PS5 and XS Sales Jump in the US in July Due to Launch of College Football 25 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 August 2024 / 4,559 Views

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the US in July 2024 in terms of units sold and dollar sales, according to figures from Circana (formerly The NPD Group). Circana includes the dates for the four-week period of July 7 to August 3.

The Xbox Series X|S came in second place in terms of units sold and dollar sales and the Nintendo Switch came in third place.

July hardware sales for the first time since December 2023 were up year-on-year with sales up 12 percent. The PlayStation 5 saw a boost of 25 percent year-on-year in terms of dollar sales, while the Xbox Series X|S saw dollar sales jump 48 percent. The boost in the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S were partially offset by a 44 percent drop in the Nintendo Switch.

There were 771,000 consoles sold in the US in July 2024, which is up from 695,000 consoles sold a year ago.

Overall spending on video games in July grew 10 percent year-on-year from $4.35 billion to $4.77 billion. Spending on video game content increased 10 percent from $3.88 billion to $4.26 billion, while video game hardware sales grew 12 percent from $292 million to $326 million. Spending on accessories increased four percent from $177 million to $184 million.

"Projected U.S. spending on video game hardware, content and accessories reached $4.8B in July 2024, gaining 10% when compared to a year ago," said Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella. "2024 year-to-date spending is now 2% higher than a year ago, at $32.1B."

Piscatella added, "Video game content spending increased 10% in July compared to a year ago, as 29% growth in console content spending and an 8% increase in mobile was partially offset by a 6% drop in spending on PC, cloud, and non-console VR content."

The PlayStation Portal was the best-selling accessory of July in terms of dollar sales, as well as 2024 year-to-date. in unit sales, the best-selling accessory for July and year-to-date is the PS5 DualSense Wireless Controller Midnight Black.

EA Sports College Football 25 had a huge first month as it debuted in first place in July and is already the best-selling game of 2024. It was the primary reason hardware sales for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S are up year-on-year.

Launch month dollar sales for EA Sports College Football 25 are more than triple the lifetime dollar sales of the last entry in the College Football series, NCAA Football 07.

The EA Sports MVP Bundle debuted in second place for the month and fifth place on the 2024 charts. The bundle includes EA Sports College Football 25 Deluxe Edition and Madden NFL 25 Deluxe Edition.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was the only other new release in the top 20. It debuted in sixth place on the overall charts for July 2024 and in first on the Nintendo Switch charts.

Elden Ring was the third best-selling game of July, followed by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III in fourth place, and Minecraft in fifth place.

Here are the top 20 best-selling games in terms of dollars for July 2024:

Here are the top 20 best-selling games in 2024 year-to-date:

Here are the top 10 games played on the PlayStation 5 ranked by monthly active users:

Here are the top 10 games played on the Xbox Series X|S ranked by monthly active users:

Here are the top 10 games played on Steam ranked by monthly active users:

Here are the top 10 best-selling premium games on PlayStation platforms in July 2024:

Here are the top 10 best-selling premium games on Xbox platforms in July 2024:

Here are the top 10 best-selling premium games on Nintendo platforms in July 2024:

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

7 Comments

NightF0x73 (on 21 August 2024)

Wow, +48% for Xbox is cool to see !

As always, PS5 is a monster !

zakr1995 (on 21 August 2024)

Pretty insane to see Forza Horizon 5 making the top 10 regularly on Xbox, despite being nearly 3 years old and available on Gamepass

G2ThaUNiT (on 21 August 2024)

If this isn't evidence as to why more major third-party companies need to drop last gen, then idk what is. I still see at least a couple dozen people in one of my discord servers that are STILL playing the likes of Apex Legends, Rainbow Six: Siege and FIFA on their PS4s every day! lol

method114 G2ThaUNiT (on 21 August 2024)

Yep had a buddy who never had to upgrade because he could play everything with us no issues. Then HD2 dropped and he was forced to.

Sogreblute G2ThaUNiT (on 21 August 2024)

You say that, but it's not the 3rd party's responsibility to sell these consoles. If they wanna make current gen only games, cool. If they wanna make cross gen games, cool. If people are content on the last gen consoles, cool. If people wanna upgrade, cool. I see no issue.