An interesting start to the year
- by Ben Kerry
Today, analyst firm Circana (formerly NPD), has revealed some interesting facts & figures about how the gaming industry is performing at the start of 2025 – and we thought Xbox’s game sales chart for last month was quite interesting to look at.
The top 10 best-selling games on Xbox last month were all published by either EA or Microsoft. This ranking is for US sales only and doesn’t count add-ons – but yep, Xbox & EA completely dominated the list with five games each.
It’s also quite interesting that 2021 Xbox Game Pass title Forza Horizon 5 made the list; more than three years after its initial launch. We’d hazard a guess that the hype around the game has grown since Microsoft’s announcement of a PS5 port – which has seemingly led to more sales on Xbox as well.
As for the rest of the list, well, there aren’t any huge surprises we suppose – the chart is dominated by Call of Duty, Minecraft and a plethora of EA Sports titles. Subsequent months should look a bit more varied; with more new games releasing as we move past the January dry patch.
What do you make of this January 2025 sales chart for Xbox? Drop your thoughts in the comments down below.
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.
