Regardless of an total downward-ish pattern in gross sales all through 2024, October managed to indicate constructive development, in response to industry-tracking agency Circana. This seems to be thanks, partially a minimum of, to Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6, which was the best-selling recreation of the month — nonetheless, it was simply one in all many October titles to make it onto the month’s listing.
| October 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Hundreds of thousands | Oct 2023 | Oct 2024 | Change |
| Complete Video Sport Gross sales | $4,254 | $4,662 | 10% |
| Video Sport Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Sport, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cell*, Moveable, PC and VR platforms) | $3,770 | $4,227 | 12% |
| Video Sport {Hardware} | $323 | $249 | -23% |
| Video Sport Equipment | $162 | $187 | 15% |
{Hardware} gross sales are nonetheless down, however to not the extent that they’ve been in earlier months. In September, {hardware} gross sales fell by 44% year-over-year, whereas they fell 23% in October. In contrast to final month, total recreation gross sales and content material gross sales didn’t pattern downward — in reality, total gross sales rose by 10%, the best quantity of development since July.
Mat Piscatella, Circana’s government producer for video games studies, mentioned in a press release, “Video game content spending increased by 12% versus a year ago, reaching $4.2 billion. Console content was the biggest contributor to the overall gain, with a spending increase of 27% when compared to a year ago, fueled by digital full game sales. Non-mobile video game subscription spending increased by 16% when compared to a year ago. The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 as part of Xbox Game Pass was the primary growth driver.”
| 12 months-to-Date 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Hundreds of thousands | 2023 YTD | 2024 YTD | Change |
| Complete Video Sport Gross sales | $44,841 | $45,360 | 1% |
| Video Sport Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Sport, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cell*, Moveable, PC and VR platforms) | $38,907 | $40,423 | 4% |
| Video Sport {Hardware} | $3,973 | $2,815 | -29% |
| Video Sport Equipment | $1,960 | $2,122 | 8% |
In line with Piscatella, gross sales for all the main consoles have been down, with Change gross sales dropping essentially the most at 38% year-over-year, adopted by PlayStation 5 gross sales by 20% and Xbox Collection gross sales by 18%. Equipment spending, alternatively, elevated, with the PlayStation Portal holding its place because the best-selling accent.
Circana October 2024: Prime 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | NEW | Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 2 | NEW | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 3 | NEW | Silent Hill 2 (2024) | Konami Digital Ent. |
| 4 | NEW | Undisputed | Plaion |
| 5 | NEW | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Sega |
| 6 | NEW | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Digital Arts |
| 7 | NEW | Tremendous Mario Celebration Jamboree* | Nintendo |
| 8 | 3 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 9 | NEW | Sonic X Shadow Generations | Sega |
| 10 | 1 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 5 | EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 12 | 4 | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge* | Nintendo |
| 13 | 8 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 14 | 9 | NHL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 15 | 2 | Astro Bot | Sony (Corp) |
| 16 | 14 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Sport Producers |
| 17 | 7 | NBA 2K25* | Take-Two Interactive |
| 18 | NEW | Life is Unusual: Double Publicity | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 19 | 90 | Closing Fantasy I-VI Bundle | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 20 | 13 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
It’s in all probability not a shock to see Name of Responsibility take the highest spot — it’s virtually a convention for the launch month of every new recreation within the sequence. It’s nearly extra of a shock that Black Ops 6 didn’t instantly displace EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 or Helldivers 2 from the year-to-date best-sellers listing, although maybe that’s resulting from this Circana report solely having a number of days of gross sales with which to work.
Circana’s data signifies Black Ops 6 isn’t only a profitable recreation, but it surely’s additionally accomplished higher than Trendy Warfare III did final 12 months: Full recreation greenback gross sales for the previous have been 23% larger than the latter over its first two weeks available on the market. Piscatella explicitly says the rise in whole online game gross sales year-over-year is “driven primarily by the debut of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, as compared to the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) during the November tracking period a year ago.”
The remainder of October wasn’t too shabby both
Name of Responsibility could have dominated October’s best-seller listing, but it surely’s removed from the one new recreation to make it onto the listing. 9 new video games made it onto the listing and take up eight of the highest 10 slots. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! is the second best-selling recreation of the month, and is the third best-selling Bandai Namco-published recreation in historical past, behind Elden Ring and Darkish Souls III. It’s additionally the one recreation of the 9 on the month-to-month listing to affix Black Ops 6 on the year-to-date best-seller chart.
Equally, Silent Hill 2 Remake debuted at third place and is the 2nd-best-selling Silent Hill recreation of all time, behind solely the unique Silent Hill 2. Different main October releases, together with Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Tremendous Mario Celebration: Jamboree, Sonic X Shadow Generations and Life is Unusual: Double Publicity all profit from their model recognition, however Metaphor: ReFantazio manages to leap up the listing as a brand new IP. Maybe essentially the most spectacular new recreation is Undisputed, the boxing recreation and debut title from Metal Metropolis Interactive.
Circana October 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2024 to date
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | 1 | EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 2 | 2 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | NEW | Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 4 | NEW | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 5 | 3 | Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare III (2023) | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 6 | 7 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 7 | 4 | EA Sports activities MVP Bundle | Digital Arts |
| 8 | 5 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 9 | 6 | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 10 | 10 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 8 | MLB: The Present 24^ | A number of Video Sport Producers |
| 12 | 9 | WWE 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 13 | 11 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 14 | 12 | Grand Theft Auto V** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 15 | 13 | Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 16 | 14 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 17 | 15 | NBA 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 18 | 17 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Sport Producers |
| 19 | 16 | Madden NFL 24 | Digital Arts |
| 20 | 18 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | Warner Bros. Video games |
** Aug-Oct digital gross sales not included
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
As acknowledged above, Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 and Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! have been the one October video games to make it to the year-to-date listing, however debuting at third and 4th place, respectively, isn’t a foul end result. Given November and vacation gross sales, Black Ops 6 could even transfer additional up the ranks.
