New Circana survey data reveals over 40% of US gamers who canceled gaming subscriptions cite budget constraints and rising prices as the primary driver. Nintendo Switch Online saw a 10% jump in cost-related cancellations this year, while Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus hover near the same 40% threshold despite their vastly different price points and content libraries.
Circana data shared by analyst Mat Piscatella shows the most-played games on PlayStation and Xbox are nearly identical, dominated by long-running live service titles and annual sports releases. Fortnite leads both platforms while only one new game appears in each top 20 list. Steam stands apart with a more diverse lineup including indie hits and unreleased titles.
New Circana data reveals just seven PlayStation titles have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, with only two breaking 10,000 units in a single week. The numbers arrive as Sony faces sustained backlash over its plan to end disc production by January 2028.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream surged to the top of the U.S. gaming charts in April, raking in over $41 million in combined physical and projected digital sales. This success was facilitated by Circana's new sales reporting methodology, which now includes projected digital sales for non-participating publishers like Nintendo. The game's impressive debut also catapulted it to the 9th best-selling game of the year so far.
