Report: Hogwarts Legacy was 2023's best-selling US video game in dollar sales

A new report from the retail research group Circana has revealed some info on video game sales for all of 2023. According to their numbers, Hogwarts Legacy, the Harry Potter-based game from publisher Warner Bros. Games, was the best-selling US video game of the past year in terms of dollar sales.

Mat Piscatella, the Executive Director of Circana, posted the info on his X (formerly Twitter) account:

2023 Year Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from DLP members, Excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/LR6Za5YQ24

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) January 18, 2024

Piscatella points out in a follow-up post that Hogwarts Legacy is the first game since 2008 to be the best-selling game of the year in the US that isn"t a Call of Duty game or a title released by Rockstar Games.

Hogwarts Legacy was also the best-selling on Sony"s PlayStation consoles for 2023. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was the best-selling game for Xbox consoles, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling title on Nintendo"s platforms.

Here"s the top 20 list of US video game sales for 2023:

  1. Hogwarts Legacy
  2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
  3. Madden NFL 24
  4. Marvel"s Spider-Man 2
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  6. Diablo 4
  7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
  8. Mortal Kombat 1
  9. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  10. EA Sports FC 24
  11. Starfield
  12. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  13. Resident Evil 4 (2023)
  14. MLB: The Show 23
  15. Dead Island 2
  16. Final Fantasy 16
  17. Street Fighter 6
  18. Elden Ring
  19. Mario Kart 8
  20. Minecraft

Overall, Circana says that video game content sales in the US came in at $57.2 billion in 2023. Those numbers are up by just 1 percent compared to 2022"s game revenues. Hardware sales were down slightly overall, but they were offset by rising game sales, along with gains in subscriptions, add-ons, and gaming accessories.

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