Circana June 2024: #1 Elden Ring #3 Kingdom Hearts #4 SMT V #8 Luigi's Mansion 2; PS5 #1 Units + Rev, Switch #2 Units Xbox #2 Rev

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State of the market

Projected U.S. spending on video game hardware, content and accessories totaled $4.6B in June 2024, falling 5% when compared to a year ago. First half spending grew 1% compared to the first half of 2023, reaching $27.3B.

Hardware
une video game hardware spending fell 37% when compared to a year ago, to $287M, and finished 1H 2024 31% lower vs.YA. During the first half of 2024 Switch hardware spending was 48% lower than YA, while PlayStation 5 declined by 28%, and Xbox Series fell 18%.

PlayStation 5 again led the month’s hardware market in unit and dollar sales. Nintendo Switch once again finished 2nd in unit sales, while Xbox Series ranked 2nd in dollars. These same rankings were reflected across 2024’s total first half.

Software
Elden Ring was the best-selling video game of June 2024, returning to the top spot on the best-selling titles chart for the first time since it led the market during the May 2022 period. Sales of Elden Ring were boosted by the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.

The release of the Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece collection on Steam helped it reach 3rd on the June 2024 best-selling titles chart. It previously had been available only on Switch via Cloud.

The Elder Scrolls: Online jumped from 198th in May to 18th in June helped by the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, while Street Fighter 6 finished at #20 in June after placing 72nd on the May chart driven in part by promotional pricing.

Mobile
Sensor Tower: Top 10 mobile games by U.S. consumer spend in June and rank change vs May: MONOPOLY GO!, Royal Match, Roblox, Candy Crush Saga, Last War: Survival, Whiteout Survival (+1), Coin Master (-1), Brawl Stars (+1), Township (-1) and Pokémon GO (+4).

“The year over year trend continues, with US mobile gaming spending up 12% comparing June 2024 to June 2023, though spend is down 3% over May 2024,” said Samuel Aune of Sensor Tower. “The rankings for the top five remain unchanged month over month."

"Although its rank didn't change, Roblox saw a 15% increase in revenue month over month... driven by a UA campaign spiking downloads 22% and active users," said Aune. "Also, Pokémon GO saw a 22% increase in revenue month over month coinciding with its 8th anniversary event."

Accessories
June spending on Accessories fell 7% when compared to a year ago, to $204M. Growth in the Remote Play Device segment (PlayStation Portal) was offset by a 9% drop in Gamepads.

The PS5 Dual Sense Wireless Controller Midnight Black was June’s best-selling accessory, while PlayStation Portal led accessories in dollar sales across 2024’s first half.

Software Charts

Year to Date

PlayStation Platforms

Xbox Platforms

Nintendo Platforms

Monthly Active User Engagement
Top 10 Games Played on PlayStation 5 Ranked by Monthly Active Users (US)

Top 10 Games Played on Xbox Series Ranked by Monthly Active Users (US)

Top 10 Games Played on Steam Ranked by Monthly Active Users (US)

Rankings
Units: PS5 > NSW > XBS
Revenue: PS5 > XBS > NSW

Updates​

Thanks Mat Piscatella!

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I have a question. I know this may be a little off-topic, but I’m not sure where I can ask this question. I understand that the Nintendo DS is the all-time highest selling console in the history of the Americas. I also think that Nintendo just had another quarterly report the other day if I’m not mistaken. Do you think you can tell me what is the second highest selling video game console in the history of the territory known as the Americas. I am not sure if that title belongs to the Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation 2.

 

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I have a question. I know this may be a little off-topic, but I’m not sure where I can ask this question. I understand that the Nintendo DS is the all-time highest selling console in the history of the Americas. I also think that Nintendo just had another quarterly report the other day if I’m not mistaken. Do you think you can tell me what is the second highest selling video game console in the history of the territory known as the Americas. I am not sure if that title belongs to the Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation 2.

There's not much tracking data for South America and the PS2 wasn't officially released in Brazil until much later. So it's hard to say for the Americas as a whole, but in North America, the Switch is at 54 million and its hard to say how many for PS2 since Jim Ryan randomly said it was a 160m one day. So it's also around 50m-55m in NA.

I am not sure if that title belongs to the Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation 2.

No one really knows, you could "estimate" it either way

 

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The PS2 passed the 50 million mark in North America (USA+Canada) in December 2008.

PS2 Sells Over 50 Million Units in North America, Breaks Console Sales Record

Hi PlayStation fans! It's great to kick start the year with some exciting news. I’m thrilled to share that we’ve hit a remarkable milestone on the PlayStation 2. In December, PS2 officially broke the record as the first video game console in history to sell over 50 million units in North...

blog.playstation.com

And since we don't know how many more units they sold between January 2009 and the end of 2013 (~5 years). so it's hard to say.

In mexico for exemple PS2 sold 860.000 units in 2007 only.

SOUTH AMERICA: THE LOST CONTINENT | Edge Online

web.archive.org

We don't know how much the PS2 ended up selling there at the end, and when Nintendo talks about America, it means the USA, Canada, Mexico and other Latin American countries for the Switch (it's the same for the Nintendo DS https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/finance/historical_data/xls/consolidated_sales_e1803.xlsx ).

Which makes it hard to compare the 2 consoles.