This title pushes Elden Ring off the sales chart throne in July

Elden ring sells like sliced ​​bread. Accordingly, the From Software title is often number 1 in the monthly US charts of the analysis company NPD. But in July 2022, a new title was able to temporarily push past Elden Ring. Compared to Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which already managed to do this in April, this is not a full-price title. According to the NPD Research Group, the free-2-play title MultiVersus the most successful title of the month in the United States. But anyone who thinks that the downloads of the title are simply used as a benchmark for the placement is obviously wrong.

Finally, there are also the so-called founder packs for MultiVersus. These each include numerous bonuses for the 2D brawler for the price of 39.99 euros, 59.99 euros or 99.99 euros. According to Mat Piscatella, one of the minds behind the NPD Research Group, the Founder’s Packs count towards placing the title. In the sales charts, the dollar sales, i.e. the earnings of the title through sales, are simply evaluated and not the bare sales figures themselves.

More placements

Besides MultiVersus have it with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 in 4th place and Digimon Survive two more new releases from July made it into the top 20 of the US sales charts at number 8. In our test of the third part of the JRPG series, there was some praise for the Nintendo title. In terms of console sales, the PlayStation 5 most financially successful in the US. Most units could Nintendo with the switches to sell.