Analyst explains why Dragon Age: The Veilguard ranked only sixth in October sales

At the end of last month, Dragon Age: The Veilguard was released and, according to Circana's report, it landed in sixth place among the top-selling games in the US for October. However, it turns out that the published ranking doesn't fully reflect the actual sales figures.

Top-selling games of October:

The fact is, the game was released on October 31, and the report used sales data up to November 2. Therefore, the game had only three days to make it into the chart, while other projects had much more time.

Analyst Mat Piscatella also noted that EA does not provide sales data for Steam, so those figures were not included in the ranking (unlike other games). The chart only reflects sales for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

The analyst added that despite the lack of complete sales information, he stated that the launch of Dragon Age: The Veilguard was «pretty good, though not excellent».

It is worth noting that a separate top-selling games chart for October appeared on Steam earlier. In this chart, Dragon Age: The Veilguard ranked second, behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Here is the top-selling games chart for October in the UK (according to GamesIndustry.biz):

You can read our review of Dragon Age: The Veilguard here.