Availability of PS5 Increased Hardware Sales by 45% In November

As of Today, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Is the Best-Selling Game of the Year

45% growth in video game hardware dollar sales was seen in November 2022 thanks to the greater availability of PlayStation 5 consoles alongside Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II becoming the best-selling game of the year so far.

Video game spending among U.S. consumers reached $6.3 billion in November 2022, a 3% increase over the same period last year, according to the NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella.

PlayStation 5’s Best Games

In both unit and dollar sales, the PS5 was the best-selling console in the U.S. in May and remains the best-selling console in 2022. In terms of units sold, Nintendo Switch is still the best-selling console.

Aside from becoming the fastest Call of Duty game to reach $1 billion, it was also the best-selling game of the month in the U.S. Alongside God of War Ragnarok, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and Sonic Frontiers, it cracked the top five best-selling games of the month. Last but not least was Madden NFL 23.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn placed 17th, the only other new game in the top 20. Below is a list of the best-selling games in November 2022;

Top-Selling Games in November 2022

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  2. God of War Ragnarok
  3. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
  4. Sonic Frontiers
  5. Madden NFL 23
  6. FIFA 23
  7. NBA 2K23
  8. Gotham Knights
  9. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  10. Mario Party Superstars
  11. Elden Ring
  12. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  13. Mario Kart 8
  14. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
  15. Persona 5
  16. NFL 23
  17. Tactics Ogre: Reborn
  18. Minecraft
  19. Horizon Forbidden West
  20. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Author: Khate Dizon