{"id":680984,"date":"2026-04-06T03:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/multiversus-was-julys-best-selling-game-in-the-us-thanks-to-its-founders-pack\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:41:51","slug":"multiversus-was-julys-best-selling-game-in-the-us-thanks-to-its-founders-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/multiversus-was-julys-best-selling-game-in-the-us-thanks-to-its-founders-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"MultiVersus Was July\u2019s Best-Selling Game In The US, Thanks To Its Founder\u2019s Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"MultiVersus<\/p>\n

MultiVersus was the best-selling game in the U.S. last month, despite being a free-to-play title, due to its premium Founder\u2019s Pack. <\/p>\n

The Founder\u2019s Packs for MultiVersus came in three forms: a $39.99 standard edition, a $59.99 Deluxe edition, and a $99.99 Premium edition. These packs could be purchased to grant players things like character tokens for instant fighter unlocks, exclusive banners, and the premium in-game currency, Gleamium. It seems these packs sold extremely well in the U.S. as they brought in enough money to make MultiVersus the best-selling title in the U.S. in July, according to the latest NPD numbers. <\/p>\n

Mat Piscatella, the executive director of The NPD Group, which is a video game sales and trends analyst group, released his monthly thread<\/a> on the video game market for the month prior, this time for July 2022. As a result, we know the top 10 best-selling games in the U.S. last month (digital sales not included): <\/p>\n

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  1. MultiVersus<\/li>\n
  2. Elden Ring<\/li>\n
  3. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga<\/li>\n
  4. Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/li>\n
  5. Call of Duty: Vanguard<\/li>\n
  6. MLB: The Show 22<\/li>\n
  7. Mario Kart 8<\/li>\n
  8. Digimon Survive<\/li>\n
  9. Minecraft<\/li>\n
  10. F1 22<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can check out the full list, which includes 20 games, here: <\/p>\n

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    US NPD PREMIUM GAMES – July 2022 Top 20 Sellers pic.twitter.com\/a2YXDdqwp0<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) August 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    As for individual platforms, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was the best-selling Switch game, Elden Ring the best-selling PlayStation game, and MultiVersus the best-selling on Xbox. You can check out the top 10 for each platform in Piscatella\u2019s thread. <\/p>\n

    Elsewhere in the July 2022 NPD thread, Piscatella says the PlayStation 5 led the market in hardware spending during both July and 2022 year-to-date, but that the Switch sold the most units in both time periods. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S dollar sales each experienced double-digit percentage growth when compared to a year ago, too, likely due to increased supply to meet the ever-growing demand of these consoles. Overall, video game hardware dollar sales increased by 12% when compared to a year ago, to $362 million, but year-to-date spending on hardware is down 7%, to $2.5 billion. <\/p>\n

    In terms of video game accessories, spending is down 22% compared to July 2021, to $148 million. Year-to-date accessory spending is down 15%, too, at $1.2 billion. The best-selling accessory in July was the Midnight Black DualSense and the best-selling accessory year-to-date is the Xbox Elite Series 2 controller. <\/p>\n

    For more about July 2022 video game sales, be sure to check out Piscatella\u2019s entire thread here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    MultiVersus was the best-selling game in the U.S. last month, despite being a free-to-play title, due to its premium Founder\u2019s Pack.  The Founder\u2019s Packs for MultiVersus came in three forms: a $39.99 standard edition, a $59.99 Deluxe edition, and a $99.99 Premium edition. These packs could be purchased to grant players things like character tokens for instant fighter unlocks, exclusive banners, and the premium in-game currency, Gleamium. It seems these packs sold extremely well in the U.S. as they brought in enough money to make MultiVersus the best-selling title in the U.S. in July, according to the latest NPD numbers.  Mat Piscatella, the executive director of The NPD Group, which is a video game sales and trends analyst group, released his monthly thread on the…<\/p>\n

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