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Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 has topped the gross sales record for March, based on industry-tracking agency Circana. Whereas Helldivers continues to carry the highest spot of the yr up to now, the action-RPG has pulled a high-spot on the YTD chart. Fellow March 22 releases Rise of the Ronin and Princess Peach: Showtime! have additionally made it into the highest 10 of the month, together with new releases like MLB: The Present 24, WWE 2K24 and Unicorn Overlord.
“Projected U.S. whole spending on online game {hardware}, content material and equipment gained 4% in March 2024 when in comparison with a yr in the past, reaching $4.9 billion,” stated Mat Piscatella, Circana’s government producer for video games experiences. “Cellular content material spending grew 15% in comparison with March 2023, which extra
than offset a 32% drop in online game {hardware} spending.”
| March 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Tens of millions | Mar 2023 |
Mar 2024 |
Change |
| Whole Video Recreation Gross sales | $4,715 | $4,886 | 4% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription shopper spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cellular*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $3,919 | $4,253 | 9% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $574 | $391 | -32% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $222 | $242 | 9% |
In response to Sensor Tower’s information, the cellular video games that pulled in essentially the most in shopper spending had been Monopoly Go, Royal Match, Roblox and Sweet Crush Saga. These have been the highest 4 video games since February. Piscatella added, “Cellular accounted for 89% of the whole year-on-year development in online game content material spending through the month.”
The drop in {hardware} spending mirrors an enormous spike in the identical class final yr. In February 2023, {hardware} gross sales went up by 68%, probably resulting from improved provide. GamesBeat spoke with Piscatella, who stated that that is probably resulting from all three main consoles in the marketplace being effectively into their lifespans: “Declines up to now this yr in {hardware} are a bit steeper than I’d forecast, however not shockingly so… Q1 traditionally isn’t an enormous a part of whole annual {hardware} gross sales, so I’m not hitting any panic buttons but. And we may nonetheless see discounting/bundling and even iterative releases that would all assist increase demand.”
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Circana March 2024: Prime 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Final Month Rank |
Title | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 2 | 1 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | NEW | MLB: The Present 24^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 4 | 3 | Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III (2023) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 5 | NEW | Rise of the Ronin | Sony (Corp) |
| 6 | NEW | Princess Peach: Showtime!* | Nintendo |
| 7 | 2 | Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 8 | NEW | Unicorn Overlord | Sega |
| 9 | NEW | WWE 2K24* | Take-Two Interactive (Corp) |
| 10 | 10 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 11 | 6 | Madden NFL 24 | Digital Arts |
| 12 | 12 | EA Sports activities FC 24 | Digital Arts |
| 13 | 16 | Minecraft | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 14 | 107 | Horizon II: Forbidden West | Sony (Corp) |
| 15 | 5 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 16 | 19 | Rainbow Six: Siege [Tom Clancy’s] | Ubisoft |
| 17 | 14 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 18 | 17 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 19 | 13 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 20 | 18 | Mortal Kombat 1 | Warner Bros. Video games |
^Digital gross sales on Nintendo and Xbox platforms not included
The one recreation on this record that has risen dramatically up the record from a low place is Horizon Forbidden West, from place 107 to 14. Little doubt, the leap up the record is as a result of recreation’s launch on PC, which drew extra curiosity within the title. Rainbow Six: Siege continues to take care of a spot on the record after its personal latest stand up from the decrease numbers.
Maybe what’s extra attention-grabbing than what is on the record is what’s not. Ubisoft’s long-in-development Cranium & Bones has plummeted from final month’s fourth place and vanished from the bestsellers record all collectively. That is not at all uncommon, as final month’s Mario vs. Donkey Kong can also be not on the record, however Cranium & Bones is a live-service recreation — a style that often has endurance.
All three video games from March 22 make the record
March 22 was an enormous day for players, in that three main titles launched on the similar time: Dragon’s Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin and Princess Peach: Showtime! Regardless of releasing in such a crowded window, all three video games managed to make it onto Circana’s best-selling video games record for the month. Granted, solely Dragon’s Dogma 2 was in a position to unseat Helldivers 2 from the highest spot, however that also a formidable accomplishment. It might be resulting from the truth that all three are for various markets and supply very totally different experiences.
Different new March video games that made the record embrace the newest WWE 2K and MLB: The Present, that are perennial favorites on the Circana charts. Unicorn Overlord, Sega’s new tactical RPG, can also be a shock darkish horse entry. March video games which are sadly absent embrace the Alone within the Darkish remake, Outcast: A New Starting or South Park: Snow Day.
Circana March 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2022 up to now
| Rank | Final Month Rank |
Title | Writer |
| 1 | 1 | Helldivers 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 2 | 2 | Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III (2023) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 3 | NEW | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 4 | 4 | Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 5 | NEW | MLB: The Present 24^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 6 | 3 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 7 | 5 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 8 | 6 | Madden NFL 24 | Digital Arts |
| 9 | 7 | Persona 3 Reload | Sega |
| 10 | 8 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 11 | 10 | EA Sports activities FC 24 | Digital Arts |
| 12 | 9 | Cranium and Bones | Ubisoft |
| 13 | 11 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 14 | NEW | Rise of the Ronin | Sony (Corp) |
| 15 | 14 | Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel* | Nintendo |
| 16 | 15 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 17 | 18 | Minecraft | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 18 | 12 | Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | Sega |
| 19 | 13 | The Final of Us: Half II | Sony (Corp) |
| 20 | 19 | Mortal Kombat 1 | Warner Bros. Video games |
^Digital gross sales on Nintendo and Xbox platforms not included
Helldivers 2 continues to take care of the highest spot on this record, adopted by Fashionable Warfare 3. In response to Piscatella, Helldivers 2 is seventh in lifetime gross sales for Sony-published video games. Nevertheless, Dragon’s Dogma 2 debuts at a really spectacular third place on the year-to-date record. Circana notes that gross sales of the sequel are over eleven instances that of the unique Dragon’s Dogma. Rise of the Ronin has additionally made it onto the record, albeit on a decrease rank on the record. Funnily sufficient, all the video games already on the record shifted ranks down, aside from Minecraft, which rose up the ranks barely.
