Circan’s November 2025 online game gross sales report has simply been some of the anticipated. For one, November is at all times some of the profitable for the video games business, however this yr particularly 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 newest releases of their respective multiplayer shooter sequence. The decades-old battle to say the highest spot has lengthy been received by Name of Responsibility, however the newest Battlefield has achieved what many thought was unimaginable.
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 development in the course of the month, however declines in {hardware}, and equipment have been primarily accountable 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 prime the year-to-date charts, one thing the sequence has achieved constantly, and greater than some other top-selling recreation every year – 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 battle, November has really been one of many worst for the business 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 response to the report, that’s the worst greenback quantity complete for any November since 2005, on the subject of {hardware} particularly. All three current-gen consoles totaled 1.6 million models bought, which Circana additionally notes is the bottom for any November since 1995.
This all doesn’t bode particularly nicely for the business. November has at all times been a key vacation procuring month, however it’s clear the consistently rising console costs – and already excessive recreation costs – have had a big effect.
