Since its official launch in February 2022, the heavyweight open world masterpiece “Elden Ring” created by Fromsoftware has caused a phenomenal trend among players around the world, even though it has been listed for more than 4 years. It has been a month, but this work still has a lot of topicality, and such popularity will of course be reflected in the sales performance. As recently as May of this year, publisher Bandai Namco confirmed that the game had sold an astonishing 13 million copies worldwide. And now, the well-known market research team NPD Group also predicts that “Elden Circle” is expected to beat “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II” and other strong games to become the best-selling game in the United States in 2022 .
NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella shares his predictions with gamers in a new article that provides an in-depth look at gaming industry sales in the first half of 2022 and his vision for the second half.
“Ayrden Ring will end this year as the best-selling key game in the United States throughout 2022, making it the third time since 2009 that a new title in the “Call of Duty” franchise has won the annual sales title. years,” said Mat Piscatella
“Ayrden’s Circle” was officially launched on February 25 this year, and according to Bandai Namco, this work has achieved an astonishing sales volume of 13.4 million sets worldwide on March 31. Just in April, NPD Group also revealed that “Ayrden Circle” has surpassed “Call of Duty Vanguard” (Call of Duty Vanguard), the last new work in the “Call of Duty” series, and has become one of the last 12 games in the United States. Best selling game of the month.
As for the end of this year, Mat Piscatella predicts that players will see the following titles in 2022’s best-selling games of the year, “Ayrden’s Circle”, “Decision Time: Modern Warfare II”, “God of War” : God of War Ragnarök, Gotham Knights, Horizon: Forbidden West, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: The Skywalker Saga, Madden NFL 23, NBA 2K23, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, among others.
“Even though Ayrton’s Ring is expected to be the single-game sales champion in 2022, Call of Duty will remain the year’s best-selling key game series for the 14th year in a row,” said Mat Piscatella.
As for game hardware, NPD Group expects that Nintendo Switch will still be the best-selling game console in 2022. As for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft will still be closely followed. back. In addition, the NPD Group also estimates that U.S. consumers will spend $55.5 billion on game hardware, content and peripherals in 2022, a decrease of 8.7% from last year.
