Best-selling video games in the U.S. in August 2024

In August 2024, the U.S. online game market noticed a major decline in spending, regardless of some notable successes in particular sectors like cellular gaming and EA Sports activities titles. In accordance with Circana, shopper spending dropped by 7% in comparison with the identical interval in 2023, amounting to $4.1 billion. Probably the most substantial decline was in {hardware} gross sales, which fell by 36% year-over-year to $208 million. The Nintendo Change skilled the sharpest drop with gross sales plunging by 41%, whereas the PlayStation 5 continued to carry its place because the best-selling console for the month.

On the content material facet, which incorporates full sport purchases, downloadable content material (DLC), subscriptions, and microtransactions throughout platforms reminiscent of console, PC, cellular, and digital actuality, there was a 5% lower in spending, reaching $3.7 billion. Nonetheless, Sensor Tower, a cellular analytics agency, reported a contrasting pattern in cellular sport spending, noting a 5% enhance over the earlier 12 months.

EA’s Madden NFL 25 took the highest spot as August’s best-selling sport, marking the twenty fifth consecutive 12 months that the Madden franchise has led in its launch month. EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25, which was final month’s chart chief, got here in second however nonetheless holds the title of the best-selling sport of 2024 thus far. This efficiency was achieved with out together with gross sales from the EA Sports activities MVP Bundle, which packages deluxe editions of each Madden NFL and Faculty Soccer and ranked because the fourth-best vendor in August.

A number of different titles made their debut within the high 20 in August. Ubisoft’s extremely anticipated Star Wars: Outlaws landed at No. 3, adopted by Visions of Mana from Sq. Enix at No. 10, and Bandai Namco’s Gundam Breaker 4 at No. 11.

Regardless of the decline in August, the year-to-date figures for the U.S. online game business stay secure, with a slight enhance of 1%, totaling $36.3 billion. Online game content material spending has risen by 4% to $32.3 billion for the primary eight months of the 12 months. Nonetheless, {hardware} gross sales proceed to battle, down by 28% to $2.3 billion over the identical interval.

The highest 20 promoting video games listing, led by Madden NFL 25 and adopted by EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer and Star Wars: Outlaws, underscores the continued dominance of sports activities titles within the U.S. market, in addition to the sturdy curiosity in main new releases.