Circana has released its latest report on the video game market for the month of March. Total spending on video game hardware, content, and accessories gained 4% in March 2024 vs. YA, reaching $4.9 billion. Mobile content spending grew 15%, while there was a 32% drop in hardware. The best-selling game of 2024 for March was Dragon’s Dogma II. Helldivers II continues its reign as the best-selling game of 2024 so far. And just after two months in the market, Helldivers II has become the 7th best-selling Sony-published title of all time.
Video game analyst Matt Piscatella notes that the success of Helldivers II is partly due to the game also being released on PC. In fact, Helldivers II has been so successful this year that taking the numbers from just PC or PS5 would still make it the best-selling game of the year so far.
Piscatella revealed that hardware spending fell 32% when compared to a year ago, to $391 million. PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch spending each declined a minimum of 30% year-on-year. Hardware spending in the first quarter was down 24% from last year.
Spending on accessories increased 9% in March with the DualSense Edge being the best-selling accessory in dollar sales during both March and the first qurter.