According to the latest published statistics, the games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Dead Space Remake managed to take the first and second places in the table of the best-selling games in January in the United States of America.
According to IGN news agency, NPD Group shows that the Dead Space Remake game has become the newest best-selling game in January in the United States. Of course, in the end, this game could not threaten the first place of this list – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. MWII game succeeded for Fourth month in a row Become the best selling game in America.
In the table of 20 best-selling games in January, the names of new titles such as Fire Emblem: Engage (5th rank), Forspoken (7th rank) and One Piece Odyssey (9th rank) can be seen. According to NPD Group’s Matt Piscatella, spending by American consumers on computer game software, hardware and accessories in January was down 5% year-over-year. He revealed on his personal Twitter page:
The cost of hardware for computer games was stable in January; But the costs of content (-5%) and accessories (-14%) decreased. The amount of sales of accessories related to computer games has reached 4.3 billion dollars from 4.5 billion dollars. This means that we have seen their sales decline for the first time since September of last year.
American game monthly sales table; The return of The Last of Us and the disappointing performance of The Callisto Protocol
One of the notable points of the monthly game sales table in America is the increase in sales of the remake version of The Last of Us: Part 1. Undoubtedly The smash hit of its HBO drama adaptation It has led to an increase in the sales of this game in the last month.
Dead Space Remake is off to a better start than its spiritual counterpart, The Callisto Protocol, coming in second place. Fans of the horror genre expected The Callisto Protocol game to make a lot of noise; But contrary to expectations, this game had poor sales in America. In December 2022, The Callisto Protocol ranked 17th on the US monthly game sales chart.
A month later, The Callisto Protocol is now completely out of the top 20 US games chart. Time will tell if Dead Space Remake can maintain a consistent presence on the US monthly sales charts in the coming months. The full list of the top 20 best-selling games in January in the United States is as follows:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Dead Space (2023)
- Madden NFL 23
- FIFA 23
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Elden Ring
- Forspoken
- God of War: Ragnarok
- One Piece Odyssey
- Pokemon: Scarlet/Violet
- The Last of Us: Part 1
- Sonic Frontiers
- Monster Hunter: Rise
- Mario Kart 8
- Minecraft
- Need for Speed: Unbound
- Just Dance 2023 Edition
- NBA 2K23
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- NHL 23
- The release of two PCIe 5.0 SSD controller models by Silicon Motion in late 2023
- Download the latest version of Intel graphics card driver
- EA Sports signs a £500 million deal with the English Premier League
