Helldivers 2 dominates sales — for democracy! | Circana February 2024

Helldivers 2 has rocketed up to the top of the sales charts for February, according to industry-tracking firm Circana. Arrowhead’s phenom not only topped the bestseller charts for the month, but also the year-to-date. Granted, that’s only two months, but it takes a special title to dethrone Call of Duty. However, while video game sales were decent overall, hardware sales plummeted in February — though this doesn’t come as a total surprise.

“February video game hardware spending declined 30% when compared to a year ago, to $349 million,” said Mat Piscatella, Circana’s executive producer for games reports. “All console platforms were down a minimum of 19% compared to a year ago.” In February 2023, hardware sales went up by 68%, meaning that the drop this year is possibly less of a decline and more of a correction.