Remnant II Bumps off Diablo IV After Solely a Month, Exoprimal Flops In response to July Charts

The previous NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has launched its full North American sales data for June, and the horse race was an fascinating one. Gamers spent $4.2 billion on video games, extra content material, and {hardware} in June, a 1 % year-on-year improve. The PS5 continued its robust streak, being #1 when it comes to each unit and greenback gross sales, however the slowing momentum of the getting older Swap meant July {hardware} gross sales had been down 19 % year-on-year.

On the software program entrance, Diablo IV was unable to prime the charts in back-to-back months, with the #1 spot surprisingly going to the darkish horse Remnant II as an alternative. Even with its #1, Remnant II is simply #18 on the general 2023 charts, so its debut gross sales weren’t that robust. In different phrases, Diablo IV coming in at #2 means its gross sales have slowed considerably. Talking of which, Ultimate Fantasy XVI has slipped even additional, all the way down to the #5 place. Different new video games on the chart embody Pikmin 4 at #6 (an honest end result for the area of interest sequence) and Exoprimal at #16 (fairly disappointing contemplating the run Capcom has been on).

Listed here are July’s prime 20 video games in line with Circana:

1 – Remnant II

2 – Diablo IV

3 – Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare II

4 – Hogwarts Legacy

5 – Ultimate Fantasy XVI

6 – Pikmin 4

7 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

8 – Avenue Fighter 6

9 – Elden Ring

10 – MLB The Present 23

11 – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

12 – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

13 – Name of Responsibility: Black Ops II

14 – Minecraft

15 – FIFA 23

16 – Exoprimal

17 – Spider-Man: Miles Morales

18 – Spider-Man

19 – Useless Island 2

20 – Name of Responsibility: Black Ops III

And listed here are the highest video games of 2023 thus far:

1 – Hogwarts Legacy

2 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

3 – Diablo IV

4 – Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare II

5 – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

6 – Resident Evil 4

7 – MLB The Present 23

8 – Useless Island 2

9 – Ultimate Fantasy XVI

10 – Avenue Fighter 6

What are your ideas on the July NPD/Circana charts? Any large surprises or stuff you’re completely happy to see?