Regardless of an total downward-ish development in gross sales all through 2024, October managed to indicate optimistic progress, in line with industry-tracking agency Circana. This seems to be thanks, partially not less than, to Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6, which was the best-selling recreation of the month — nevertheless, it was simply one among many October titles to make it onto the month’s listing.
| October 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Tens of millions | Oct 2023 | Oct 2024 | Change |
| Whole Video Recreation Gross sales | $4,254 | $4,662 | 10% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cell*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $3,770 | $4,227 | 12% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $323 | $249 | -23% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $162 | $187 | 15% |
{Hardware} gross sales are nonetheless down, however to not the extent that they’ve been in earlier months. In September, {hardware} gross sales fell by 44% year-over-year, whereas they fell 23% in October. Not like final month, total recreation gross sales and content material gross sales didn’t development downward — the truth is, total gross sales rose by 10%, the best quantity of progress since July.
Mat Piscatella, Circana’s govt producer for video games stories, stated in a press release, “Online game content material spending elevated by 12% versus a 12 months in the past, reaching $4.2 billion. Console content material was the most important contributor to the general achieve, with a spending improve of 27% when in comparison with a 12 months in the past, fueled by digital full recreation gross sales. Non-mobile online game subscription spending elevated by 16% when in comparison with a 12 months in the past. The discharge of Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 as a part of Xbox Recreation Cross was the first progress driver.”
| Yr-to-Date 2024 Greenback Gross sales, Tens of millions | 2023 YTD | 2024 YTD | Change |
| Whole Video Recreation Gross sales | $44,841 | $45,360 | 1% |
| Video Recreation Content material (Bodily & Digital Full Recreation, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Cell*, Transportable, PC and VR platforms) | $38,907 | $40,423 | 4% |
| Video Recreation {Hardware} | $3,973 | $2,815 | -29% |
| Video Recreation Equipment | $1,960 | $2,122 | 8% |
In keeping with Piscatella, gross sales for all the main consoles had been down, with Change gross sales dropping probably the most at 38% year-over-year, adopted by PlayStation 5 gross sales by 20% and Xbox Collection gross sales by 18%. Equipment spending, however, elevated, with the PlayStation Portal holding its place because the best-selling accent.
Circana October 2024: Prime 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | NEW | Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 2 | NEW | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 3 | NEW | Silent Hill 2 (2024) | Konami Digital Ent. |
| 4 | NEW | Undisputed | Plaion |
| 5 | NEW | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Sega |
| 6 | NEW | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Digital Arts |
| 7 | NEW | Tremendous Mario Social gathering Jamboree* | Nintendo |
| 8 | 3 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 9 | NEW | Sonic X Shadow Generations | Sega |
| 10 | 1 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 5 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 12 | 4 | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge* | Nintendo |
| 13 | 8 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 14 | 9 | NHL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 15 | 2 | Astro Bot | Sony (Corp) |
| 16 | 14 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 17 | 7 | NBA 2K25* | Take-Two Interactive |
| 18 | NEW | Life is Unusual: Double Publicity | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 19 | 90 | Closing Fantasy I-VI Bundle | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 20 | 13 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
It’s in all probability not a shock to see Name of Obligation take the highest spot — it’s virtually a practice for the launch month of every new recreation within the sequence. It’s virtually extra of a shock that Black Ops 6 didn’t instantly displace EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 or Helldivers 2 from the year-to-date best-sellers listing, although maybe that’s attributable to this Circana report solely having just a few days of gross sales with which to work.
Circana’s data signifies Black Ops 6 isn’t only a profitable recreation, however it’s additionally achieved higher than Fashionable Warfare III did final 12 months: Full recreation greenback gross sales for the previous had been 23% larger than the latter over its first two weeks available on the market. Piscatella explicitly says the rise in complete online game gross sales year-over-year is “pushed primarily by the debut of Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6, as in comparison with the launch of Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare III (2023) throughout the November monitoring interval a 12 months in the past.”
The remainder of October wasn’t too shabby both
Name of Obligation might have dominated October’s best-seller listing, however it’s removed from the one new recreation to make it onto the listing. 9 new video games made it onto the listing and take up eight of the highest 10 slots. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! is the second best-selling recreation of the month, and is the third best-selling Bandai Namco-published recreation in historical past, behind Elden Ring and Darkish Souls III. It’s additionally the one recreation of the 9 on the month-to-month listing to hitch Black Ops 6 on the year-to-date best-seller chart.
Equally, Silent Hill 2 Remake debuted at third place and is the 2nd-best-selling Silent Hill recreation of all time, behind solely the unique Silent Hill 2. Different main October releases, together with Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Tremendous Mario Social gathering: Jamboree, Sonic X Shadow Generations and Life is Unusual: Double Publicity all profit from their model recognition, however Metaphor: ReFantazio manages to leap up the listing as a brand new IP. Maybe probably the most spectacular new recreation is Undisputed, the boxing recreation and debut title from Metal Metropolis Interactive.
Circana October 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2024 thus far
| Rank | Final Month Rank | Title | Writer |
| 1 | 1 | EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 | Digital Arts |
| 2 | 2 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | NEW | Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 4 | NEW | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 5 | 3 | Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare III (2023) | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 6 | 7 | Madden NFL 25 | Digital Arts |
| 7 | 4 | EA Sports activities MVP Bundle | Digital Arts |
| 8 | 5 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 9 | 6 | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 10 | 10 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Digital Arts |
| 11 | 8 | MLB: The Present 24^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 12 | 9 | WWE 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 13 | 11 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Video games |
| 14 | 12 | Grand Theft Auto V** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 15 | 13 | Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Sq. Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 16 | 14 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| 17 | 15 | NBA 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 18 | 17 | Minecraft^^ | A number of Video Recreation Producers |
| 19 | 16 | Madden NFL 24 | Digital Arts |
| 20 | 18 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | Warner Bros. Video games |
** Aug-Oct digital gross sales not included
^^ Digital gross sales on Nintendo platforms not included
As acknowledged above, Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 and Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! had been the one October video games to make it to the year-to-date listing, however debuting at third and 4th place, respectively, isn’t a nasty outcome. Given November and vacation gross sales, Black Ops 6 might even transfer additional up the ranks.