Despite the fact that it got a lot easier to buy a PS5 in 2022, the Switch was still the best♌-selling console of the year - at least in the♉ US.
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PlayStation bos👍s Jim Ryan declared that the PS5 supply issues were "resolved" back in December, and anecdotally it seems that's mostly true - at least, Best Buy is currently telling me that there's a store within 50 miles that has consoles in stock. That wasn't the case throughout much of 2022, and what the console race looks like in 2023 - with PS5's supply issues resolved and plans for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:next Nintendo console up in the air - is anyone's guess.
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Today's NPD report also confirms that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring is the second best-selling game of 2022 in the US, right behind the seemingly unstoppable power of Call of Duty with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Modern Warfare 2. Madden NFL 23 comes in third, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:God of War Ragnarok is in fourth (particularly impressive since it only came out on one platform), and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga rounds out the top five.
US spending on video games was down 5% in 2022 comp🥂ared to the previous year, owing largely to the supply issues for both new-gen consoles, a relatively small number of premium new releases, and the global economi🌳c downturn.
If you're still looking to buy Sony's new console, check out our guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:PS5 restock updates.
Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul i𝔉n American Truck Simulator.
