Battlefield 6 beats Call of Duty for top US game of 2025

Battlefield finally knocked Call of Duty off the throne, and the rest of the 2025 US game charts read like a plot twist nobody fully believed.

Battlefield pulls the upset

• Yeah, this actually happened. Battlefield 6 ended 2025 as the top-selling game in the US.
• All the effort from EA and Battlefield Studios paid off in a way most people doubted.
• The big shock is that Call of Duty did not just get challenged, it got passed.

Why this win surprised everyone

• Most expectations capped Battlefield 6 at strong competition, not outright domination.
• The lone early caller was Mike Ybarra, who flagged this outcome back in August 2025.
• For everyone else, this result landed sideways.

How the rest of the top sellers shook out

• NBA 2K26 landed in second place, just behind Battlefield 6.
• Borderlands 4 grabbed third, even with launch performance headaches.
• Monster Hunter Wilds held fourth after a strong debut, despite PC struggles.
• Call of Duty Black Ops 7 only reached fifth for the full year, even after winning December.

Who else cracked the charts

• The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered made the top ten without being a shooter or annual sports title.
• Monster Hunter Wilds was the only other non-shooter in that top group.
• Ghost of Yotei slipped to eleventh, which still signals a solid reception for Sucker Punch.
• Grand Theft Auto V showed up again, sneaking into the number 20 spot like it always does.

Who broke down the numbers

• All of this came from Mat Piscatella.
• He published the final US sales report for software and hardware.
• The data paints a clear picture of where momentum landed.

The market still grew, just not from hits

• US video game spending rose 1.4 percent compared to 2024.
• Total market value hit $60.7 billion in 2025.
• That growth did not come from blockbuster game sales.

What actually pushed spending up

• Mobile games pulled a lot of weight.
• Hardware sales helped, especially the Nintendo Switch 2.
• Subscription services added another layer of revenue.

The price hike reality check

• Piscatella pointed out that spending rose without more people buying games.
• The real driver was higher prices across games and subscriptions.
• Basically, players paid more, not more players paid.

Hardware was predictable

• The Nintendo Switch 2 topped US console sales for 2025.
• About 4.4 million units moved during the year.
• PlayStation 5 followed in second place.

The big takeaway

• Battlefield 6, winning the year, rewrote expectations.
• Market growth came from hardware, mobile, and subscriptions, not software dominance.
• 2025 proved that price pressure and platform shifts matter as much as hit games.