Marvel’s Wolverine dominated US game sales in September, achieving the highest monthly sales for a Sony-published title since Helldivers 2.
Sony continued its hardware momentum, with the PlayStation 5 leading in unit and dollar sales, according to Circana data.
PS5 spending increased 43% year-over-year and unit sales increased 22%, resulting in Sony’s highest monthly hardware share since May 2025.
Overall hardware spending increased 12% to $362 million in September, offsetting lower dollar sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 (down 12%) and Xbox Series X|S (down 2%).
Unit sales of Xbox Series Sales of Switch 2 units were down 14%.
Total content spending fell 2% to $4.2 billion in September, led by a 14% decline in mobile. Console spending increased by 8% and PC spending by 27%.
Eight new games debuted on the US charts in September. Marvel’s Wolverine moved NBA 2K27 to No. 2 and surpassed EA Sports FC 27.
Despite its decline, NBA 2K27 has surpassed Resident Evil Requiem to become the best-selling game of 2026 so far.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave and Blood of the Dawnwalker round out the Top 5. Other new releases for September include Wardogs, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Halloween: The Game and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Projected overall spending on content, hardware and accessories decreased 1% in September to $4.8 billion.
Here are the top 10 best-selling games projected for the period August 30 to October 3, 2026, data provided by Circana:
| Rank | Last month’s ranking | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | Wolverine from Marvel^ |
| 2 | 1 | NBA 2K27^ |
| 3 | NEW | EA Sports FC27* |
| 4 | NEW | Fire Emblem: The Weaving of Fortune* |
| 5 | NEW | Blood of Dawnwalker^ |
| 6 | NEW | Watch dogs* |
| 7 | NEW | Onimusha: Way of the Sword^ |
| 8 | NEW | Halloween: the game* |
| 9 | NEW | Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve^ |
| 10 | NEW | Madden NFL 27* |
^ Includes actual digital point-of-sale data, * Includes digital sales projections
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