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Hogwarts Legacy is set to top the US video game sales charts for 2023, breaking a long stretch of Call Of Duty titles.According to Mat Piscatella, the executive director & video game industry analyst at Circana, who spoke to IGN, this is a combination of both Hogwarts Legacy selling extremely well throughout the year (along with a boost from a recent Nintendo Switch port) and the fact that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3‘s sales are behind Modern Warfare 2, despite Modern Warfare 3 being the second best-selling game of 2023.If Hogwarts Legacy stays at the top of the charts, then this year will be the first year since 2009 that the charts haven’t been topped by either a Call Of Duty game or a Rockstar Games title (in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V topped the list, and in 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 topped the list).NME reviewed Hogwarts Legacy, stating that the game can “only offer a facsimile: a world that, although ostensibly populated, feels lifeless and doesn’t let you have any real impact on it.”“Hogwarts Legacy is fun and manages to get a lot of things right, but it already feels somewhat dated, no doubt a hangover from the six-year development cycle,” the review reads.“It’s a stunning way to experience Hogwarts and the surrounding area and is probably the best representation for fans of the universe, regardless of the medium. Honestly, this is an exceptional piece of fan service and a loving recreation that for performance reasons and dated design, doesn’t quite come together,” it concludes.In other gaming news, a new Assassin’s Creed Mirage update has introduced New Game Plus to the game.

Xbox Series X|S had the highest dollar sales out of any console in America.Mat Piscatella, Executive Director at The NPD Group, has used Twitter to help break down the statistics on how the video game market performed in the U.S.

PlayStation 5 has become the fastest selling in US history, despite ongoing stock issues.Sony‘s latest console has become the fastest-selling ever in US history, in unit and dollar sales, after five months on the market.

Total video game spending in the U.S. across hardware, content and accessories reached $5.6 billion in March, per the NPD Group.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has already become one of the best-selling games of all time in the United States.That is according to NPD Group’s video game industry advisor Mat Piscatella, who shared the news on Twitter.

PS5 broke the US sales record for most console sales in a launch month when it was released in November.Despite a shortage of units which saw demand heavily outnumber supply, the PlayStation 5 was still able to eclipse the previous record. Sony already held the record, with the PS4 previously ranking as the fastest-selling console.This report comes from NPD industry advisor Mat Piscatella, who shared the figures on his Twitter page.

Also Read: 'Moana' Star Auli'i Cravalho Is All Grown Up in First Trailer for Netflix YA Drama 'All Together Now' (Video)“Today, we have more video game players playing for more hours, while spending more in the process; and what gamers old and new are discovering is an industry that has a wide array of experiences available to them regardless of device and budget,” NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella said in a statement Monday.