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Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West were the two major releases of February 2022, and the two games have been standout performers on their merit. Via NPD
Horizon Forbidden West is the biggest launch for any game released so far on PlayStation 5 in revenue
It also was the #1 Best Selling Game on PlayStation Platforms for the month of February in revenue
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Please LIKE this video if you see it. Youtube is being weird today and telling me the video isnt live yet lol.
Maybe because Xbox has so many day one games on gamepass so of course they want sell as many games
I don't think it's as much an explosion of popularity with video games than three consecutive releases of superb games, Horizon FW, Elden Ring, and Gran Turismo 7. They were released over a few weeks, and all 3 are Game of the Year candidates.
Both won cause both are solid games (for different audiences tho).
We all won
HFW is doing very well knowing its only available on PS consoles and despite metecritic unfairly gave a 88 and sure Elden ring is everywere and got a 97 avoinding all the issues the game still has Way notable than HFW, but ok
Elden Ring so much more than a new coat of paint unlike HFW, which is a visual stunning game, but same old formula
I would say console shortages might be a small factor in less spending this year but I would say the larger factor is due to inflation and people's purchasing power being decreased.
Elden ring game of the year for me!
Comparing Elden Ring to Horizon is like comparing Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Barney the dinosaur. One is for adults.
Can't wait to play HFW. I miss you Sunday livestreams. Please bring them back. Great video!
Im so proud of From Software! I have been a huge fan for a decade and feel they are finally getting recognition they deserve and earned more than any other developer. They earned it!
I don’t the see sale numbers 🤔
Elden Ring selling so well makes me so happy to see. Is From Software no longer niche? Of course From Software fans bought Elden (myself), but it also is attracting a lot of new players. There are also younger gamers like my nephew (high school age) getting into games like Elden Ring now. I'm not saying Elden Ring is perfect or the best game ever, but I am exceedingly glad a game like Elden exists. And it's selling like crazy.
Look man, I love my PS5 but your bias is showing…
I couldn't agree more with everything you are saying in this video. This year has been incredible for the videogame industry. I am very happy to see that horizon, my most anticipated game is so good, and i am happy that one week after came elden ring and basically blew everyone away and i hope that later this year there will be more games that 7-8 years later will be considered as the best of the generation.
Im still taking my time in horizon, its such a good game.
You know Vanguard was received poorly when Call of Duty is below the top 3 for the first time since 2007 😬
Haven't finished Forbidden West
but Horizon is better than God of War
80 hrs into Elden Ring & still addicted
it's going to be GOTY
HFW is just a good game, they added underwater sections (where you can't fight in while literally having a weapon that is an "harpoon gun"), and flying (there's also no aerial combat even though you are literally flying a machine that has a fucking plasma cannon), they did the bare-minimum for a sequel and cut corners everywhere beside the graphical fidelity, that is the only top notch thing about this game.
Elden Ring is just on another level, it's also overrated the graphics and performance are terrible, but if Elden Ring is overrated than so is HFW
Been playing HFW and loving it.
God of War was fantastic, but it wasn't quite rpg'y enough for me, but I'll still gonna git the new one.
That Top 20 Video Games statistic is very sketch. Not only did Square not at all publish Dying Light 2, Rockstar published GTA Trilogy The Definitive Edition, Minecraft is technically Microsoft now, and the fact that apparently Cold War is on the top 20? Idk man. I believe Elden Ring being number one just going off of how many copies on PC alone were sold, but there are things on this list that are questionable
So is ghost wire any good I was thinking to preordere it
I havre tried dark souls type games many times and didnt like them , Elden ring was the first approachable dark soul type game i really liked i think it isnt that u stuck u can go out and fatm and search to get stronger to beat that boss tjat is why i love elden ring
I think that Xbox games aren't in the list because most people are using gamepass.
Who won what?
It’s about damn time people realize how awesome FromSoft games are.
Horizon "Forbidden West" Gone against "Elden : Ring" of the Wild and will fall the same way.
Gee I wonder why people ain’t buying many games. Have you not seen how expensive basically everything is.
ER is the goat
Horizon Forbidden West is ten dollars more per unit and an exclusive title. For Elden Ring to have a higher gross sales than Horizon on PS5, it would've had to just obliterated it.
3:49 7.9% inflation and taking the war in Ukraine into account are huge factors. Utility rates where I live are going up 20% this month. Expect the trend to continue. Early 2021 was also a year propped up artificially by economic stimulus in the US and had this cyclical boom bust effect because of COVID outbreaks. And I don't know if the console sales rankings Jeff Grubb is looking at would look very different if there wasn't a chip shortage. Nintendo sells traditionally very well and Sony/Microsoft are left alone to compete.
The thing we always fail to mention about games surpassing movies in revenue is that the largest chunk of that pie is mobile gaming by far and not consoles. The global mobile market is like 87 billion dollars or something. People are spending money on apps for their phones in ways that they are not on Xboxes and PS5s.
All the covid-delayed games have begun dropping, what a couple months!
And March 25 we might get 3 more.
Last year folks were also getting gov stimulus moneys, and now we're paying $5 for a gallon of gas
You know world wide Nintendo is selling more than both right 😂
I have enjoyed my brief week with Horizon until Elden Ring started to dominate my free time but I am really happy to see how great Elden Ring is doing. Always been a FromSoftware fan and it's just nice to see how more welcoming this one is to all Soulsborne newcomers. Can't wait to see how they continue to improve too!
For me it's hard to say they are both great games in their own unique ways . I can't decide
New videos looking good