Resident Evil Requiem Debuts as the Best-selling Game of the Year in the U.S. So Far

Unlike the exceedingly slow preceding month of January, February 2026 had a steadily moving line of new releases to shake up the U.S. sales charts, with Resident Evil Requiem debuting as the best-selling game of the month and, thus far, the entire year. We don't have a specific sales figure for Requiem in the U.S., but Capcom has said it has sold 6 million globally, making it the fastest-selling game in the franchise ever. Unfortunately for money and numbers people, all the new releases didn't really do anything to boost overall sales compared to last year. According to Circana's monthly report compiled and analyzed by Mat Piscatella, total gaming spending was only up 1% year-over-year, content spending was flat, and accessories were down 2% from last year. Hardware was the only area that saw real change, and that's largely thanks to the Nintendo Switch 2, which wasn't out at this time last year. With the Switch 2 in the mix, hardware was up 22% to $326 million, with Switch 2 spending offsetting declines in all the other consoles. The PS5 still led both dollar and unit sales. But the Switch 2 is still outpacing its predecessor nine months in, trending 45% ahead of the original Swit