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PS5 Availability Helped Increase November Hardware Sales By 45% From Last Year
November 2022 NPD: God of War, Sonic and Pokémon chart high
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Best-Selling Video Games Of November In US Include Call Of Duty, God Of War
NPD’s monthly report for November is here, which means we now know what games sold the best last month. Though the data doesn’t have a lot of surprises, there’s one name in the top 5 that might give you pause: Sonic Frontiers.
Yes, while everyone’s favorite hedgehog hasn’t starred in many acclaimed games lately, the “open-zone” Sonic Frontiers has sold a lot of copies, and it garnered a fairly positive critical reception, as well. However, number one is definitely no surprise–Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become one of the best-selling games in the franchise ever, which is no mean feat. It even passed Elden Ring to become the top-selling paid game of 2022 in the US, though it’s only been out for a little more than a month.
God of War Ragnarok comes in at number two, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet at number three, Sonic Frontiers at number four, and Madden NFL 23 at five. FIFA 23, NBA 2K23, Gotham Knights, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Mario Party Superstars round out the top 10, in that order. The only other new game on the list is Tactics Ogre Reborn, coming in at number 17. Elden Ring is number 11. It’s worth noting that Pokemon only includes physical sales, as well as Mario Party.
PS5 and Modern Warfare 2 were the top sellers in the US for the month of November
The NPD Group has released its November 2022 report covering video game hardware, software, and accessory sales in the US.
According to the NPD, total videogame industry spending increased 3% year-over-year (yoy) to $6.3 billion with growth driven by a 45% increase in hardware dollar sales.
November brings year-to-date spending to $49 billion, which is a 6% decline yoy.
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Becoming America’s #2 Seller of Electric Vehicles, Ford Passes Kia in November
Ford Motor said Friday that it has achieved CEO Jim Farley’s goal of becoming the second best-selling automaker of electric vehicles in the U.S. The Detroit automaker, citing third-party industry data, narrowly topped Hyundai/Kia to hit the goal….
Ford said its share of the electric vehicle segment was 7.4% through November, up from 5.7% a year earlier. Ford reported sales of 53,752 all-electric vehicles in the U.S. through November. Tesla, which does not break out domestic results, reported global deliveries of more than 908,000 EVs through the third quarter.
Hyundai’s sales do not include the Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company says with that vehicle, it slightly outsold Ford in battery- and fuel cell-powered vehicles of 54,043 units through November. The sales come after the South Korean automaker lost incentives that gave buyers of its EVs tax credits of up to $7,500 under the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, which took effect in August. Vehicles such as Ford’s EVs that are produced in North America still qualify for the credit.
The article notes that General Motors — America’s second-largest automaker — also “plans to significantly step up EV production in the coming years.”
Although so far, through the third quarter of this year, “it reported sales of less than 23,000 EVs.”
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