The list doesn't include gaming on mobile devices

Posted by lowes Emily on November 1st, 2022

NPD analyst Mat Piscatella shared a list of the WoTLK Gold most-played games in the US between January and March, ranked by year of initial release, and reported to the NPD's PlayerPulse survey. The results are as follows: in the graph below, a majority of the games listed in the top 10 were not launched in this decade. For Elden Ring, it ranked 20th overall for the first quarter of 2022. Its ranking was eclipsed by games like World of Warcraft (released originally in 2011) along with World of Warcraft (released in 2011), the MMO World of Warcraft , and Rocket League.

If you're looking for games that made the top 10 list, Minecraft, World of Warcraft , The Sims 4. Fortnite, Among Us, Animal Crossing: New World of Warcraft s, World of Warcraft : Warzone, World of Warcraft : Vanguard, Madden NFL 22. and NBA 2K22 all listed. Below, as you can see, the chart is ranked based on the year of the initial release, not general popularity. And the games were decided by the proportion of panelists of the NPD's survey that had played in the last month. The list doesn't include gaming on mobile devices, since they're more popular than console and PC games.

Although Elden Ring not getting into the top 10 games played in the US for the first quarter of 2022 it's not just the top-selling game of 2022 but the best-selling game of this year, even beating World of Warcraft : Vanguard.

Piscatella announced this list and wider commentary in the wake of renewed discussion and debate online in some circles about the viability and popularity of subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass and others.

"The most popular evergreen titles, as well as the massive buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold live service games with deep social elements, are gravity wells to draw players' attention in time, as well as spending," Piscatella said. "New games of all sizes have a difficult task to break through."