The NPD Group has released their full North American sales data for August 2022, and while the industry was down year-on-year, hardware sales continue to surge as the supply of next-gen consoles improves. Overall, players spent $4.1 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in August. That represents a year-on-year decrease of 5 percent, but hardware sales were up 14 percent. PS5 was #1 in dollar and unit sales in August, unseating the Switch, which has led in unit sales for most of this year and the last.
Turning to software, Madden NFL 23 was #1 with a bullet and the new Saints Row was #2 (although it seems like the gap between the two is rather large, as Madden shot right up the Top Games of 2022 chart and Saints Row didn’t). The only other new game on the charts was Soul Hackers 2, coming in at #15. Meanwhile, due to the game’s anticipated PC release, Marvel’s Spider-Man shot up to #3 on the charts (from #84 the month previous).
Here are August’s top 20 games according to NPD:
Madden NFL 23
Saints Row
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Elden Ring
MultiVersus
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Minecraft
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
MLB The Show 22
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Digimon Survive
Horizon Forbidden West
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Far Cry 6
Soul Hackers 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Gran Turismo 7
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
And here are the top-10 best-selling games of 2022 thus far:
Elden Ring
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Horizon Forbidden West
Madden NFL 23
MLB The Show 22
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Gran Turismo 7
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
What are your thoughts on the August NPD numbers? Anything surprise you? Will the supply situation for PS5 and other next-gen consoles continue to improve?
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