Hogwarts Legacy Ranked #1 in Bundle Sales in the US Last Year 19.01.2024 16:44 Game Mecca Reporter Kim Mi-hee
▲ Representative image of Hogwarts Legacy (Photo source: official website of the game)
In the United States, considered the largest gaming market in the world, a game other than Call of Duty or Rockstar Games ranked first in annual sales for the first time since 2008. Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world game based on Harry Potter released in February last year.
On the 18th, US market research firm Circana (formerly NPD Group) announced the top 20 annual game sales in the US for 2023. According to this data, the best-selling title in the US last year was Hogwarts Legacy , followed by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2023 (Modern Warfare 3), Madden NFT 24, Marvel Spider-Man 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.It was.
These statistics include US package sales, PlayStation, Steam, Nintendo eShop and Xbox digital sales from publishers included in the Digital Leaders Panel. Additionally, the top 20 does not include digital sales of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Mario Kart 8, and sales of the digital versions of MLB: The Show 23 on Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
▲ Top 20 US Game Sales in 2023 (Data Source: Circana X Analyst Matt Piscatella)
What’s notable about last year’s annual sales in the US is that non-Rockstar Games titles, like Call of Duty and GTA 5, which regularly held the top spot, have taken the lead. Indeed, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that Hogwarts Legacy sold 12 million copies within two weeks of its release and 22 million copies in the last year, and recorded sales of 1.3 trillion won within two months of its release. exit. Furthermore, last year it ranked first among the most searched games on Google.
In terms of timing, Hogwarts Legacy, released in February, had an advantage over Modern Warfare 3, released in November, in terms of annual sales, but the Call of Duty series has traditionally followed the pattern of releasing new games between October and November. I protected him. Additionally, from 2008 to 2022, the only times Call of Duty didn’t take first place were 2013 and 2018, when GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 took first place. This is the biggest surprise in the US gaming market since 2014.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros. is preparing new Harry Potter IP games such as Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions in addition to Hogwarts Legacy.
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