As Nintendo Switch 2 breaks records, game subscription spending hits another all-time high in the US — boding well for Xbox Game Pass?

Video game subscription spending reached a new monthly all-time high in the U.S. in June 2025.

That’s according to the ever-insightful Circana executive director and analyst Mat Piscatella, who shared details on video game spending during the month via a Bluesky thread on Wednesday.

Per Piscatella, the Nintendo Switch 2 sold 1.6 million units, setting a record for the highest launch-month sales for video game hardware in the U.S, causing an eye-popping 249% increase in hardware spending year-over-year. Naturally, the Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console for the month in units and dollar sales.

Interestingly, non-mobile video game subscription spending (which includes services like Xbox Game Pass) reached an all-time high for a month again, supplanting the previous all-time monthly high that was just set for May 2025.

Bandai Namco and FromSoftware’s Elden Ring Nightreign stayed on top of the sales charts, holding the number one place it achieved in May. Meanwhile, PlayStation and Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach took second place, but did not chart in the top 20 for the year so far.

Nintendo’s Mario Kart World — which is $80 in the U.S. — took third place. Notably, this does not include

Overall, total video game spending for the month reached $5.7 billion, up 22% year-over-year.

Below, you’ll see the best-selling games of June 2025 and the year so far. As always, Circana tracks game sales through dollar amounts, not copies sold. Some publishers, like Nintendo, also do not share digital data, while developers like Larian don’t share any data at all.

June 2025 Circana sales charts: Here are the top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.