Research firm reveals Q1’s top-grossing PC and console games in the US and UK
Hogwarts Legacy was “the defining game of this past quarter”
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NPD says MultiVersus was July’s best-selling video game in the US
PS5 topped monthly console dollar sales, while Switch led unit sales
Worldwide PC market had ‘sharpest decline in 9 years’ in second quarter of 2022
Research firm says fall driven by geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges
NPD predicts Elden Ring will be 2022’s best-selling US game ahead of Call of Duty
Nintendo Switch is also forecast to lead annual hardware unit sales
46% of US PlayStation and Nintendo players ‘would consider Xbox Game Pass’ if it adds Activision titles
Research gauges interest in Xbox’s subscription service
UK games industry reports record £7.16bn in 2021
Topping the previous record set in 2020 during the height of Covid-19 lockdowns
Subscription services reportedly account for 4% of North American and European game markets
Xbox Game Pass commands a 60% share of the subscription market
Xbox Live reportedly suffers more outages than PSN, but neither come close to Steam
Research finds gaming websites to be among the most prone to outages
Switch and Zelda: Skyward Sword topped the US sales charts in July
Nintendo’s console is also the best-selling system year-to-date
PS5 is estimated to have doubled Xbox Series X/S sales during Q1 2021
Research also suggests Nintendo Switch sold twice as many units as PS5