Circana revealed that whole online game spending within the U.S. is up 3% in comparison with final yr — reaching a projected $4.9 billion — pushed by cellular content material, the Nintendo Change 2, and the blockbuster launch of Battlefield 6.
After its launch on Oct. 10, Battlefield 6 rapidly climbed the charts throughout each online game platform, smashing franchise gross sales data and turning into the best-selling recreation of 2025 to this point. The online game produced the very best single-month gross sales the trade has seen within the final three years, surpassing the earlier file set in 2022 by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
The online game trade’s income elevated 3% to $4.9 billion. | Supply: Circana
‘Battlefield 6’ produced the very best single-month gross sales the trade has seen in three years. | Supply: Circana
‘Battlefield 6’ debuted because the No. 1 best-selling recreation of the month and 2025 thus far. | Supply: Circana
Almost 4 months after the Nintendo Switch 2’s preliminary launch, the console continues to guide {hardware} gross sales throughout the U.S. Nintendo offered 328,000 models in October alone, outpacing the unique Change by 68% and PlayStation 4’s earlier velocity by 3%. General, {hardware} spending reached $351 million in October, a 36% enhance from final yr.
Cell gaming skilled important progress all through the previous month, with Sensor Tower reporting a ten% rise in spending in comparison with October 2024. The highest 10 cellular video games within the U.S. by client spending in October had been Monopoly Go!, Royal Match, Final Conflict: Survival, Sweet Crush Saga, Conflict Royale, Kingshot, Gossip Harbor, Royal Kingdom, Whiteout Survival, and Township.
To view Circana’s April 2025 report, go to circana.com.
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