U.S. software/hardware charts for Sept. 2024
Zelda makes a strong showing
The latest gaming sales data for the United States have come in, and it gives us a look at how things went down in September of 2024. Let’s kick things off with the top 20 software sales of the month. Please note that Nintendo titles mentioned in the top 20 do not include digital sales, while other titles do.
We also have the total sales in terms of all games, accessories, hardware and more.
When it comes to hardware, we don’t have actual sales numbers, but we do have stats and placements for the platforms.
- PS5 was #1 in terms of unit and dollar sales, but was down 45% year-on-year
- Switch was #2 in units sold and #3 in dollar sales, down 23% year-on-year
- Xbox was #3 in units sold and #2 in dollar sales, down 54% year-on-year
Last but not least, we also have the top-selling titles on Switch for September 2024.
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joeshabadoo
12d agoVery happy for Astro and Echoes moving strong numbers. I thought that various factors surrounding Echoes of Wisdom’s post-BotW/TotK release, open-ended creative focus, and Zelda protagonist would result in stronger release window sales… oh well. Maybe it’ll have a strong long tail.
Echoes is a spin-off with reused assets and doesn't look nearly as interesting as BOTW/TOTK. I was very excited for a Zelda game with Zelda in the lead role, but this isn't something that will anger my backlog.
There are very few actual reused assets. I think it’s an extremely interesting game and one of the most charming and genuinely challenging (on hero mode) games in the series. Top 10 franchise entry, personally speaking. Public opinion around the performance/frame rate (for largely legitimate reasons) also played some sort of a part in what seems like a rather lukewarm reception for an original LoZ game
They reused an entire engine and the main assets before they built upon those, rather than making a game from scratch. It's also a spin-off, not a mainline game . Of course it's getting a lukewarm reception.
I'll stay with my backlog for now. And TOKT is one of those behemoths in that department.
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