Hellblade II was billed as one in all 2024’s massive exclusives when it launched again in May, however general gross sales numbers have been laborious to come back by since launch. Now, due to Circana’s most up-to-date gross sales information, we’ve got a clearer concept of its efficiency.
According to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, Hellblade II was thirty seventh general when it comes to full greenback gross sales for May 2024, placing it at twenty first general on the Xbox Series consoles. Hellblade II didn’t obtain a bodily launch.
Getting a variety of questions on this one… Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II ranked thirty seventh general for May 2024 in US full recreation greenback gross sales (bodily + digital for sharing pubs), whereas rating twenty first on Xbox Series.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 8, 2024
Notably, Hellblade II launched on Xbox Game Pass at launch, and that was born out in its engagement information, the place it ranked twelfth on Xbox when it comes to month-to-month lively customers. That places it simply behind Fallout 76 on the platform, however forward of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Apex Legends, and Forza Horizon 5.
Piscatella shared the gross sales data on X/Twitter, since Hellblade II’s efficiency meant that it did not seem on any of the key charts. Xbox and Ninja Theory have shared little about Hellblade II’s gross sales since its preliminary launch, leaving followers to take a position over Steam concurrents and different information. Gamesindustry.biz writer Chris Dring famous that it didn’t crack the Top 100 on European gross sales charts in what he described as a “brutal month” for game sales.
The sequel to the acclaimed action-adventure recreation by Ninja Theory, Hellblade II was introduced not lengthy after Xbox acquired the studio in 2018 and eventually launched earlier this yr. It was described as a “defining second within the evolution of real-time visuals” by Digital Foundry, and we wrote in our personal evaluate, “Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II delivers a spellbinding journey filled with cinematic spectacle and story surprises that maintains a surging sense of ahead momentum and by no means wastes a second of its slender run time.”
Elsewhere, Ghost of Tsushima returned to primary due to its Steam launch, whereas Call of Duty dominated the gross sales charts for each Xbox and PlayStation. Overall, although, it was a tough month for {hardware} spending as all three consoles recorded double-digit declines.
With Hellblade II now out there, Xbox is looking forward to the remainder of 2024, with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Avowed among the many first-party releases on its docket. You can see all the remainder of the largest video games of 2024 proper right here.
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