August's Major Games by the Numbers: Analyzing New Releases on PC and Consoles in Terms of Revenue, Sales, and Other Metrics

The Battlefield 6 beta practically overshadowed all the new game releases of August. However, we will still traditionally discuss the revenue, sales, and other metrics of full releases over the past month—from the return of iconic series to a 3D fighting game that's popular exclusively in Japan.

The games discussed in this article are:

• Mafia: The Old Country: average sales and an overall unremarkable return of the series
• Titan Quest II: a successful sequel with potential for long-term success
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater: a cautious start for the new remake by Konami
• Other notable August releases: re-releases of Gears of War and Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War, console release of Delta Force, Madden NFL 26, indie hit Tiny Bookshop, action-platformer Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, and a new fighting game based on Demon Slayer

For evaluating sales, revenue, and other metrics, we traditionally relied not only on official data from developers and publishers but also on information from third-party sources. Among them are Steam charts, GfK (UK retail), and Famitsu (Japanese retail), as well as data from analytical companies like GameDiscoverCo, VG Insights, Gamalytic, and Alinea Analytics.