PS5 Best-Selling Console in the US in February, Helldivers 2 Best-Selling Game - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 March 2024 / 6,367 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the US in February 2024 in terms of units sold and dollar sales, according to figures from Circana (formerly The NPD Group). Circana includes the dates for the four week period of February 4 to March 2.
The PlayStation 5 Digital Edition had its highest unit share total ever in February, counting for a little over a third of all PS5 sales. The Digital Edition started becoming more widely available in December 2023.
The Nintendo Switch was second best-selling console in terms of units sold, however, it ranked third in terms of dollar sales. This does mean the Xbox Series X|S came in third in terms of units sold, but came in second in terms of dollar sales.
All three consoles dropped by a minimum of 19 percent in terms of revenue with the Xbox Series X|S confirmed as the console to drop the least and was the "best performer relative to other platforms."
Overall spending on video games in February was up two percent year-on-year from $4.64 billion to $4.71 billion. Spending on video game content increased five percent from $3.96 billion to $4.15 billion, while video game hardware sales was down 30 percent from $498 million to $349 million. Spending on accessories increased 25 percent from $175 million to $219 million.
"Projected U.S. total spending on video game hardware, content and accessories grew 2% in Feb vs YA, to $4.7B," said Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella. "17% growth in Mobile content spending vs YA helped offset a 30% drop in hardware."
Piscatella added, "To go along with the growth in Mobile, February 2024 consumer spending in the PC, Cloud and Non-Console VR content segment increased by a high single-digit percentage when compared to a year ago, while both the Console as well as the Subscription content segments declined."
The PlayStation Portal was the best-selling Accessory of February in terms of dollar sales, while the PS5 Dual Sense Edge Wireless Controller is the best-selling accessory of 2024.
Helldiver 2 debuted as the best-selling game of February 2024 and is already the best-selling game of 2024. Launch month dollar sales for the game are the seventh highest ever achieved for a game published by Sony in the US. Nearly 60 percent of sales came from the Steam version.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth debuted in second place and is the fourth best-selling game of 2024. The Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth Twin Pack debuted in eighth place and 16th place for the year.
Skull and Bones debuted in fourth place and is the ninth best-selling game of 2024. Mario vs. Donkey Kong debuted in 11th place, however, it should be noted this does not include digital sales.
Fortnite was number one on the monthly active users charts on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Call of Duty HQ came in second on both platforms.
Dead Island 2 after releasing on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in February without an announcement jumped from the 121st most played game on Xbox Series X|S in January to eighth in February.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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"The PlayStation Portal was the best-selling Accessory of February in terms of dollar sales". Sony saying it's a success for them is not the "empty PR statement" people said it was in the recent PS Portal article there was on here
Incredible start for Helldivers 2. It was definitely brushed off as a small AA game with a limited audience, but its completely smashed all expectations.
Dualsense Edge and Playstation Portal doing numbers out here.
Looks like Super Earth has secured February.
I thought the Xbox could be ahead of the Switch this year, at least in the US where it is its main territory. But Microsoft totally killed Xbox sales. Helldivers 2 is the biggest surprise of the year
After all the multiplat controversy I'm surprised they finished ahead in dollar sales.
Switch well on its way to 150M with 141.2M at the moment. Should surpass PS2 total mid 2025
If you told me two months ago that Helldivers 2 would sell more than ff7rebirth (and that I would play more of the former than the latter), I would slap you across the face for hubris and have you stationed in an asylum.
Is Minecraft on the Switch published by Nintendo in the US? Or is this a typo by Circana?
