PS5 Best-Seller in the US in December, Indiana Jones Best-Selling New Release - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 January 2025 / 5,311 Views
The PlayStation 5 was once again the best-selling console in the US in December 2024 in terms of units sold and dollar sales, according to figures from Circana (formerly The NPD Group). Circana includes the dates for the five-week period of December 1, 2024 to January 4, 2025.
The Nintendo Switch came in second place in terms of units sold and dollar sales, while the Xbox Series X|S came in third place in terms of units sold and dollar sales.
In terms of dollar sales, the PlayStation 5 is down 18 percent year-on-year, while the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo switch are down 38 percent.
For the 2024 year, the PlayStation 5 was number one in units sold and dollar sales, while the Nintendo Switch came in second in units sold and third in dollar sales. The Xbox Series X|S came in third in units sold and second in dollar sales.
49 percent of PlayStation 5 consoles and Xbox Series X|S consoles sold were digital versions. For the 2024 year, digital versions accounted for 45 percent of all PlayStation 5 consoles sold and 44 percent of all Xbox Series X|S consoles sold.
The PlayStation 5 is the 11th best-selling console of all-time in the US, while dollar sales in the US it is now in third place, behind the Nintendo Switch and Xbox 360.
Overall spending on video games in December decreased nine percent year-on-year from $8.28 billion to $7.54 billion. Spending on video game content decreased five percent from $6.05 billion to $5.76 billion, while video game hardware sales decreased 29 percent from $1.56 billion to $1.11 billion. Spending on accessories decreased less than one percent from $673 million to $671 million.
"December 2024 projected U.S. consumer spending on video game hardware, content and accessories declined 8.9% when compared to a year ago, to $7.5B," said Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella. "Spending during the 2024 year fell 1.1% compared to 2023, to $58.7B."
In terms of 2024 total sales, overall spending on video games is down one percent year-on-year from $59.29 billion to $58.66 billion. Spending on video game content increased two percent from $49.85 billion to $50.64 billion, while video game hardware sales dropped 25 percent from $6.45 billion to $4.85 billion. Spending on accessories increased six percent from $2.99 billion to $23.17 billion.
Video game content spending in 2024 was the second highest in US history, only behind 2021's $52.0 billion. Growth in mobile, non-mobile subscription and the PC, cloud and non-console VR segments were offset by an 11 percent decline in spending on video game content on consoles.
The Midnight Black DualSense controller was the best-selling gamepad in terms of dollar sales for December and for 2024. the PlayStation Portal remains the best-selling accessory in terms of dollar sales for December and for 2024.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the best-selling game in December and is the best-selling game of 2024. The Call of Duty in 2024 spent a 16th consecutive year as the best-selling video game franchise in the US in terms of full game dollar sales.
EA Sports College Football 25 was the third best-selling game in December and the second best-selling game of 2024. It ranked as number one on Xbox consoles. It is also the best-selling sports video game in US history.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was the only new release in December to debut in the top 20. It came in 14th place in its first month on the overall charts and fourth place on the Xbox charts.
Marvel Rivals came in first place on the monthly active users list on Steam, while it came in third on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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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.
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"The PlayStation 5 is the 11th best-selling console of all-time in the US, while dollar sales in the US it is now in third place, behind the Nintendo Switch and Xbox 360." PS5 being 3rd all time is dollar sales in the US sounds pretty crazy to me
I thought the same, but I guess it's because it has never had a price drop (price increase in fact, on the digital edition going from $399 to $449). PS4 at this point was already at $299 MSRP, but routinely selling below that.
Go Astrobot!
Astro Bump!! Here’s to hoping this game will have some strong legs. Sony needs more of these games!
where would indiana jones be if on PS5 also? sad
Good to see Indiana Jones being the 4th best-selling game on Xbox despite it being a GP title.
Indiana Jones being 14th though is disappointing. I think this is what is motivating Microsoft to get day and date on PS5. Screw the fanboys on both sides. Good games sale as we see on Xbox. There is every reason to believe that with a PS5 release this would have probably been in the top 5. Good games need good sales. This is why I hope Rebirth does good on PC.
I wouldn't go that far to say it would be in the top 5. It's a middling IP that released right after a terrible movie and people were disappointed it wasn't an Uncharted or Tomb Raider clone from the start, and it comes from a studio whose games have never sold well because they don't make games that appeal to the highest common denominator lol. It was still the only new release in December that charted in the top 20 at all. It's everything I would've wanted from an Indiana Jones game though and deserves all the sales in the world! Awesome mix of Dishonored, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and Wolfenstein with that distinct Indy feel to it. This game deserves good sales for sure. We'll see how it performs on PS5 when it releases. I hope it does incredibly well there too, and hoping for a Switch 2 release.
maybe im a little ill informed…but won’t there be a big chunk of sales on PC/Xbox coming entirely through GamePass, which would not be accounted for in the chart data here? I would think this might make it a little challenging to say whether the game was successful from a commercial perspective, no?
4th best on Xbox is a terrible result. Starfield when it launched was by far the best selling game of that month on Xbox, and even with that we didn't hear anything about it's sales
That's an apples to oranges comparison. Starfield was Xbox's biggest first party release since probably Gears of War 3 in 2011 with the marketing to back it up. Indiana Jones is not and did not receive the marketing as such. Standard AAA release for an IP that is nowhere near as popular as it was. Especially releasing right after a terrible movie lol.
It certainly deserves more sales though and I hope the PS5 version comes through. MachineGames releases have never sold well even when they were fully multiplat from the start. Game is a 9/10 for me and one my favorites for 2024, but to call it a terrible result when it was the only new game in December that ranked in the top 20 overall is an overexaggeration on your part. Which it typically is with Xbox related news.
Just because there's a difference in hype and popularity doesn't mean it's apples and oranges and can't be compared. This is the biggest Xbox launch since Starfield after all so I thought it was a fair thing to say. My point was really simple, if Starfield was by far the best selling Xbox game the month it launched, and the sales weren't good enough to make an announcement about it's sales, then what would that mean for Indy when it was only the fourth best.
Idk how the likes of Indy has much of a chance against the likes of the newest Call of Duty, College Football 25 (the number 1 and 2 best selling games of the entirety of 2024 across all platforms) and Madden NFL 25.
CoD and those sports games are always the best selling games every year regardless of platforms. Hell, Indy topping EA's soccer game is actually surprising by itself. Shame too. Indy deserves more sales than those games. It's that good. I'm hoping the PS5 version and even hopefully a Switch 2 version is able to put the game over the top.
Maybe My First Gran Turismo helped GT7 sales?
I'm surprised that sales of the PS5 digital version are so high. I assumed the standard edition outsold it by a fair margin. I wonder if that changed once Sony introduced the optional disc drive. That was a good move on their part. I wonder why MS hasn't followed suit?
Regarding digital vs. physical copies, this right here is actually the metric that matters:
"For the 2024 year, digital versions accounted for 45 percent of all PlayStation 5 consoles sold and 44 percent of all Xbox Series X|S consoles sold."
Digital content exceeds physically available by far, probably at least by a factor of x1000 I'd say, so there's no real surprise for me that digitally bought content draws way more revenue than physical sales.
But the ratio of consoles still sold with a disc drive and the additional disc drive purchases are what matter.
Don't forget that digital content can also be bought on disc drive consoles, of course. While physical content can't be bought, rather used for digital only.
call of duty is a sales monster, astrobot had a huge increase in sales in December, ps5 had a great year considering it was an extremely weak year for launches. 2025 should sell even more with more heavy releases and of course GTA 6.
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