Sparking Zero drops but holds onto top PlayStation download and player chart while another fighter makes a comeback

After more than a year of strong sales and chart performances between the releases of Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1 and Tekken 8, things seemed to have slowed down a bit on the fighting game front though they may be making a bit of a comeback again now.

Sony just released the top download game ranks for the month of November 2024, and we can also see which titles players have actually been most active in lately with some nice results for a few fighters in particular.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero remained one of the PlayStation 5’s best-selling games for the second month in a row after release though not in nearly as high of a spot as October when it was number two only behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

For November, Goku and the game came in at 11th overall in North America and 18th in Europe, which is certainly a drop, but the arena fighter also didn’t get to benefit from any Black Friday sales on its digital version like a number of other titles above it.

Considering Sparking Zero became the best-selling Dragon Ball game ever in the United States after just one month, that gap is only widening now for a title that’s selling a majority of its copies in the Americas as opposed to Asia.

The Z Fighters weren’t alone on the top charts this time either.

Mortal Kombat 1 returned after being absent for multiple months from the charts up to 14th place in North America though it did not appear on Europe’s rankings — Mortal Kombat X still made it on the PS4 charts at least.

It is rather interesting that MK1 failed to chart in the two months after the launch of its big Khaos Reigns expansion, but manages to do so again now.

This boost could very likely be due to the Black Friday / holiday deals for Mortal Kombat that saw the price drop by 35–50% even including the Khaos Reigns content as well as Ghostface’s arrival on the roster.

The lack of Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 here after similar sales indicates they did not get in nearly as many new players during that important window. and the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection did not come back after its first month either.

Said current jump could also lend a bit more credence to the ongoing rumors circulating that MK1’s future Kombat Pack 3 and other DLC were canceled in part because of Khaos Reigns’ disappointing sales figures.

That doesn’t mean people have stopped playing Mortal Kombat, however.

Mat Piscatella of Circana, formerly NPD Group, has been sharing charts for the top weekly games ranked based on total weekly active users lately where both of the aforementioned big titles are seeing success too.

Throughout all of November, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero managed to impressively stay in the top 10 every single week on PlayStation and held onto the top 15 in the first three weeks on Xbox too.

This is a bit interesting considering the PC version of Sparking saw its average playerbase drop by around 90% after the first month, but it seems things have stayed pretty steady on PS5 week after week.

What’s perhaps even more notable, however, is Mortal Kombat clawing its way onto the chart too.

Starting on the week for November 16, MK1 became the 15th most-played title on PS5 and would end up rising to meet Dragon Ball at the end on the month at 11th.

So it’s certainly looking like those sales and Ghostface’s release were pretty darn successful in getting a bunch of players picking up or logging into the game lately.

But now we’ll have to see how that holds up after these rumors of cancelation and likely losing major support beyond next year.

Plus, the yearly sales totals for 2024 will be coming in the next month or so to see how Tekken, Dragon Ball, and Mortal Kombat managed to do overall.