“The big live-service games are sucking the air out of the market.”
Tracking firmCircana reportsthat the game was the best-selling title in the US during its launch week.
However, it did not come close to being one of the most-played games on PS5.
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The Great Circle’s debut on PS5 was the first time the game reached No.
1 on the sales charts for a given week.
The Xbox and PC versions debuted in December 2024 and did not make it to No.
1 in the US during their launch weeks.
Players on both platforms had access to the game via Game Pass Ultimate.
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What’s the reason for that?
Circana’s Mat Piscatellasaidit may come down to the “modern console environment” being dominated by live-service games.
“The big live-service games are sucking the air out of the market,” Piscatella said.
On PlayStation and Xbox, Call of Duty: HQ was the No.
1 most popular game of the week based on weekly active users.
In terms of Steam games, Marvel Rivals was No.
1 in the US, Counter-Strike 2 was No.
1 in Canada, and REPO was No.
1 in Mexico for the week.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was developed by Wolfenstein studio Machine Games.
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