‘Call of Duty: MW III’ top-selling game in U.S. in November, says Circana

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella said that U.S. November video game content spending dropped 3% when compared to a year ago, to $4.6B. An 11% decline in Console & Portable Content spending was partially offset by 3% growth across each of the Mobile, Subscription, and ‘PC, Cloud & Non-Console VR’ Content segments. November 2022 featured the launches of both Sony‘s (SONY) “God of War: Ragnarok” and Nintendo’s (NTDOY) “Pokemon: Scarlet/Violet.” Activision’s (MSFT) “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III” was the best-selling game of November, instantly becoming the 2nd best-selling game of 2023 year-to-date. It is the 5th consecutive year that a “Call of Duty” title was November’s best-seller. Other top sellers for the month of November include “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) “Hogwarts Legacy” and “Mortal Kombat 1,” Electronic Arts’ (EA) “Madden NFL 24” and “EA Sports FC 24,” Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” and “Super Mario RPG,” and Take-Two’s (TTWO) “NBA 2K24.”