Remnant II Bumps off Diablo IV After Only a Month, Exoprimal Flops According to July Charts

wccftech.com:

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for June, and the horse race was an interesting one. Players spent $4.2 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in June, a 1 percent year-on-year increase. The PS5 continued its strong streak, being #1 in terms of both unit and dollar sales, but the slowing momentum of the aging Switch meant July hardware sales were down 19 percent year-on-year.

On the software front, Diablo IV was unable to top the charts in back-to-back months, with the #1 spot surprisingly going to the dark horse Remnant II instead. Even with its #1, Remnant II is only #18 on the overall 2023 charts, so its debut sales weren’t that strong. In other words, Diablo IV coming in at #2 means its sales have slowed significantly. Speaking of which, Final Fantasy XVI has slipped even further, down to the #5 position. Other new games on the chart include Pikmin 4 at #6 (a decent result for the niche series) and Exoprimal at #16 (pretty disappointing considering the run Capcom has been on).

Here are July’s top 20 games according to Circana:

1 - Remnant II

2 - Diablo IV

3 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

4 - Hogwarts Legacy

5 - Final Fantasy XVI

6 - Pikmin 4

7 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

8 - Street Fighter 6

9 - Elden Ring

10 - MLB The Show 23

11 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

12 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

13 - Call of Duty: Black Ops II

14 - Minecraft

15 - FIFA 23

16 - Exoprimal

17 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales

18 - Spider-Man

19 - Dead Island 2

20 - Call of Duty: Black Ops III

And here are the top games of 2023 to date:

1 - Hogwarts Legacy

2 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

3 - Diablo IV

4 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II