Dead Space Fails to Knock Off CoD, Forspoken Delivers Disappointment in January NPD Charts

The NPD Group has released its full North American sales data for January, which was a so-so month for the industry overall. Players spent $4.3 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in January, a 6 percent year-on-year decrease. Spending on hardware was essentially the same as last year, but software was down year-on-year, perhaps due to the disappointing sales of some new games (and the mega-successful release of Pokemon Legends: Arceus in 2022). On the hardware front, it was a good month for the PS5, as it was the #1 console in terms of both unit and dollar sales. Switch was runner-up and Xbox Series X/S occupied its usual third-place spot.

Turning to software, the Dead Space remake came in at #2, but it wasn’t enough to knock Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II from its perch at the top of the charts. Meanwhile, Fire Emblem Engage came in at #5, Forspoken came in at #7 (a disappointment for a major Square Enix RPG release), and One Piece Odyssey debuted at #9. In other news, The Last of Us Part I jumped from #36 to #11 due to the critical success and popularity of the HBO series.

Here are January’s top 20 games according to NPD:

1 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

2 - Dead Space

3 - Madden NFL 23

4 - FIFA 23

5 - Fire Emblem Engage

6 - Elden Ring

7 - Forspoken

8 - God of War Ragnarok

9 - One Piece Odyssey

10 - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

11 - The Last of Us Part I

12 - Sonic Frontiers

13 - Monster Hunter Rise

14 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

15 - Minecraft

16 - Need for Speed Unbound

17 - Just Dance 2023

18 - NBA 2K23

19 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales

20 - NHL 23

What are your thoughts on the January NPD numbers? Any big surprises or things you’re happy to see?

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