Elden Ring has quickly clinched the top spot as the best-selling game of 2022 so far, according to this month’s NPD results. This feat is even more considerable as the game launched on February 25, and since the NPD Group only calculates sales up to February 25, this means that Elden Ring achieved this in only two days.
NPD provides further details on Elden Ring sales
The NPD Group compiles all sales across subscriptions, DLC, and games in the US, and the results show how meteoric Elden Ring has been. Only Call of Duty: Vanguard has sold more in its launch month over the last 12 months, though to put the comparison in context, Elden Ring’s “launch month” only includes five days (and again based on how NPD gathers data, it’s really only been two days). With that context in mind, Elden Ring has already placed fifth across all games over the last 12 months as well.
In terms of platform, Elden Ring was the best-selling game in February on PC and Xbox, taking second on PlayStation with Horizon Forbidden West still holding on. Pokemon Legends: Arceus claimed the third spot in overall sales in February 2022, with Dying Light 2 and Total War: Warhammer III reaching fourth and fifth, respectively.
Given that Elden Ring has beaten GTA 5 and Among Us for the highest concurrent player count and (at the time of this writing) currently holds the third spot for the most concurrent player count, we can expect that next month’s NPD results will see Elden Ring at the top of many more charts.
As for comparison between consoles, the NPD results reveals that the Playstation platform has had the highest revenue on console sales over the year, while Nintendo Switch has sold the most units. The Xbox series console came in second for both revenue and sales.
In other news, an Elden Ring fan has made an app for the game to track quests and NPCs, and Square Enix has revealed Valkyrie Elysium as a PlayStation exclusive.
