Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and PS5 Dominate the Circana/NPD Charts in April

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for April, which was a somewhat mixed bag of a month. Players spent $4.1 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in March, a 5 percent year-on-year decrease. Hardware sales were up 7 percent year-on-year, but software and content sales were down 6 percent. The red-hot PS5 was once again the #1 console in terms of both unit and dollar sales, followed by Switch and Xbox Series X/S.

On the software front, the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor debuted at #1, jumping to #4 on the overall 2023 sales charts despite only being on sale for two days in April. Meanwhile, Dead Island 2 debuted with a strong #2 placing on the charts, which Embracer Group has to be pleased about considering the game’s troubled development history. Other new games on the list include EA PGA Tour at #7, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection at #8, Minecraft Legends at #11, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster I – VI Collection at #14, and Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp at #15. In other news, Hogwarts Legacy is perhaps not showing the legs some expected, as the game dropped down to the #6 position in April.

Here are April’s top 20 games according to Circana:

1 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

2 - Dead Island 2

3 - MLB The Show 23

4 - Resident Evil 4

5 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

6 - Hogwarts Legacy

7 - EA Sports PGA Tour

8 - Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection

9 - FIFA 23

10 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

11 - Minecraft Legends

12 - Elden Ring

13 - Minecraft

14 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster I - VI Collection

15 - Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp

16 - New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

17 - The Last of Us Part I

18 - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

19 - Madden NFL 23

20 - Super Mario 3D World Deluxe

And here are the top games of 2023 to date:

1 - Hogwarts Legacy

2 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

3 - Resident Evil 4

4 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

5 - MLB The Show 23

6 - Dead Island 2

7 - Dead Space

8 - FIFA 23

9 - Madden NFL 23

10 - Elden Ring

What are your thoughts on the April NPD/Circana charts? Any big surprises or things you’re happy to see?

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