<p>PlayStation’s PC efforts are paying off, if the latest U.S. Video Game Market Highlights <a href=”https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1810377988434964526″>report</a> from analyst group Circana is any indication. That’s because developer Sucker Punch Production’s Ghost of Tsushima, which originally launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2020, was the best-selling game of May 2024 in the U.S. And that’s almost assuredly due to <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/2024/03/06/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-rides-to-pc-in-may”>the recent PC release of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut on May 16</a>. </p>
<p><a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/product/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut”>Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut</a> hit PC almost four years after the game’s initial launch on PS4, which speaks to PlayStation’s PC release strategy it detailed last month. It said its live-service games, like this year’s <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/review/helldivers-2/bullet-heaven”>Helldivers 2</a> or the upcoming 5v5 hero shooter <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/product/concord”>Concord</a>, will launch day-and-date on PC, but its tentpole single-player games, like <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/product/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut”>Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut</a> and God of War Ragnarök (<a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/state-of-play/2024/05/30/god-of-war-ragnarok-hits-pc-this-september”>hitting PC this September</a>), will <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/05/30/playstation-says-live-service-games-will-launch-day-and-date-on-pc-but-single”>launch at later dates</a>. </p>
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<p><strong>The rest of the top 10 for May 2024 looks like this</strong>: </p>
<ol>
<li>Ghost of Tsushima</li>
<li>Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door</li>
<li>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III</li>
<li>Helldivers II</li>
<li>MLB: The Show 24</li>
<li>Sea of Thieves</li>
<li>Minecraft</li>
<li>Elden Ring</li>
<li>Hogwarts Legacy</li>
<li>Stellar Blade</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>And here’s what the top 20 best-selling games of the entire year look like: </strong></p>
<blockquote class=”tw-align-center twitter-tweet”>
<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Year-to-Date Ending May 2024 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games – U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content) <a href=”https://t.co/Wnacwg4ixw”>pic.twitter.com/Wnacwg4ixw</a></p>
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) <a href=”https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1810378238876938258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>July 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
<p>For May 2024, content spending fell 3% compared to May 2023, down to $3.6 billion, even despite a 13% growth in mobile content spending. However, that 13% increase in mobile spending was offset heavily by a 40% drop in console content spending, according to Circana executive director <a href=”https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1810378018302603741″>Mat Piscatella</a>. He attributes the May 2024 console spending decline (compared to May 2023) to the strength of <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/review/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom/such-great-heights”>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s</a> launch last year. </p>
<p>Elsehwere in the report, Piscatella says video game hardware spending declined 40% as well when compared to May 2023, down to $202 million. “Through May, all current generation hardware platforms are showing double-digit percentage declines year-on-year in 2024, with Switch showing the most significant drop,” <a href=”https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1810379249922331004″>Piscatella writes on X</a> (formerly Twitter). </p>
<p>The PlayStation 5 led May 2024’s hardware market in unit and dollar sales, with the Switch in second for unit sales and the Xbox Series X/S in second for dollar sales. Throughout each console’s 43 months on the market, the PS5 is up by 8% compared to the PS4 and the Xbox Series X/S is down 13% compared to the Xbox One. </p>
<p>May spending on video game accessories dropped 8% when comparing May 2024 to May of last year, and the PlayStation Portal was the best-selling accessory in dollar sales for the month – it’s also the best-selling accessory for the entire year. </p>
<p>For more, be sure to check out the entire Circana report <a href=”https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1810377988434964526″>here</a>. After that, read <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/review/ghost-of-tsushima/ghost-of-tsushima-review-a-most-honorable-epic”><em>Game Informer’s </em>Ghost of Tsushima review</a>, and then check out this video for a look at <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/ngt/2024/05/16/how-is-ghost-of-tsushima-on-steam-deck-new-gameplay-today”>how Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut runs on Steam Deck</a>. </p>
<p><em>Have you been playing Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut on PC? Let us know in the comments below!</em></p>
