US Video Sport Gross sales Hit Lowest November Since 1995

Online game {hardware} and bodily software program gross sales simply had the worst November since 1995 right here within the U.S. That is in keeping with the newest U.S. Video Sport Market report from trade analyst group Circana, with senior director Mat Piscatella revealing that 1.6 million items of {hardware} and a 14 % spending decline in bodily software program led to the worst November in shopper online game spending since 1995. 

It is essential to notice that Piscatella explicitly cites 1995 because the yr this type of monitoring started. Month-to-month {hardware} spending dropped by 27 % in comparison with 2024, right down to $695 million, which Piscatella calls “the bottom online game {hardware} spending complete for a November month for the reason that $455 million reached through the November 2005 monitoring interval,” in his highlights thread on Bluesky. Nevertheless, while you take a look at unit gross sales (quite than spending totals), the 1.6 million {hardware} items bought throughout November 2025 throughout all platforms is the bottom complete for a November since 1995, when 1.4 million {hardware} items had been bought. That is particularly stunning contemplating Black Friday is in November, a preferred shopper spending vacation within the U.S.

That stated, the PlayStation 5 was November’s best-selling {hardware} in each items bought and greenback gross sales, which is the primary time this has occurred for the reason that launch of the Nintendo Change 2 in June. Change 2 ranked second in each classes final month. 

When it comes to bodily software program gross sales, November spending fell 14 % in comparison with final November, an all-time low for that month since monitoring started in 1995, Piscatella says. Nevertheless, online game content material spending grew by 1 % in comparison with a yr in the past, to $4.8 billion, with a 16 % improve in subscription spending and a pair of % development in cellular, which Piscatella says offsets declines in console and PC content material spending. 

Diving into the specifics of online game software program, Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 was nonetheless the best-selling sport of final month, regardless of followers of the franchise calling it one of many weakest entries in years (one thing the devs behind the sport not too long ago acknowledged). This marks the 18th consecutive yr {that a} Name of Obligation launch is the best-selling sport of its launch month. This streak began with the November 2008 launch of Name of Obligation: World at Battle. Nevertheless, Piscatella says the franchise skilled a “double-digit proportion full sport greenback gross sales decline” when in comparison with November 2024. 

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Fortnite was the most-played sport in November on PlayStation and Xbox consoles by month-to-month lively customers. Nevertheless, on PC through Steam, Arc Raiders was the most-played sport. 

When it comes to equipment, that are categorized individually from platform consoles, spending fell 13 % final month in comparison with November 2024, right down to $327 million. Controller spending declined 19 % year-on-year, driving this 13 % spending drop. The Midnight Black version of the PlayStation Portal was the best-selling accent of November in greenback gross sales, whereas the Midnight Black PlayStation 5 DualSense controller led the month in unit gross sales. 

Right here Are The Prime 20 Finest-Promoting Premium Video games Of November 2025

Piscatella says that is particularly for the U.S. and consists of greenback gross sales, bodily and digital knowledge from opt-in publishers, and excludes add-on content material like DLC and expansions. 

1. Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7
2. Battlefield 6
3. NBA 2K26
4. Madden NFL 26
5. EA Sports activities FC 26
6. Pokémon Legends: Z-A
7. Ghost of Yōtei
8. EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 26
9. Minecraft
10. Kirby Air Riders
11. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
12. The Outer Worlds 2
13. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
14. Donkey Kong Bananza
15. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
16. Purple Useless Redemption II
17. Grand Theft Auto V
18. Borderlands 4
19. Forza Horizon 5
20. Digimon Story: Time Stranger

For extra particulars about November 2025 online game spending, head to Piscatella’s thread right here on Bluesky. After that, learn Sport Informer’s opinions of Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7, Ghost of Yōtei, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Battlefield 6, Kirby Air Riders, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. 

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