PlayStation Live Service Game One of 2024’s Best Sellers
Sony recently published its top PS5 downloads of 2024 which saw several live service games make the list. While it has been a controversial direction for the PlayStation makers, it does seem to indicate why the company committed to a live service push. Now, games industry analyst Mat Piscatella shared the best-selling games of 2024 […] The post PlayStation Live Service Game One of 2024’s Best Sellers appeared first on PlayStation LifeStyle.
Sony recently published its top PS5 downloads of 2024 which saw several live service games make the list. While it has been a controversial direction for the PlayStation makers, it does seem to indicate why the company committed to a live service push. Now, games industry analyst Mat Piscatella shared the best-selling games of 2024 across all platforms, further validating that push.
PlayStation live service game Helldivers 2 is the third best-selling game of 2024
In a Bluesky post, Piscatella shared the 2024 U.S. top 20 games ranked on dollar sales. This covers both physical and full game digital sales from Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, Steam, and Xbox platforms from December 30, 2023 through January 4, 2025. Here is the full list:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- EA Sports College Football 25
- Helldivers 2
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
- NBA 2K25
- Madden NFL 25
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- EA Sports FC 25
- Elden Ring
- EA Sports MVP Bundle
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- WWE 2K24
- MLB: The Show 24
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Minecraft
- Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
- Tekken 8
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- NBA 2K24
Anyone that keeps up with this data throughout the year will know most of the usual suspects are present. Call of Duty, NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto 5, and EA Sports FC (a.k.a. FIFA) are typically in the top 20 best-selling games every year. However, the inclusion of PlayStation live service game Helldivers 2 is a surprise, all things considered. Despite the failures of Sony’s other live service endeavors, it did start strong with Arrowhead’s sequel.
Overall, this list is filled with games that feature live service elements. Eight of the top nine best-selling games of 2024 include some sort of live service feature. So, although it may not be the direction fans wanted Sony to go with its games, there is evidence as to why the company decided to push games as a service.
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