than any console in history. The annual performance of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One increased by 160% (!), Breaking previous records for April.
Game Sales Charts for April 2023
Final Fantasy VII (new)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Animal Crossing: New Horizons *
NBA 2K20
Grand theft auto v
Resident evil 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2020)
MLB: The Snow 2023
Madden NFL 20
Red dead redemption 2
Just Dance 2023
FIFA 20
Mortal kombat 11
Borderlands 3
Predator: Hunting Grounds (new)
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Persona 5: Royal
Need for Speed: Heat
Dragon Ball Z: Kakator
Game sales charts over the past 12 months
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Animal Crossing: New Horizons *
Final Fantasy VII
NBA 2K20
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
MBL: The Snow 20
Grand theft auto v
Resident evil 3
Madden NFL 20
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe *
* – excluding digital sales.
March NPD charts in the USA
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