Elden Ring Is Now The US's Best-Selling Game Of The Last Year, Topping Even CoD: Vanguard

From Software’s Elden Ring has surpassed Call of Duty: Vanguard and is now the best-selling premium game in the US for the trailing 12-month period ending April 2022.

The NPD Group made the announcement on Friday as part of its sales report for April. Elden Ring continues to be the best-selling game of 2022; it has sold more than 13.4 million copies worldwide as of March 31, publisher Bandai Namco announced during its own earnings briefing this week. The NPD does not reveal specific sales numbers, but the game has surely grown bigger since Bandai’s numbers don’t count April.

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As for Vanguard, Activision has been open about how the game failed to sell as well as it hoped, though it has not disclosed a sales figure for the title. The publisher said it failed to execute with the game, which was developed by Sledgehammer, and that the WWII setting did not resonate with everyone. Despite all that, stands behind DICE as a developer and that the Battlefield series remains important to EA.

Top 10 Games In The US (12 Months Ending April ’22)

Elden RingCall of Duty: VanguardMadden NFL 22Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl*Battlefield 2042Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaFar Cry 6FIFA 22Resident Evil VillagePokemon Legends: Arceus*

*Digital sales not included

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