Elden Ring, which was the big winner of The Game Awards, an award considered the Oscar of games, is no longer the best-selling game of 2022 in the United States. Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II surpassed Elden Ring to become the “best-seller” overall in 2022 so far.
Modern Warfare II was the best-selling game in the United States in October and November counting dollar sales, and is now the “best seller” of 2022 to date. NPD did not say whether that “bestseller” designation refers to dollar sales, unit sales or both.
In June, NPD predicted that Elden Ring would surpass Modern Warfare II and end 2022 as the best-selling premium game in the United States. Apparently, this shouldn’t happen anymore, with Modern Warfare II already moving ahead of Elden Ring.
If Elden Ring manages to somehow pull ahead of Modern Warfare II in December, it would mark just the third time since 2009 that a Call of Duty game didn’t end the year as the top seller. That probably won’t happen, as Call of Duty games tend to perform well on the holidays.
Elden Ring was released in February, so it’s had quite a bit of lead time to rack up unit sales before Modern Warfare II launches in late October. Modern Warfare II had a massive launch, grossing $1 billion in 10 days, faster than any previous Call of Duty game.
This article used as a source the writing by Eddie Makuch to the website GameSpot.
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