Update: NPD advisor Mat Piscatella has softened the report that Elden Ring is💃 among the top 10 best-selling premium games in the US, citing "an incomplete comparable universe" born of limited physical and digital sales data.

"Because the ranked charts do not include the full history for all titles and all platforms - across both physical and digital sales♋ - this note was worded too definitively for what is an incomplete comparable universe," he said in a new . "I apologize for the lack of clarity in the note."

In other words, while Elden Ring is selling exceptionally well month over month, it seemingly has not reached the realm of the top 10 premium games in the US even only accounting for dollar sales. It's possible it will quite soon, but we can't tell that for from ꦏthis report, whic𒆙h only leverages NPD's data set. 

We've reached out to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bandai Namco to ask about cu🍌rrent sales figures for the hit RPG. 

Original story follows...

In under five months, Elden Ring has become one of tꦇhe top 10 best-selling premium games ꦦof the US for dollar sales.

That's according to executive director and advisor of the NPD Group 💜researc🍌h firm, who recently shared some snapshots from the group's report targeting US games and hardware for June 2022. 

Elden Ring's launch has been so explosive that it now "ranks among the top 10 best-selling premium games in the US market all-time" for dollar sales," Piscatella . The key qualifiers here are "dollar sales" and "prem💛ium games," as this narrows Elden Ring's competitors and focuses strictly on revenue over units shipped. In a follow-up , Piscatella clarified that the "premium games" tracked must have an upfront purchase price and that this figure excludes microtransaction or post-launch revenue.  

Piscatella and thꦗe NPD d🔴idn't specify where exactly it places – most likely at number 10 given its newness – but the fact that it's cracked these ranks at all speaks to its critical and consumer reception, word-of-mouth virality, and total dominance of this year's games discourse. 

It's worth noting that this snippet is from NPD's June report, meaning Elden Ring would've reached this milestone well before today, July 15. Again, we don't have exacℱt specifics here, but the speed of Elden Ring's rise boggles the mind. 

It's also important to note that the best-selling games worldwide and in specific markets are commonly tracked by units shipped, putting monoliths like GTA 5, Minecraft, and Tetris (the original) at the top. We also see system-sellers, co꧅mmon pack-ins, and re-release targets like Wii Sports, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart 8 among the top 10 highest-sellers globally. 

Last we heard, Elden Ring had shipped over 13 million copies in a little over a month, easily making it the best-selling game of developer 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:FromSoftware to date. Where it places in overall copies sold remains to be se🧔en.&nbs﷽p;

The NPD Group has also confirmed that Elden Ring was th🌞e best-selling game of June for dollar sales, meaning it's been number one for four of the five months✨ since its launch. It only dropped to second behind LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga for the month of April. Naturally, this also makes it the best-selling game of 2022 in the US – again, for dollar sales. 

The Elden Ring community continues to grow and evolve, with new players still falling victim to Fia's afflicted hugs and even long-time players only just now discovering a hidden summon for your companion Melina.