January is always a peaceful month for video games, and 2025 was no exception. Because only one recent version of the game in the top twenty and the predictable domination of Call of Duty, from last month there is little to press … except for what can be the recurring history of one of the alleged disappointments of sales last year: Fantasy Fantasy 7: Rebirth.
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth debuted February 2024 to 2 No. 2 on the Circana Charts, which occupy video games according to the sale of dollars in the USA. He fell to the 7th place next month and finished year in 17th place. While these numbers are respectable, after launching many questions arose about whether the game did well enough for the taste of Square Enix, and even particularly well compared to other main RPGs in the same year, such as Dragon’s Dogma 2 or his Previous fantasy 7: remake. Square Enix finally appeared that the game did not meet the expectations of sales, and never even announced the number of sales, suggesting that it did not do well enough to brag.
But in particular, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth fired as an exclusive platforms on PS5, and exclusivity usually stands before the battle uphill compared to the interplatform editions when it comes to sales. From January 2025, Final Fantasy 7: The revival is not exclusive, they finally debut at Steam and shooting 3rd on Circan’s charts for a month from No. 56 in December. Final Fantasy 7: Remake & Rebirth Twin Pack similarly increased from No. 265 in December to 16 in January thanks to the Steam release.
That’s not all. Analysis of Circana Mat Piscatella He pointed to BlueSky at the beginning of this month This Rebirth had the “fantastic” premiere of Steam: “In all physical and tracked digital, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth was the best -selling game of the week ending on January 25 on the American market (sales $), while FFVII Remake and Rebirth Twin Package in the third ranking . “
These are only the United States, but it is probably symbolic for similar sales abroad, which in combination can signal Square Enix, a change is needed. This success inevitably invites speculation that sales equipped thanks to the premiere of the computer can change the company’s plans for future Final Fantasy editions for inter -pratform launch. I asked Piscatella for his opinion about the situation, and here’s what he said:
“I mean that it is difficult for me to say what impact to free Steam to perceive the general success of the publisher’s title. It is subject to all kinds of internal planning and expectations. It was a very good month of premiere on Steam.
“For the publishers of third events, it looks harder and more hard to spend only on one platform without significant incentives provided by the platform owner.”
We just have to wait and see what the Square Enix reaction is on the next appropriate call for earnings … in May. Wait for further information.
As for the rest of the charts, no one will surprise that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was again the best -selling game of the month, followed by Madden NFL 25. The only new edition in the top twenty in January was Donkey Kong Country: Return on Nintendo Switch, which reached number 8 only on the basis of physical sales (Nintendo does not provide digital sales data for its own ESHOP).
It was also significant, the return of IT takes two to the top 20, in place No. 20. There is no one reason, told me Piscatella. “There was a promotion within a month, including John’s last week in both PlayStation and Eshop,” he said. “But it really requires two constant sales throughout the month. But in December it requires two really the latest rally with both sales entities and the engagement that extended to January. “
In particular, a significant part of the promotion, because it requires two before releasing the next game Hazelight Studios, Split Fiction, released in March.
In general, the number of expenses in games look a bit sad in January compared to January last year, but there is one potential reason. This year’s tracking period for January lasted four weeks, and January 2024 lasted five weeks, so it’s a whole extra week to earn money. But as a result, general expenses fell by 15% to $ 4.5 billion this year (it was 0.3% before the four -week period of January 2023). Accessories expenses dropped by 28% year on year.
Expenses on content fell by 12% compared to last year, and the console content fell by 35%. Equipment expenses dropped by 45%. Expenses for PS5 equipment fell by 38%year -on -year, Xbox Series fell by 50%, and the switch fell by 53%. PS5 was the best -selling equipment of the month in dollars and units, and the Xbox Series series second in equipment expenditure and switch only second place in the sale of units.
20 best best -selling games in the USA in January 2025, based on the sale of a dollar:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Madden NFL 25
- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Ea sports fc 25
- Minecraft*
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- EA Sports College Football 25
- Donkey Kong Country is back*
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Sound generations
- Helldivers II
- Astro bot
- Dragon Ball: Sparring! Zero
- Super Mario Party Jamboree*
- Elden Ring
- Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth Twin Pack
- Mario Map 8*
- Crew: Motorfest
- UFC 5
- It requires two
* Indicates that some or all digital sales are not included in the Circana data. Some publishers, including Nintendo and Take, do not share some digital data for this report.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior Ign reporter. You can find her post on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.skyla. Do you have a hint with history? Send it to ralentine@ign.com.
