Circana’s Mat Piscatella has revealed gross sales knowledge for US online game and {hardware} gross sales for August 2024. To nobody’s shock, EA Sports activities’ Madden NFL 25 topped the charts, formally marking the twenty fifth consecutive yr {that a} new entry within the franchise has performed so in its launch month.
EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 ranked second on the checklist, dropping one rank from its debut however remaining the best-selling title of the yr (with Madden NFL 25 in twelfth). Then there’s the EA Sports activities MVP Bundle, containing each soccer titles, which got here in at fourth place however grew to become the fourth best-selling sport of the yr to date in greenback gross sales.
As for different releases through the month, Star Wars Outlaws debuted in third place, Visions of Mana ranked tenth, and Gundam Breaker 4 in eleventh. Whole projected spending on {hardware}, content material, and equipment reached $4.1 billion, dropping by seven % versus the identical month final yr. Nonetheless, year-to-date spending topped $36.3 billion, a one % enhance.
August 2024 U.S. Video Recreation Market Highlights from Circana – Projected U.S. whole spending on online game {hardware}, content material and equipment fell 7% throughout August 2024 versus a yr in the past, to $4.1B. A 5% enhance in Cellular content material spending was offset by declines throughout different areas.
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:16:33.331Z
2024 year-to-date spending is now 1% greater than a yr in the past, at $36.3B. 4% development in online game content material spending (pushed by Cellular), and an 8% enhance in equipment has to date offset a 28% drop in online game {hardware} spending.
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:16:52.412Z
August 2024 Prime 20 Finest-Promoting Premium Video games – U.S. (Greenback Gross sales, Bodily and Digital from digital knowledge sharing publishers, excludes add-on content material)
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:17:07.902Z
12 months-to-Date Ending August 2024 Prime 20 Finest-Promoting Premium Video games – U.S. (Greenback Gross sales, Bodily and Digital from digital knowledge sharing publishers, excludes add-on content material)
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:17:27.712Z
Madden NFL 25 was the best-selling online game of August 2024 – the twenty fifth consecutive yr wherein a brand new Madden NFL franchise launch was the best-selling title in its launch month. This streak started with the discharge of Madden NFL 2001 in August of 2000.
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:17:34.210Z
The EA Sports activities MVP Bundle, which incorporates each the EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 Deluxe Version and Madden NFL 25 Deluxe Version, ranked 4th in August after inserting 2nd in July, and completed August because the #4 best-selling sport in year-to-date greenback gross sales.
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:17:39.214Z
EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 remained the best-selling title of 2024 year-to-date after inserting 2nd in August. Different new releases showing amongst August’s prime 20 best-sellers included Star Wars: Outlaws (third total), Visions of Mana (tenth) and Gundam Breaker 4 (eleventh).
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2024-10-11T13:17:48.811Z