2025 in video games

In the video game industry, 2025 saw large-scale layoffs occurring since 2022, contracting from the large growth that had happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other hardware, Nintendo released the Nintendo Switch 2 console, though along with Sony Interactive Entertainment and Microsoft, had to adjust the pricing on their hardware within the United States and Canada as a result of tariffs placed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Additional costs to hardware came about from the growth of the AI bubble, with memory chips being directed to commercial data center growth over consumer sales.

2025 also saw smaller companies and individual developers achieve outsize success compared to larger AAA studios with games developed by smaller teams such as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II achieving critical acclaim and commercial success while Schedule I's early access release generated $60–125 million in gross revenue within just months of release, and Hollow Knight: Silksong sold over 7 million copies.

Major developers faced financial difficulties and continued layoffs, leading to Ubisoft striking a deal with Tencent and Electronic Arts being bought out by a group of private equity firms led by the Saudi Public Investment Fund. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's negative reception saw Activision announce a change to its release schedule for upcoming Call of Duty games.


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