For the third month in a row, a soccer sport has taken the highest slot within the U.S. gross sales charts, based on industry-tracking agency Circana. Granted, the three video games symbolize two completely different sorts of soccer — whereas Madden NFL 25 and EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 dominated August and July, respectively, September’s huge vendor was EA Sports activities FC 25. Circana stories that the latter additionally broke a report, having the best launch month gross sales of any soccer sport 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 client 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% |
Nonetheless, the image was not so rosy elsewhere on Circana’s report. Online game {hardware} gross sales are nonetheless in freefall, whereas general gross sales numbers for the {industry} are down year-over-year. Mat Piscatella, Circana’s government producer for video games stories, mentioned in a press release, “September online game {hardware} spending fell 44% when in comparison with a yr in the past, to $251 million. That is the bottom month-to-month {hardware} spend whole for a September month since 2019 ($242 million).”
The gross sales charts for the year-to-date aren’t 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, based on 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 client 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 value noting from the particular 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 models 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: High 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 Warfare: Ragnarok | Sony (Corp) |
| 11 | 502 | Lifeless Rising | Capcom USA |
| 12 | 144 | Last 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: Trendy Warfare III (2023) | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 16 | NEW | Marvel vs. Capcom Preventing Assortment: Arcade Classics | Capcom USA |
| 17 | 25 | Age of Mythology | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 18 | NEW | House 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 recent video games, with seven new video games making it into the highest 20 slots — 5 of them within the high 10. The highest sport 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 properly 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 Swap. NBA 2K25 and NHL 25 additionally convey sports activities sport success, debuting at seventh and ninth place on the charts, respectively.
Sony’s Astro Bot follows FC 24 at second place, and can also be the second best-selling sport on PlayStation platforms. Nintendo’s new Zelda title, Echoes of Knowledge is the fourth best-selling title and will have been increased, however Circana solely has bodily gross sales information for Nintendo merchandise. House Marine 2 will not be solely the 18th best-selling title, it was additionally the third most-played sport on Steam throughout September. The Marvel vs Capcom Preventing Assortment: Arcade Classics is the ultimate new sport that made the charts with its model recognition and acquainted characters.
Circana’s September 2024 chart is likely to be essentially the most chaotic but
September’s gross sales charts incorporates not solely quite a few new video games, but additionally a excessive variety of video games which have jumped up the charts from a comparatively low place. The largest instance of that is Lifeless Rising, which went from 502nd place to eleventh because of the Lifeless Rising Deluxe Remaster. Piscatella clarified on Bluesky that video games are tracked by stock-keeping models (SKUs), which signifies that gross sales of the remaster depend in direction of the variety of the unique as properly. Age of Mythology seems to have acquired an identical enhance because of the launch of its Retold remaster.
Different video games that jumped up a number of locations are Last Fantasy XVI and God of Warfare 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 Warfare Ragnarok has weathered some discontent from gamers for requiring a PSN account with a purpose to run the sport.
Circana September 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2024 up to now
| 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: Trendy 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 | Last 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 sport 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 record. Madden NFL 25 has additionally gotten a lift up the record with its continued excessive gross sales.
