Circana (NPD) US sales July 2024 - PS5#1(+25%) XBS#2(+48%) NSW #3(-44%) / EA college football 25 #1, EA MVP bundle#2, Elden Ring#3

[Gizmo_Duck]

Hardware
July video game hardware spending grew 12% when compared to a year ago, to $326 million. 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.

771k total units of video game Console hardware (excluding PC Portables) sold in July, up from 695k a year ago.

PlayStation 5 led the month’s hardware market in unit and dollar sales, with Xbox Series ranking 2nd across both measures. July 2024 is the first month with year-on-year growth in video game hardware spending since the 2% increase seen during December 2023.

Software
Launch month dollar sales of EA Sports College Football 25 more than tripled the total lifetime dollar sales of the previous best-selling college football game, NCAA Football 07.

Mobile
Sensor Tower: Top 10 mobile games by U.S. consumer spend in July and rank change vs June: MONOPOLY GO!, Roblox (+1), Royal Match (-1), Candy Crush Saga, Pokémon GO (+5), Last War: Survival (-1), Whiteout Survival (-1), Coin Master (-1), Township, and Brawl Stars (-2).

“For July 2024, we no longer see double digit growth comparing year over year, but we do still see a solid 7.6%,” said Samuel Aune of Sensor Tower. “The winning genres this month were Simulation and Shooters."

"The breakout games for Simulation were Township, Roblox, and Minecraft, which increased US consumer spend 38% month over month. Minecraft continues to be the highest grossing mobile paid game in the world over a decade after its launch," said Aune. Aune continued… "For Shooters, Free Fire Garena, PUBG MOBILE, and GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE all saw 50%+ increases in US consumer spend growth month over month, while Call of Duty: Mobile grew US consumer spend 32% month over month.”

Accessories
Consumer spending on Accessories grew 4% in July when compared to a year ago, to $184M. Leading the year-on-year spending gains for Accessories were the Remote Play Device segment (PlayStation Portal), and Gamepads (+6% versus a year ago).

The PlayStation Portal was the best-selling accessory in dollar sales for both July and 2024 year-to-date. In units, the best-selling accessory of both July and 2024 year-to-date was the PS5 DualSense Wireless Controller Midnight Black.

Software Charts

Year to Date

Rankings
Units: PS5 > XBS > NSW
Revenue: PS5 > XBS > NSW

 

[daze23]

wow, College Football already #1 for the year

 

[Rekkapryde]

College Football 25 100% boosted hardware salesa.

 

[Rekkapryde]

wow, College Football already #1 for the year

They def can afford to pay for the ESPN license next year after this. Athletes should get more than 600 bucks and the game for next year's edition too.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

College Football 25 100% boosted hardware salesa.

Imagine if all the EA Sports titles went current gen only? The charts would look like this every month

 

[Rekkapryde]

since this is US Sales only, wonder how much they sold.

hope EA did solid contracts with the conferences for like 5 or 6 editions of the game until 2030 or so because these conferences would not be wrong to ask for more money for future editions.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

since this is US Sales only, wonder how much they sold.

hope EA did solid contracts with the conferences for like 5 or 6 editions of the game until 2030 or so because these conferences would not be wrong to ask for more money for future editions.

Like Black Myth you’re probably looking at the majority of sales. CF is like 95% US

 

[feelosofer]

I think I would rather a re-release in HD of the Mainline games and their console ports.

 

[gurf]

It honestly would not surprise me if College Football 25 outsold Madden this year.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if we see a College Basketball game within the next few years