Circan’s November 2025 online game gross sales report has simply been one of the vital anticipated. For one, November is all the time one of the vital profitable for the video games business, however this yr specifically has seen a number of main hits – together with new entries in two rival collection.
We’re speaking, after all, about Battlefield 6, and Black Ops 7 the most recent releases of their respective multiplayer shooter collection. The decades-old combat to say the highest spot has lengthy been received by Name of Responsibility, however the newest Battlefield has achieved what many thought was unattainable.
Cricana’s report covers spending on online game software program, {hardware}, and equipment within the U.S. November 2025 noticed spending fall by 4% in comparison with November 2024, bringing in a complete of $5.9 billion.
Software program technically noticed progress through the month, however declines in {hardware}, and equipment have been primarily liable for the drop in total spending. Black Ops 7 continued Name of Responsibility’s 18-12 months Streak in topping gross sales in its launch month.
Nevertheless, this yr’s recreation didn’t additionally high the year-to-date charts, one thing the collection has finished constantly, and greater than every other top-selling recreation annually – with uncommon exceptions. Battlefield 6 is firmly within the lead there, cementing its declare as 2025’s best-selling title. Black Ops 7, fittingly, occupies within the #7 spot there.
Individually from the best-selling recreation title combat, November has really been one of many worst for the business when it comes to {hardware} gross sales. The report notes that the three main platform holders – Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have all seen their {hardware} gross sales decline.
Spending on {hardware} throughout November amounted to solely $695 million, a large 27% decline in comparison with November 2024. Based on the report, that’s the worst greenback quantity whole for any November since 2005, relating to {hardware} particularly. All three current-gen consoles totaled 1.6 million models offered, which Circana additionally notes is the bottom for any November since 1995.
This all doesn’t bode particularly effectively for the business. November has all the time been a key vacation buying month, but it surely’s clear the consistently rising console costs – and already excessive recreation costs – have had a huge impact.
