After months of Helldivers II holding the highest spot on 2024’s best-seller checklist, EA Sports College Football 25 has stolen its throne, in keeping with industry-tracking agency Circana. Not solely has the sport offered effectively sufficient to place it atop the July charts, however it’s additionally apparently chargeable for an upturn in whole online game gross sales for the month. Unlike in earlier months, the numbers for each single class of recreation gross sales are up year-over-year.
“Video game content spending increased 10% in July compared to a year ago, as 29% growth in console content spending and an 8% increase in mobile was partially offset by a 6% drop in spending on PC, cloud and non-console VR content,” mentioned Mat Piscatella, Circana’s govt producer for video games studies. “EA Sports College Football 25 debuted as the best-selling game of 2024 year-to-date and was the primary driver of both content and hardware growth on console platforms.”
| July 2024 Dollar Sales, Millions | Jul 2023 | Jul 2024 | Change |
| Total Video Game Sales | $4,349 | $4,773 | 10% |
| Video Game Content (Physical & Digital Full Game, DLC/MTX and Subscription client spending throughout Console, Cloud, Mobile*, Portable, PC and VR platforms) | $3,880 | $4,263 | 10% |
| Video Game Hardware | $292 | $326 | 12% |
| Video Game Accessories | $177 | $184 | 4% |
According to Circana’s previous studies, July is the primary month of 2024 thus far to indicate progress within the {hardware} class. Piscatella added, on the subject of {hardware} gross sales, “Growth in spending on PlayStation 5 (+25% vs YA) and Xbox Series (+48%) hardware was partially offset by a 44% drop in spending on Switch.” It must be famous that EA Sports College Football 25 is barely obtainable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Circana July 2024: Top 20 best-selling video games within the U.S.
| Rank | Last Month Rank | Title | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | EA Sports College Football 25 | Electronic Arts |
| 2 | NEW | EA Sports MVP Bundle | Electronic Arts |
| 3 | 1 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 4 | 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 5 | 6 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 6 | NEW | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition* | Nintendo |
| 7 | 5 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Games |
| 8 | 7 | MLB: The Show 24^ | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 9 | 9 | EA Sports FC 24 | Electronic Arts |
| 10 | 13 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
| 11 | 15 | Mortal Kombat 1 | Warner Bros. Games |
| 12 | 17 | Mario Kart 8* | Nintendo |
| 13 | 11 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 14 | 30 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 15 | 8 | Luigi’s Mansion 2* | Nintendo |
| 16 | 10 | Sea of Thieves | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 17 | 16 | UFC 5 | Electronic Arts |
| 18 | 21 | Rainbow Six: Siege [Tom Clancy’s] | Ubisoft |
| 19 | 37 | The Crew: Motorfest | Ubisoft |
| 20 | 12 | Ghost of Tsushima | Sony (Corp) |
^Digital gross sales on Nintendo and Xbox platforms not included
As famous, EA Sports College Football 25 is the best-selling title for the month, however it additionally holds the second place as effectively. The EA Sports MVP Bundle consists of each EA Sports College Football 25 Deluxe Edition in addition to Madden NFL 25 Deluxe Edition.
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The recreation’s recognition was evident even at its launch, as EA mentioned in an announcement that 2.2 million distinctive gamers performed the sport throughout its early entry interval, obtainable for Deluxe Edition gamers three days earlier than launch. EA CEO Andrew Wilson praised the sport’s efficiency in an analyst name, saying, “This is a monumental moment for EA Sports.”
The solely different new launch to make the best-sellers checklist is Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It’s all the time notable when a brand new Nintendo title makes the Circana best-seller checklist, if solely as a result of Nintendo doesn’t present its digital gross sales knowledge to Circana to issue into its evaluation.
Tekken 8 and The Crew: Motorfest profit from gross sales
Two of the video games which have made a return to Circana’s prime 20 from decrease spots are The Crew: Motorfest and Tekken 8. The two titles have moved from 37 to 19 and 30 to 14, respectively. The cause for each video games’ rise seems to be a mixture of summer time gross sales and new content material updates. Motorfest rolled out its Season 4 content material, which added new vehicles and the “Donk vs Lowrider” playlist. The recreation was additionally obtainable to play free of charge on all platforms between July 4-11.
Tekken 8 was a part of a number of summer time gross sales, together with the PlayStation Summer Sales occasion and Steam’s summer time sale. Walmart and Best Buy additionally supplied offers on the console editions of the video games. As for content material, Bandai Namco rolled out a number of new options for the sport in July’s 1.06 replace, in addition to roster addition Lidia Sobieska.
Circana July 2024: 20 best-selling video games of 2024 thus far
| Rank | Last Month Rank | Title | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | EA Sports College Football 25 | Electronic Arts |
| 2 | 1 | Helldivers II | Sony (Corp) |
| 3 | 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 4 | 3 | Dragon’s Dogma II | Capcom USA |
| 5 | NEW | EA Sports MVP Bundle | Electronic Arts |
| 6 | 6 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 7 | 4 | MLB: The Show 24^ | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 8 | 5 | WWE 2K24** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 9 | 7 | Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth | Square Enix Inc (Corp) |
| 10 | 8 | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 11 | 10 | Hogwarts Legacy | Warner Bros. Gamees |
| 12 | 9 | Madden NFL 24 | Electronic Arts |
| 13 | 11 | NBA 2K24 | Take 2 Interactive (Corp) |
| 14 | 12 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | Warner Bros. Games |
| 15 | 13 | EA Sports FC 24 | Electronic Arts |
| 16 | 14 | P3: Persona 3: Reload | Sega |
| 17 | 16 | Minecraft | Multiple Video Game Manufacturers |
| 18 | 15 | Grand Theft Auto V** | Take-Two Interactive |
| 19 | 17 | Sea of Thieves | Microsoft (Corp) |
| 20 | 18 | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 | Sony (Corp) |
^Digital gross sales on Nintendo and Xbox platforms not included
**May-Jul Digital gross sales not included
Both EA Sports College Football 25 and the EA Sports MVP Bundle have joined the top-sellers of 2024 checklist, with the previous knocking Helldivers II off the highest spot for the primary time because it launched in February. Elden Ring is sustaining a gradual place on the checklist, regardless of most different video games getting shifted by the 2 new titles — presumably because of the lingering results of Shadow of the Erdtree.