American market research company The NPD Group, Inc. published the data of video game sales of October 2-29 in US, showing US players spent a total of $4.3 billion on games, hardware, and accessories.
Related: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 grosses over $1 billion in ten days
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 came on top as the best-selling video game in October, even though it was released on October 28. Activision’s gaming franchise giant is already the second most-selling video game of 2022, just behind Elden Ring. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has surpassed the $800 million milestone in only three days. Activision stated that Modern Warfare 2 exceeded the box office opening revenues of Top Gun: Maverick and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness combined.
In a previous report, NPD revealed that Elden Ring was expected to end up as the best-selling game in 2022, but the sale numbers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare might end up higher than Elden Ring.
Matt Piscatella, Executive Director & Video Game Industry Advisor for The NPD Group shared the Top 20 games on his Twitter account.
Top 20 games mostly include new releases but games like Minecraft which was released 11 years ago and Switch port of 2017 release NieR: Automata still found their place in the list.
NPD Group’s data also showed that the sale of consoles dropped 10% year-over-year to $424 million. PlayStation 5 became the top selling console passing Xbox Series X/S. The report does not include the PlayStation 5 exclusive game God of War: Ragnarok and its PS5 bundle. God of War reportedly generated 60% of PS5 sales with the game bundle in the UK.
