We all know by now it was a Brat Summer, thanks to Charli XCX, but it turns out it was also a summer for football. Despite the sport being most associated with autumn, American football video game titles Madden 25 and EA Sports College Football 25 led the August 2024 sales charts. There was a slight dip in dollars spent compared to last year, but trends point to plenty of strength in the video games industry market for the year and beyond. Here’s the latest we know from sales reports.

The latest sales reports for August 2024 video game sales are in via Circana. Like many sales reports, we’re just now tallying numbers for August despite being nearly halfway through October. That said, we clearly understand what games performed well and which underperformed. Madden 25 led sales for all video game platforms, followed by EA Sports College Football 25 and Ubisoft’s Star Wars: Outlaws. Fourth place, funnily enough, went to the EA Sports MVP Bundle, which combined both football titles.

We know via news about the Assassin’s Creed Shadows Delay that Ubisoft was disappointed in Outlaws‘ sales. EA Sports, on the other hand, must be overjoyed that both of their major football titles performed well. College Football 25 was the first entry in the series since 2010, following NCAA infighting and progress in players’ ability to earn revenue off their Name, Image, and Likeness, better known as NIL.

Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, Minecraft, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Visions of Mana rounded out August 2024’s top ten best-selling games. With major releases left for the last few weeks of 2024, it’ll be interesting to see how many of these make it to the year’s top ten. I have a feeling, like usual, we’ll see Madden and this year’s Call of Duty entry, Black Ops 3, linger at the top. Outlaws, despite its underwhelming performance in the eyes of Ubisoft, may hold on as well.

Let us know in the comments if any of these games surprised you regarding their sales.

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