High 20 Greatest-selling video video games within the U.S. in 2022

Video games sale income for 2022 in america got here in at round 57 billion {dollars}, per the NPD report statistics. The annual complete marks a 5% lower when in comparison with 2021 figures.

The vast majority of the income for 2022 got here within the type of software program gross sales. 84% of complete income was collected on account of recreation content material purchases, reaching a complete of $47.5 billion.

Regardless of the spectacular quantity, that is truly a lower of seven% in comparison with the earlier yr. Figures for each bodily and digital video games, DLCs, and subscription providers have been down throughout all platforms in 2022.

Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 2 ended the yr because the highest-grossing recreation of 2022, with Elden Ring taking the second spot. The Nintendo Change completed the yr within the prime spot for many consoles bought in america, the UK, and Japan.

Going by platform, God of Battle: Ragnarok was the primary recreation for PlayStation, Pokémon: Scarlet and Violet have been primary for Nintendo as anticipated, and in a considerably stunning final result, Forza Horizon 5 completed 2022 as Xbox’s best-selling unique title.

Regardless of software program gross sales falling, {hardware} gross sales figures truly elevated by 8%, with console earnings totaling simply over $6 billion in 2022. That is principally attributed to the higher availability of console inventory in 2022, in contrast with the earlier yr, when there was a major deficit of inventory accessible on the market.

So far as recreation equipment go, general income additionally elevated by 8% in 2022, with prospects spending over $2.5 billion in complete, with the most well-liked merchandise being the Xbox Elite Sequence 2 Wi-fi Controller.

The NPD evaluation for 2022 additionally centered on the most well-liked titles for the month of December, seeing Trendy Warfare 2 ending the yr as primary, Pokémon: Scarlet and Violet in second, and God of Battle Ragnarok coming in third.
Buyer expenditure additionally elevated by 2% in December, hitting a complete of over $7.5 billion for the month.

{Hardware} gross sales have been additionally up by 16% to $1.5 billion, and regardless of Nintendo being the general winner for many consoles bought in 2022, the PS5 ended December because the top-selling console in america.

That’s it for the gross sales figures for 2022. Listed under are the highest 20 highest-grossing video games of the yr in America, in accordance with the NPD information: