The 20 best-selling games of September have been revealed, ending a significant dry spell within the gaming industry for the year 2022. With six of September’s releases going on to become part of the top 20 bestselling games so far this year, thenewFIFA 2023has ultimately taken the lead.
2022 has been an interesting year in the gaming industry, with the year starting off with a bang thanks torecord-breaking releases likeElden Ring, Amazon Games’Lost Ark, and the long-awaitedHorizon: Forbidden Westwhich attracted droves of gamers while continuing to maintain strong player bases later in the year. These would be followed up by some noteworthy licensed titles such as the well-regardedMarvel’s Spider-Man Remasteredand the massively hypedLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, although the months between March and September were surprisingly quiet other than those previously mentioned titles and a few others.
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September 2022 marked a significant uptick in release activity thanks to six major releases which have taken their place among the year’s US best sellers according to data from The NPD Group. Two of September’s top sellers are the annual sports gameFIFA 23and the basketball gameNBA 2K23, both of which reliably muster up solid sales numbers year after year thanks to the lucrative sports market.Splatoon 3’s successful release brought the family-friendly ink shooter into the list, along with the highly anticipated remakeThe Last of Us Part 1,the nostalgicTMNT Cowabunga Collection, and anime fighterJojo’s Bizarre Aventure: All-Star Battle.
The other 14 titles selling the most copies in September are an even spread of 2022 releases and several hits from past years.Minecraftis the top-selling game of all time, for example, and can reasonably be expected to end up in every month’s best-sellers list for the foreseeable future. This year’s big releases likeElden Ring,LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga,Saints Row 2022,and Madden NFL 23have continued to succeed months after release, while several titles from the past few years are still holding their own such asAssassin’s Creed Valhalla,Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and 2018’sSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
September 2022 US Best-Selling Games
On the hardware front, PS5 sales have been improving due to the bump in supply, with PS5 beating out the Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch in sales. The gaming industry is understandably picking up the pace leading into the critical holiday season, withgame announcements for November 2022showing a lot of promise.
