MultiVersus is the best-selling game of July in the US, thanks to its founder’s package
MultiVersus was the best-selling game in the US last month, despite being a free-to-play title, due to its Premium Founders Bundle.
The Founder’s Plan for MultiVersus comes in three forms: a $39.99 standard version, a $59.99 Deluxe version, and a $99.99 Premium version. These packs can be purchased to grant players things like character tokens to unlock instant fighters, exclusive banners, and the premium in-game currency, Gleamium. It looks like these bundles are selling well in the US as they bring in enough money to make MultiVersus the top-selling title in the US for July, according to the latest NPD figures.
Mat Piscatella, chief executive officer of The NPD Group, a group that analyzes trends and sells video games, released his monthly topic in the video game market last month, this time in July 2022. As a result we know the top 10 best-selling games in the US last month (excluding digital sales):
- MultiVersus
- Elden Ring
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- MLB: The Show 22
- Mario Kart 8
- Digimon Survive
- Minecraft
- F1 22
You can see the full list, including 20 games, here:
For individual platforms, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the best-selling Switch game, Elden Ring is the best-selling PlayStation game, and MultiVersus is the best-selling Xbox game. You can see the top 10 for each platform in the topic of Piscatella.
Elsewhere in the July 2022 NPD series, Piscatella said the PlayStation 5 led the market in hardware spending in both July and 2022 year-to-date, but the Switch sold the most consoles in both periods. time. Dollar sales of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S both posted double-digit growth from a year ago, likely due to increased supply to meet growing demand for the consoles. this controller. Overall, video game hardware dollar revenue grew 12% from a year ago to $362 million, but annual spending on hardware fell 7%, to $2.5 billion.
In terms of video game accessories, spending fell 22% compared to July 2021, to $148 million. Spending on accessories to date is also down 15%, at $1.2 billion. The best-selling accessory for July was the Midnight Black DualSense and the best-selling accessory ever was the Xbox Elite Series 2 controller.
For more on July 2022 video game sales, be sure to check out Piscatella’s full series here.