For the third month in a row, a soccer recreation has taken the highest slot within the U.S. gross sales charts, in line with industry-tracking agency Circana. Granted, the three video games signify two totally different sorts of soccer — whereas Madden NFL 25 and EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 dominated August and July, respectively, September’s massive vendor was EA Sports activities FC 25. Circana studies that the latter additionally broke a report, having the best launch month gross sales of any soccer recreation launched within the U.S.
| September 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Hundreds of thousands | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Change |
| Complete Video Recreation Gross sales | $4,679 | $4,378 | -6% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription shopper spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cellular*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $4,018 | $3,910 | -3% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $445 | $251 | -44% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $216 | $217 | 1% |
Nevertheless, the image was not so rosy elsewhere on Circana’s report. Online game {hardware} gross sales are nonetheless in freefall, whereas total gross sales numbers for the {industry} are down year-over-year. Mat Piscatella, Circana’s government producer for video games studies, mentioned in an announcement, “September video game hardware spending fell 44% when compared to a year ago, to $251 million. This is the lowest monthly hardware spend total for a September month since 2019 ($242 million).”
The gross sales charts for the year-to-date usually are not a lot better, displaying that whole gross sales virtually flat from September 2023’s chart. Whereas online game content material particularly is up 6% YoY, that quantity is dragged down by the virtually 30% lower from YTD 2023 to YTD 2024. Cellular content material spending is up, in line with Sensor Tower’s information, however most different stats are down.
| Yr-to-Date 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Hundreds of thousands | YTD Finish Sep 23 | YTD Finish Sep 24 | Change |
| Complete Video Recreation Gross sales | $40,587 | $40,671 | 0% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription shopper spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cellular*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $35,138 | $36,193 | 3% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $3,651 | $2,549 | -30% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $1,798 | $1,928 | 7% |
There are some things price noting from the precise gross sales outcomes: Circana’s gross sales present that the Xbox Collection X is barely edging out the Collection S in gross sales, making up 51% of Xbox Collection items bought life-to-date. Accent gross sales are nonetheless holding on, with the PlayStation Portal being the best-selling accent for the year-to-date — 3% of all PlayStation 5 house owners additionally personal a Portal.
Circana September 2024: Prime 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | NEW | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 2 | NEW | Astro Bot | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | 1 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 4 | NEW | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge* | Nintendo |
| 5 | 2 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 6 | 3 | Star Wars: Outlaws | Ubisoft |
| 7 | NEW | NBA 2K25* | Take-Two Interactive |
| 8 | 6 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 9 | NEW | NHL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 10 | 29 | God of Conflict: Ragnarok | Sony (Corp) |
| 11 | 502 | Useless Rising | Capcom USA |
| 12 | 144 | Closing Fantasy XVI | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 13 | 5 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 14 | 7 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 15 | 8 | Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III (2023) | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 16 | NEW | Marvel vs. Capcom Combating Assortment: Arcade Classics | Capcom USA |
| 17 | 25 | Age of Mythology | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 18 | NEW | Area Marine II [Warhammer 40,000]* | Focus Leisure |
| 19 | 15 | Ghost of Tsushima | Sony (Corp) |
| 20 | 4 | EA Sports activities MVP Bundle | Digital Arts |
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
October’s gross sales charts incorporates a excessive saturation of latest video games, with seven new video games making it into the highest 20 slots — 5 of them within the high 10. The highest recreation is the aforementioned EA Sports activities FC 25, which beat final yr’s EA Sports activities FC 24 in gross sales and broke the report for launch month gross sales for a soccer title. The truth that EA’s soccer title continues to chart nicely regardless of the corporate’s break from the FIFA branding. The sport was additionally the best-selling title on PlayStation and Xbox platforms, and the fifth best-selling title on Nintendo Change. NBA 2K25 and NHL 25 additionally carry sports activities recreation success, debuting at seventh and ninth place on the charts, respectively.
Sony’s Astro Bot follows FC 24 at second place, and can be the second best-selling recreation on PlayStation platforms. Nintendo’s new Zelda title, Echoes of Knowledge is the fourth best-selling title and will have been larger, however Circana solely has bodily gross sales information for Nintendo merchandise. Area Marine 2 shouldn’t be solely the 18th best-selling title, it was additionally the third most-played recreation on Steam throughout September. The Marvel vs Capcom Combating Assortment: Arcade Classics is the ultimate new recreation that made the charts with its model recognition and acquainted characters.
Circana’s September 2024 chart may be probably the most chaotic but
September’s gross sales charts incorporates not solely a variety of new video games, but in addition a excessive variety of video games which have jumped up the charts from a comparatively low place. The largest instance of that is Useless Rising, which went from 502nd place to eleventh due to the Useless Rising Deluxe Remaster. Piscatella clarified on Bluesky that video games are tracked by stock-keeping items (SKUs), which implies that gross sales of the remaster depend in direction of the variety of the unique as nicely. Age of Mythology seems to have obtained an identical increase due to the launch of its Retold remaster.
Different video games that jumped up a number of locations are Closing Fantasy XVI and God of Conflict Ragnarok, which launched on PC on September 17 and 19, respectively. The PC launches have boosted the profile of each video games, although God of Conflict Ragnarok has weathered some discontent from gamers for requiring a PSN account in an effort to run the sport.
Circana September 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2024 to this point
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | 1 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 2 | 2 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | 3 | Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III (2023) | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 4 | 4 | EA Sports activities MVP Bundle | Digital Arts |
| 5 | 5 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 6 | 6 | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 7 | 12 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 8 | 7 | MLB: The Present 24^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 9 | 8 | WWE 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 10 | NEW | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 10 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 12 | 9 | Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 13 | 11 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 14 | 13 | NBA 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 15 | 14 | Grand Theft Auto V** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 16 | 15 | Madden NFL 24 | Digital Arts |
| 17 | 17 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 18 | 16 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 19 | 18 | EA Sports activities FC 24 | Digital Arts |
| 20 | 19 | P3: Persona 3: Reload | Sega |
** Jul-Sep Digital gross sales not included
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
Not like the September gross sales charts, the year-to-date charts stay comparatively unchanged, albeit barely remixed. The one September recreation that made it to this chart was EA Sports activities FC 25, which additionally pushed its predecessor EA Sports activities FC 24 one place down the listing. Madden NFL 25 has additionally gotten a lift up the listing with its continued excessive gross sales.
