Online game {hardware} gross sales have been down 25% year-over-year on the finish of 2024, in accordance with industry-tracking agency Circana. Online game content material spending normally was up in contrast with the earlier yr, however {hardware} gross sales — together with nearly all different gross sales, save for equipment — have been down in December. Just one December sport charted on the best-selling video games checklist, that being MachineGames’ Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
| December 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Million | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Change |
| Complete Video Recreation Gross sales (Projected to Complete Market) | $8,282 | $7,543 | -9% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cellular*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $6,054 | $5,761 | -5% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $1,555 | $1,112 | -29% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $673 | $671 | 0% |
Many of the losses, each for December and for the yr general look like from declining console gross sales, which have been dwindling steadily all yr. Mat Piscatella, Circana’s Circana’s government producer for video games reviews mentioned within the report, “Spending on PlayStation 5 hardware fell 18% when compared to December 2023, with Xbox Series and Switch each declining by 38%. Annual spending on video game hardware finished 25% lower than 2023, at $4.9 billion.”
That mentioned, spending on precise sport content material for 2024 was up 2% YoY, and was “the 2nd highest total for video game content spending in U.S. history, trailing only 2021’s $52.0 billion,” says Piscatella. Spending on console content material dropped 11%, however the development in cellular, PC, cloud, VR and subscription content material offset this. Piscatella additionally added in a publish on Bluesky, “But [the decline] was expected with Switch being in market for so long and both PS5/XBS past their selling peaks.”
| 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Thousands and thousands | 2023 Yr | 2024 Yr | Change |
| Complete Video Recreation Gross sales (Projected to Complete Market) | $59,294 | $58,659 | -1% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cellular*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $49,850 | $50,639 | 2% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $6,453 | $4,854 | -25% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $2,992 | $3,166 | 6% |
Equipment spending equally noticed 6% development in 2024, regardless of the widely lukewarm {hardware} market and gross sales being general flat in December itself. The PlayStation Portal was one of the best promoting accent of the yr, having launched within the U.S. in late 2023. Circana’s report additionally notes that the PS5’s DualSense controller in Midnight Black was the accent with essentially the most models bought.
Circana December 2024: High 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | 1 | Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 2 | 2 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 3 | 4 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 4 | 3 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 5 | 6 | Tremendous Mario Celebration Jamboree* | Nintendo |
| 6 | 8 | Sonic X Shadow Generations | Sega |
| 7 | 11 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 8 | 13 | Astro Bot | Sony (Corp) |
| 9 | 18 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 10 | 9 | NBA 2K25* | Take-Two Interactive |
| 11 | 5 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 12 | 29 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 13 | 14 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 14 | NEW | Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 15 | 37 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 16 | 38 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 17 | 7 | Mario & Luigi: Brothership* | Nintendo |
| 18 | 27 | God of Conflict: Ragnarok | Sony (Corp) |
| 19 | 23 | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge* | Nintendo |
| 20 | 30 | Simply Dance 2025 Version | Ubisoft |
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
As famous above, MachineGames’ Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle is the one December launch to make it onto Circana’s month-to-month best-seller charts. It’s additionally the fourth best-selling sport on Xbox platforms and the third most-played video games on those self same platforms, in accordance with Circana’s gross sales and engagement trackers. Different December launches which have missed the Circana reviews embrace Marvel Rivals, Path of Exile 2 and Infinity Nikki, although the previous two seem within the reviews for many every day lively customers on Steam and consoles.
The remainder of the best-seller checklist for December options a number of video games that have been initially in decrease rankings leaping into the highest 20 — presumably attributable to vacation gross sales. God of Conflict Ragnarok, for instance, was provided as a part of a vacation sale a number of brief months after its launch on PC. Different titles reminiscent of Elden Ring and Helldivers 2 may need obtained a lift from The Recreation Awards and a brand new content material launch, respectively.
Circana December 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2024
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | 2 | Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 2 | 1 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 3 | 3 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 4 | 4 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 5 | 5 | NBA 2K25** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 6 | 7 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 7 | 6 | Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare III (2023) | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 8 | 8 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 9 | 10 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 10 | 9 | EA Sports activities MVP Bundle | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 14 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 12 | 11 | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 13 | 12 | WWE 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 14 | 13 | MLB: The Present 24^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 15 | 15 | Grand Theft Auto V** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 16 | 19 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 17 | 16 | Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 18 | 17 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 19 | 21 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 20 | 18 | NBA 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
** Oct-Dec digital gross sales not included
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
A Name of Obligation sport has taken the highest spot within the charts, which doesn’t come as an enormous shock. If something, it’s a return to kind, as final yr’s Hogwarts Legacy was the primary sport to dethrone a Name of Obligation title from the highest spot on a Circana bestsellers chart since 2008. CoD additionally stays the best-selling franchise within the U.S. for the sixteenth consecutive yr. The remainder of the checklist incorporates a slight remix from November’s positions, with a lot of the identical video games having remained.
Along with the year-end checklist, Circana additionally launched particular person charts for gross sales for every console (although Nintendo’s entries by itself chart are ranked principally by bodily gross sales knowledge, as the corporate doesn’t present digital gross sales knowledge to Circana). Purple Lifeless Redemption is on Xbox’s chart, however not PlayStation’s, whereas the latter counts a number of of its unique titles by itself checklist, with Helldivers II rating third. Nintendo’s checklist accommodates a lot of new releases alongside mainstays reminiscent of Mario Kart 8 and Tremendous Smash Bros Final.
