{"id":57515,"date":"2023-11-16T07:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/spider-man-2-ps-5-best-selling-october-2023"},"modified":"2024-07-19T19:23:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:23:35","slug":"spider-man-2-ps-5-best-selling-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/marvel\/spider-man-2-ps-5-best-selling-october-2023","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man 2, PS5 Swings To Top Best Selling Charts For October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 2023 was considered the best-performing month for the gaming industry as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2<\/a> and the PlayStation 5 became the best-selling game and hardware<\/a>, respectively. According to a report from Circana’s Mat Piscatella<\/a>, the superhero game was the best-selling premium release for the month based on statistics, which includes “physical and digital full game” based on dollar sales generated.<\/p>\n

The “digital full game” includes digital game sales from the digital storefronts, DLCs, microtransactions, and subscription” spending for consoles, cloud gaming, mobile devices, portable systems, PC, and VR for the respective platforms except for Super Mario Bros. Wonder<\/a>, NBA 2K24 and Lords of the Fallen<\/a>. October 2023’s report also saw the gaming industry nab a five-month streak of Year-to-Year (YoY) growth in the United States based on spending for the month ending on 28th October 2023.<\/p>\n

However, by that same token, US gaming consumers spend significantly less on video games for the same month, despite notable releases of Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Detective Pikachu Returns<\/a>, and Forza Motorsport<\/a>. Piscatella stated in a Twitter thread that game sales were decreasing by 5% YoY to $4,04 billion, with the last decline back in April 2023.<\/p>\n