NBA 2K27 Topped Madden NFL 27 in August Sales
Circana's monthly US chart crowns 2K's basketball sim again, with five brand-new releases cracking the August top ten.
Circana's August report puts NBA 2K27 at the top of the US sales chart, exactly as it has in the two prior years. Madden NFL 27 followed in second, with its separate Kickoff Bundle also charting in fourth, so EA's football sim carried real weight even without the crown. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls debuted third, Star Wars Zero Company landed fifth and Big Walk took eighth, meaning five of the top ten best-sellers for the month were brand-new releases. It marks the third straight August that 2K's basketball series has taken the top spot.
On the year-to-date chart, NBA 2K27 has slotted into third behind Resident Evil Requiem and 007 First Light, displacing Crimson Desert, while MLB The Show 26 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 held their ground. Little else shifted, but that is expected to change once September and October's heavy release slate is fully tallied. Attention is already turning to GTA 6, which the industry broadly expects to dominate the charts the moment it arrives in November.
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Where this story ran: 2 outlets on 8 October 2026. The summary above is written by GamersGuild; the links go to the original reports.