On May 16, developers Sucker Punch and Nixxes, and publisher Sony, released the PC version of the third-person action game Ghost of Tsushima, which was originally released for the PlayStation 4 in 2020. The new Director"s Cut PC version sold well enough in May to become the best-selling video game for that month in the US.
That info comes from Mat Piscatella of the research firm Circana from his X account earlier today. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a Nintendo Switch exclusive, was the second best-selling game in May.
May 2024 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/V751fMRtbl
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 8, 2024
Other interesting tidbits for May include the fact that Rare and Microsoft"s Sea of Thieves, which was the fourth best-selling game in April, only dropped down to the 6th position in May. The launch of the game for the PlayStation 5 console on April 30 has continued to reap benefits for Microsoft. Fallout 4 is also on the list in the 11 position for May, after being in 5th place in April.
So far in 2024, Arrowhead and Sony"s Helldivers 2 is the best-selling game in the US from January-May, followed by Activisions" Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Capcom"s Dragon"s Dogma 2.
Overall video game sales (hardware, software, and accessories) were down for May 2024 in the US, according to Circana, with $3.975 billion, compared to $4.233 billion for May 2023. That was mainly due to a huge 40 percent decrease in video game hardware for that time period. Overall, video game spending in the US was $22.8 billion for January-May 2024, which is up slightly from $22.268 billion from the same period a year ago.