Overview
- Circana’s report published Wednesday shows U.S. video game spending up 12% year over year to $5.3 billion, with hardware revenue up 69% to $500 million on strong Switch 2 demand.
- MLB The Show 26 ranked No. 1 in dollar sales for March, with Resident Evil Requiem at No. 2 and now among the five best-selling Resident Evil entries in U.S. dollar terms.
- Marathon debuted at No. 4 overall in dollar sales and ranked No. 1 on PC, No. 3 on Xbox, and No. 6 on PS5, with an external estimate from Alinea Analytics putting first-month sales near 1.2 million copies.
- Pokémon Pokopia placed No. 5 on the U.S. chart, a result likely understated because Nintendo does not provide digital sales to Circana’s tracking.
- Circana ranks games by dollars, not units, which helps explain outcomes like Crimson Desert landing at No. 15 in U.S. dollar sales despite being cited as a key driver of overall spending growth.