Elden Ring Is The Best-Selling Game Of 2022 In The US So Far
From Software's Elden Ring has becoming the best-selling game of 2022 thus far, with strong sales across all platforms helping it dominate this month's NPD results.
The NPD Group results reflect the total content spend across games, DLC, and subscription purchases in the US, and Elden Ring quickly became the best performing game of the year despite its late February launch. It was the best-selling game of the month, too, and is currently the second best-selling game in its launch month over the last 12 months, with only Call of Duty: Vanguard having sold more. Elden Ring is also now the fifth best-selling game of the last 12 months. Considering the NPD results collect sales up until February 26, this means Elden Ring achieved this in just two days.
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Elden Ring was the best-selling game of February on both PC and Xbox, while coming in at second on PlayStation. The top spot there belonged to Horizon Forbidden West, with the Sony exclusive managing the second-most sales in the month of February. Pokemon Legends: Arceus came in at third, while Dying Light 2 ended the month in fourth, despite digital sales not being recorded by the NPD for either game.
In terms of hardware over the past month, the Nintendo Switch was once again the best-selling console over the period, both in terms of units sold and dollars in revenue. The Xbox Series consoles (Series X and Series S) ranked second in both units and revenue across the same period. PlayStation trailed the two, but still has
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