‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’ best-selling game in U.S. in December, says Circana

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella said that December video game content spending grew 3% in the U.S. when compared to a year ago, to $5.9B. Spending on subscription services increased by 24% when compared to a year ago, while the PC, cloud and non-console VR content segment gained 6%. 2025 annual video game content spending grew 1% compared to 2024, reaching $52.3B. 20% growth in spending on subscription services and a 1% increase in mobile offset declines across other content segments. Activision’s (MSFT) “Call of Duty: Black Ops 7” was December’s best-selling game across physical & tracked digital spending. 2025 marked the seventh consecutive year a “Call of Duty” game has been December’s best seller. EA‘s (EA) “Battlefield 6” finished as 2025’s best-selling video game in tracked full game dollar sales. “Battlefield 6” ranked 1st on both Xbox and the aggregated PC storefronts for the year while placing 2nd on PlayStation (SONY) behind only Take-Two’s (TTWO) “NBA 2K26.” Epic Games’ “Fortnite” led in total active users across both PlayStation and Xbox platforms during 2025, according to Circana’s Player Engagement Tracker, with over half of all active users on the two ecosystems engaging with Fortnite at least once. Roblox (RBLX) was 2025’s leading publisher in digital at retail spending for both December and the 2025 year. Digital at retail spending on Roblox during 2025 increased by 16% compared to 2024. Other top-selling premium games in the U.S. in December were EA’s “Madden NFL 26” and “EA Sports FC 26,” Nintendo’s (NTDOY) “Pokemon Legends: Z-A,” and “Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.” Investors in Epic Games include Tencent (TCEHY), KKR (KKR), Disney (DIS), and Sony.