Game News Elden Ring, still sales leader? MultiVersus and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 challenge it, and here’s what it looks like
Published on 08/19/2022 at 20:04
Now that we are halfway through August, the American market research group NPD has finally been able to share some new information regarding last month’s best sales across the Atlantic. Thus, we now know if the Americans felt more the soul of a powerful warrior of the Underworld, if they preferred to explore the galaxy, survey the lands of Aionios or exchange punches in arenas. To the great surprise, there are changes in the top 20!
Summary
- Elden Ring, undisputed lord of 2022?
- MultiVersus and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 wreak havoc on the leaderboard
Elden Ring, undisputed lord of 2022?
Inevitably, in the middle of the summer, players sometimes have more time to devote to time-consuming video game adventures, and this can make them want to give in to an impulse purchase! Across the Atlantic, some of them rushed to very specific productions, so much so that the monthly sales ranking has undergone some changes.although the craze for video games slowed down during this period – we note a 9% drop linked to spending on games, equipment and accessories – even if the sector brought in a trifle of 4.18 billion dollars during this period. interval.
Let’s get back to what interests us here, namely the best sales of the month of July on the continent of Uncle Sam. If they are not completely representative of the French market, or more broadly European, sales in the United States are a good indicator of the popularity of such or such title. During the previous month that passed, we had the right to attend the release of very pretty nuggets, like Xenoblade Chronicles 3. However, Elden Ring, which holds its place as number 1 in 2022, remains attentive to this young and fresh competition. Nevertheless, the title that smashes the records fall on the podium!
MultiVersus and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 wreak havoc on the leaderboard
We may be FromSoftware’s latest creation and be a potential candidate for the much-desired title of “game of the year”, but there are months when we can sometimes come across stronger than ourselves. But, just like Elden Ringwe did not expect him to steal the gold medal with this title since, in fact, it is MultiVersus — the Super Smash Bros-like from Warner Bros. — which swept the day by becoming the best sales of the month of July in the United States. A statistic that may surprise, at first glance, because the game is free-to-play, but the data from the NDP group takes into account the sales of the game’s different Founders packs (Normal, Deluxe and Premium), which justifies this first square.
Warner Bros. even manages to do a double blow this month since the company also managed to climb to third place in the ranking one of its greatest successes in recent months, namely LEGO Star Wars : The Skywalker Saga. The very good surprise of this month of July, even if he does not finish on the podium and finishes his race behind Elden Ring, it is Xenoblade Chronicles 3 who takes a very good fourth place. However, it might be that his success is even more beautiful because its position does not consider digital sales. A fourth place just with the physical copies, we can only salute the feat! For the more curious, you will find, below, the list of the top 20 American sales of July 2022.
The best-selling games in the United States in July 2022:
- 1) MultiVersus
- 2) Elden Ring
- 3) LEGO Star Wars : The Skywalker Saga
- 4) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (digital sales not counted)
- 5) Call of Duty : Vanguard
- 6) MLB The Show 22 (Switch and Xbox digital sales not counted)
- 7) Mario Kart 8 (digital sales not counted)
- 8) Digimon Survive
- 9) Minecraft
- 10) F1 22
- 11) Kirby and the Forgotten World (digital sales not counted)
- 12) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (digital sales not counted)
- 13) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (digital sales not counted)
- 14) Overwatch
- 15) Pokémon Legends: Arceus (digital sales not counted)
- 16) Nintendo Switch Sports (digital sales not counted)
- 17) Call of Duty : Black Ops Cold War
- 18) Far Cry 6
- 19) Call of Duty : Black Ops 3
- 20) Monster Hunter Rise