When Helldivers 2 arrived on the scene at first of February, it exploded in a means that completely nobody might have anticipated. A lot in reality that, till now it was the top-selling recreation in america for 2024.
Nevertheless it has been usurped from that high spot by the one recreation anybody with some data of US gamer shopping for habits might’ve guessed – EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 is now the top-selling recreation for 2024 within the US, only one month after it launched.
The information got here from Circana analyst and govt director and video games trade advisor Mat Piscatella, who persistently publishes updates on how video games and {hardware} are promoting within the US.
In his newest replace right this moment he confirmed how EA Sports activities School Soccer 25 now sits on the high, with Helldivers 2 in second place, and Name Of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 3 in third place. Dragon’s Dogma 2 and the newly launched EA Sports activities MVP Bundle (which simply packages School Soccer and Madden NFL 24 collectively) spherical out the remainder of the highest 5.
School Soccer 25 was even a driving power behind console gross sales, Piscatella provides, with individuals who presumably stopped enjoying video games when the final NCAA recreation was revealed going out and shopping for consoles only for the sequence return.
Helldivers 2 positively bought loads of copies, however its uncertain anybody purchased a PS5 simply to play it. School Soccer 25 is just on one other degree, it appears, with regards to the facility the sequence holds within the US.
Supply – [Mat Piscatella on Twitter]