The video game industry is huge in the United States, it is estimated worth more than $90 billion. Approximately 163.3 million American adults and 51.1 million youth under the age of 18 consider themselves gamers, and all of those people collectively buy a lot of games. While publishers dream of winning the coveted Game of the year award, they are just as excited to see their title become the best-selling video game in the United States; the results are in!
Sportsbooks in California correctly predicted Elder ring would clean up at the various Game of the Year awards, but it wasn’t Elden Ring that was the best-selling video game in the United States in 2022. Electronic Arts and Infinity Wards Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III picked up the title in time despite launching eight months later and only having a little over two months worth of sales!
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II launched on October 28, 2022 and became the best-selling video game in the US in 2022. Fans of the franchise flocked to online and brick-and-mortar stores to get the 19th installment of the Call of Duty series.
The game earned $800 million in revenue in its first three days of release and reached $1 billion within ten days. Those frenzied sales were enough to land the best-selling title of 2022, in addition to making Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II the best-selling Call of Duty title in history.
Elder ring
It will be hard to find someone who would argue against it FromSoftware‘s Elden Ring wins the Game of the Year title because the game is a masterpiece. Elden Ring sold 13.4 million within a month of release and 17.5 million copies within seven months. Those sales helped Elden Ring become the fastest selling Bandai Namco game of all time.
Received Elden Ring universal acclaim from critics and gamers alike, with a Metacritic score of 96/100 on both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Madden NFL 23
Unsurprisingly, the latest edition of the long-running Madden NFL is number three on the list. The NFL is the most watched sport in the United States, so any Madden title sells well, even if critics and reviewers watch the game. Madden NFL 23 received mixed and average reviews, yet it managed to be the third best-selling game in the US in 2022.
We look forward to Madden NFL 23 predicting the outcome of the upcoming Super Bowl. see February 12 Super Bowl IVII take place, and EA Sports uses the latest installment of the Madden franchise to predict the winner. Since 2004, the game has correctly predicted the winner of the Super Bowl 11 out of 19 times it has tried it.
God of War: Ragnarok
The last episode of the God of War franchise, War god Ragnarokis also the best in the series. Sony interactive entertainment and Santa Monica studio released the game in the wild on November 9, 2022, and it still became the fourth best-selling video game of 2022 in the United States.
Players bought 5.1 million copies of the game in its first week, making it the fastest-selling first-party game in PlayStation history. Only FIFA 23 enjoyed a bigger launch in the football-mad United Kingdom; God of War: Ragnarok had a bigger launch than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Elden Ring.
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Lego games are always popular, as are Star Wars titles Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was destined to be a big hit. Launched on April 5, 2022, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga sold more than 3.2 million copies within two weeks and reached five million sales within four months of its release.
Rounding out the top ten are Pokemon: Scarlet/Violet, FIFA23, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Horizon II: Forbidden Westand MLB: The Show 22.
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