Xbox Leads US Sales Charts in April 2025

Wow, where do I even start? You ever have one of those days where you just can’t keep track of anything — like you’ve got a million tabs open in your brain and none of them are loading properly? Anyway, here goes.

Okay, so we’ve got Xbox coming in hot, leading the charge in April 2025. Oblivion Remastered? Yeah, apparently it’s crushing it. I mean, it’s number one, not just for April, but it’s already our third-best for the year. Crazy, right? Seems kinda wild that it’s outselling its ancient predecessor — the original Oblivion didn’t even touch these numbers for, like, its first 15 months!

Then you’ve got this analyst guy, Mat Piscatella — he’s got the scoop. Shares it all on Bluesky, of all places. Seriously, isn’t everyone just mildly obsessed with some social platform only to ditch it a month later? Just me? Okay.

Right, so Bethesda’s yelling from the rooftops about 4 million players. Can we just pause for a sec to imagine all the people exploring Cyrodiil right now? Who knew nostalgia sells this well?

And there’s more. Forza Horizon 5 and this Indiana Jones game that sounds like a brain teaser took spots two and six. Mainly because of these new PS5 ports. Funny, right? Microsoft-owned games doing so well on PlayStation. The world’s a quirky place sometimes.

Oh, and Assassin’s Creed, the shadowy one, is sliding down to fifth. But hey, it had its moment in March.

Jumping over to hardware, it’s like PlayStation 5 vs. Xbox. PS5 was down a bit from last year, but still leading. Xbox is sneaking up with an 8% rise though. It’s like they’re taking turns exchanging punches.

Now, here’s a fun tidbit — total gaming spend dipped 3%, down to a whopping $4.1 billion. That’s still a lot of zeros, isn’t it? However, those subscription services are shining with an 18% increase. Maybe folks are all about that subscription life now.

Okay, back to top-selling games. Bear in mind — it’s cash tracked, not just copies. Some publishers are real secretive, don’t share digital deets. And then there are companies like Nintendo, which are notoriously tight-lipped. Oh well.

List time! Here’s your rundown of April’s top sellers:

1. Oblivion Remastered
2. Forza Horizon 5
3. MLB The Show 25 (I’m still figuring out how this became a thing)
4. Minecraft
5. Assassin’s Creed Shadows
6. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
8. WWE WK25
9. NBA 2K25
10. PGA Tour 2K25
11. Monster Hunter Wilds
12. Split Fiction
13. The Last of Us Part 2
14. EA Sports FC 25
15. Grand Theft Auto 5
16. Red Dead Redemption 2
17. The Elder Scrolls Online
18. Elden Ring
19. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
20. Hogwarts Legacy

There it is folks, a mishmash of everything. Next time you’re gaming, just picture everyone else doing the exact same thing. Connection through chaos, I guess. Or something like that.