Released on January 26, Tekken 8 did not have time to sell enough copies to take the top spot, which remains occupied by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Bandai Namco's game nevertheless wins the prize of the biggest novelty of the month ahead of the two representatives of Sega which are Persona 3 Reload (4th) and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (7th). The performance of Atlus' game is particularly noteworthy given that the game only had 48 hours to achieve this great performance.
Despite its position on the podium, the mircale did not take place for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The CFO of Warner Bros. Discovery has just confirm that the Rocksteady game “ did not meet our expectations », which we could have guessed without too much difficulty. For WB Games, which is coming out of a colossal 2023 with Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Komba 1, the 2024 season promises to be more delicate.
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Powered by the release of its PS5 remaster, The Last of Us Part II returns from the bottom of the rankings by jumping from 167th to 9th place. Mat Piscatella from Circana confirms that the upgrade from The Last of Us Part II (PS4) to The Last of Part II Remastered (PS5) for the sum of 10 dollars counts for a lot in this return. Ranked 13th, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown can thank Nintendo players because the Ubisoft Montpellier game is found in the top 10 on the Switch but not in that of other consoles.
Palworld, the real phenomenon of January
Is something missing from this January ranking, you say? Yes, two things even. But now, neither Pocketpair nor Cygames are part of the Circana panel, which means that Palworld and Granblue Fantasy Versus have no place in this ranking. The fact remains that the first named is by far the biggest sensation at the start of the year with its 15 million sales on Steam in just one month. The USA is no stranger to the phenomenon: it is the most played game on Steam and the 3rd most played game on Xbox, only beaten by Fortnite and Call of Duty HQ.
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Already sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, Enshrouded has won over the American public. It is the 7th most played game on Steam in January. Evil West and Hell Let Loose respectively took advantage of their inclusion in PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass to enjoy a big spike in players. Evil West, in particular, went from 378th to 7th most played title on PS5 in the space of a month.
Other interesting information revealed by Mat Piscatella: Gran Turismo 7 is on track to become the best-selling episode of the franchise in the United States in dollars (but not necessarily in volume). Back in the top 20 in January, the game only has Gran Turismo 3 in its sights before entering the history of automotive simulations.
➔ Additional rankings, such as the return of the 10 best-selling games per platform as well as the 10 games with the greatest number of active players per platform, await you at the source.
Yep, Gran Turismo 7 currently trails only Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec in lifetime dollar sales for franchise releases in the US. Likely to catch up to that at some point this year. https://t.co/TU8w7Fy1gF
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) February 23, 2024
The PS5 starts the year on top
There was no real reason for the situation to change, but the PlayStation 5 therefore began the year 2024 as it had ended 2023, namely at the top of sales, whether we prefer to calculate these in volume or in value. The Sony console, however, sold less well than in January 2023, just like the Switch whose decline is more than natural. Only the Xbox Series saw sales increase compared to January 2023, while still lagging behind other platforms. While global sales of PS5 are now lagging behind those of the PS4 by a few million at the same stage, it appears that the console is rather outperforming in the United States. “ After 39 months on the market, sales of the PlayStation 5 since the beginning of its existence exceed those of the PlayStation 4 by 7% and those of the PlayStation 3 by 68% », explains Mat Piscatella.