October 2021 NPD: PS5 Is Still the Best-Selling US System of the Year

The PlayStation 5 remains to be battling with the Nintendo Swap to be the best-selling US console of the yr, however inventory limitations imply it could ultimately lose out over the all-important vacation interval. Sony is outselling the Nintendo hybrid in the case of greenback gross sales (or income), however the Home of Mario’s machine is forward in models to this point this yr.

Nintendo Swap beat out the PS5 in each models and greenback gross sales in October 2021, with the brand new OLED mannequin guiding it to victory. Business spend on {hardware} was up a powerful 82 per cent throughout the board, although, tallying $472 million. Software program gross sales additionally elevated 11 per cent year-over-year, with Far Cry 6 and Back 4 Blood topping the charts.

We’ve included all the relevant knowledge beneath, however highlights embrace Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles’ efficiency, which debuted in fifth place. The likes of Ghost of Tsushima and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales proceed to do nicely in thirteenth and seventeenth respectively, whereas MLB The Show 21 stays one of many best-selling video games of the yr to this point.

The entire related knowledge is included beneath.

NPD Software program High 20: October 2021

1. Far Cry 6
2. Again 4 Blood
3. Metroid: Dread*
4. Madden NFL 22
5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles
6. FIFA 22
7. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Mario Social gathering Superstars*
9. NHL 22
10. NBA 2K22*
11. Mario Kart 8*
12. Name of Responsibility: Black Ops Chilly Battle
13. Ghost of Tsushima
14. Tremendous Smash Bros. Final*
15. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
16. Minecraft
17. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
18. Diablo 2: Resurrected
19. Mortal Kombat 11
20. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*

NPD PS5, PS4 Software program: October 2021

1. Far Cry 6
2. Again 4 Blood
3. Madden NFL 22
4. FIFA 22
5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles
6. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
7. NHL 22
8. NBA 2K22*
9. Ghost of Tsushima
10. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

NPD Greatest-Promoting Video games of 2021

1. Name of Responsibility: Black Ops Chilly Battle
2. Madden NFL 22
3. MLB The Present 21^
4. Resident Evil Village
5. Tremendous Mario 3D World*
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
7. Mario Kart 8*
8. Far Cry 6
9. Minecraft
10. Murderer’s Creed Valhalla

* Digital gross sales not included
^ Xbox digital gross sales not included