The latest Circana (formerly NPD Group) report has been released revealing that PlayStation reigned supreme during October. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was the best-selling game of the month while the PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in terms of unit sold and dollar sales. Overall, consumer spending on the video game industry including content, hardware, and accessories fell 5% with declines experienced in all categories of spend.

Oct 2023 US Video Game Market Highlights from Circana – U.S. consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories fell 5% vs YA, to $4.0B. Declines were experienced across all categories of spend. The dip was partially driven by Call of Duty shifting release months. pic.twitter.com/0CNEqxH0Mr

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 15, 2023

Behind Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was Super Mario Bros. Wonder as the second best-selling game of the month and coming in third was Assassin’s Creed: Mirage. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has become the fourth best-selling game of the year behind Madden NFL 24, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Hogwarts Legacy. 

It makes sense considering Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 became the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios title selling 2.5 million copies in 24 hours and more than 5 million copies in 11 days.

YTD ending October 2023 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games – U.S. (Dollar Sales, Excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/gp1BpSccpa

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 15, 2023

Regarding hardware sales, Xbox ranked second in dollar sales while the Nintendo Switch came in second in units sold. Circana’s Mat Piscatella says that year-to-date hardware spending was 6% higher when compared to 2022, at $4 billion.

“U.S. consumer spending on video game content, hardware and accessories fell 5% vs YA, to $4.0B,” said Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella. “Declines were experienced across all categories of spend. The dip was partially driven by Call of Duty shifting release months.”

Year-to-date U.S. consumer spending across video game products remained 2% higher than a year ago, at $43.4 billion. pic.twitter.com/O0vMZWhojT

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 15, 2023

Piscatella added, “Spending on video game content in October fell 4% when compared to a year ago, to $3.6 billion. Growth in physical console software and mobile spending was offset by declines in other areas, particularly digital premium downloads driven by the release date shift of Call of Duty.”