PS5, Pokemon Top Sales Charts for January 2022

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The first month of 2022 is in the books and the start to the new calendar year was a very eventful one for the world of gaming. Between several massive acquisitions from Microsoft buying out Activision Blizzard and Sony picking up Bungie and several high-profile game releases from Pokemon to Monster Hunter, many of gaming's biggest names sought to hit the ground running in January, and now the numbers are coming out to show January 2022's biggest winners.

January 2022 saw plenty of major launches throughout the first month of the year as some of gaming's biggest franchises saw both new games and new versions across multiple platforms. Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise and Sony Interactive Entertainment's God of War both finally saw their long-awaited transitions to PC, while Nintendo closed out the month with a bang, releasing the highly-anticipated Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Now, popular market research company the NPD Group has released its data detailing the hottest games and consoles of last month.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is Already a Massive Sales Success

The data from the NPD Group awards the title of January 2022's best-selling console to the PS5, winning the race both in total units moved and sales figures. Closely following PlayStation in both categories was the PS5's biggest rival, the Xbox Series X/S, with both consoles combining for a 22% increase in hardware sales from last year's totals. The combined hardware sales in January 2022 also totaled the second-highest January of all-time, only passed by January 2009 which saw the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 at their peak popularity.

The report also listed the top-selling games of January with the late entry of Pokemon Legends: Arceus storming into the month's top spot, despite