Overview
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 finished No. 1 for a second straight month on Circana’s premium chart.
- Overall U.S. video game spending rose about 3% year over year, propelled by subscriptions and hardware purchases.
- Final Fantasy VII Remake vaulted from No. 225 to No. 9 after new releases on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox.
- Microsoft placed multiple games in the top 20, including Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and Fallout 4, which reentered at No. 20 from No. 68 in December.
- Code Vein 2 was the only new release to make January’s top 20.