Elden Ring continues to roll cheerfully over its competitors since it would have become one of the ten best-selling games of all timeas well as best selling game of 2022 nowadays.
A global bestseller
After the first half of the year, the latest data on game sales in Europe reveals that Elden Ring has been the best seller of the year so far, holding its own against other gaming big titles. as in particular Pokemon Legends: Arceus, FIFA 22and Grand Theft Auto V.
According GamesIndustry.Biz, 76.1 million games were sold in Europe in the first six months of the year. With Nintendo not sharing any digital sales data, Pokemon Legends: Arceus finds itself unrankable, leaving first place to Elden Ring and second to FIFA 22.
These numbers largely line up with statistics from the United States and Canada, as Elden Ring was the top-selling game in June 2022 and it continues to be the top-selling title of 2022 so far in the United States. United.
In terms of dollar sales, Elden Ring has been the top-selling game in the US every month since its launch in February and its momentum was only briefly halted by the arrival of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in April.
Elden Ring in the top 10 best-selling games?
According to the website gamerevolutiona since-deleted tweet from Mat Piscatella reportedly sheds light on Elden Ring’s place among the ten best-selling games of all time in the United States in terms of dollar sales according to the NPD (the agency that provides video game sales data for the United States and Canada territories).
Piscatella added, however, that the charts they compile “do not include the full history of all titles and all platforms, whether physical or digital sales.” Not to mention Nintendo’s lack of digital sales data, other big publishers like Bethesda did not disclose information about their financial results.
bandai namco announced that Elden Ring had sold to 13.4 million copies worldwide as of May 2022 and reached the 16.6 million in June.
With sales continuing to increase at an insane rate, fans are desperately awaiting Elden Ring’s first DLC. No additional content has been confirmed so far.