Circan’s November 2025 online game gross sales report has simply been one of the anticipated. For one, November is all the time one of the profitable for the video games trade, however this 12 months specifically has seen a number of main hits – together with new entries in two rival sequence.
We’re speaking, after all, about Battlefield 6, and Black Ops 7 the most recent releases of their respective multiplayer shooter sequence. The decades-old combat to say the highest spot has lengthy been received by Name of Obligation, however the newest Battlefield has achieved what many thought was not possible.
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 throughout the month, however declines in {hardware}, and equipment had been primarily liable for the drop in total spending. Black Ops 7 continued Name of Obligation’s 18-12 months Streak in topping gross sales in its launch month.
Nevertheless, this 12 months’s recreation didn’t additionally prime the year-to-date charts, one thing the sequence has finished persistently, 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 truly been one of many worst for the trade by way of {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. In line with 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 properly for the trade. November has all the time been a key vacation procuring month, nevertheless it’s clear the continually rising console costs – and already excessive recreation costs – have had a big effect.
