Marvel’s Wolverine Tops U.S. Game Sales in September

Marvel’s Wolverine ranked as the best-selling game in the United States in September, topping Circana’s projected chart of physical and digital full-game sales despite a wave of online criticism and mixed reviews. The chart, shared by Circana senior director and analyst Mat Piscatella, covers sales during September and places the PlayStation 5 title ahead of NBA 2K27 and EA Sports FC 27. Circana’s rankings include physical sales and digital full-game sales, but exclude mobile games and digital add-on content. The chart does not provide a unit-sales total. Piscatella said Wolverine recorded the highest launch-month dollar sales for a Sony-published game since Helldivers 2, released in February 2024. The comparison concerns dollar sales, not copies sold. An estimate attributed to Ampere Analysis put Wolverine’s September sales at about 2.35 million copies, with 35% sold physically; those figures were not included in the Circana chart. PlayStation Store rankings also placed Wolverine first in the United States for September. In Europe, it ranked second behind EA Sports FC 27. The store rankings are separate from Circana’s U.S. sales chart. Eight of the 10 games on Circana’s...