Madden 22 is the great dominator of August in the US, before a meteoric Ghost of Tsushima in PS5 and PS4

Madden NFL 22 is the best-selling game of the United States in August , to the surprise of absolutely no one for twenty years. The latest installment of the American football saga of EA Sports dominates in a month co-recorded by one of the great exclusive Games of PlayStation of 2020, Ghost of Tsushima, which has risen 108 posts on the lists thanks to Premiere of your Director's Cut in PS5 and PS4.

This is how Games Industry shares, based on the data of the NPD Group. Expenditure on videogames of consumers has beat a historic record in August 2021 , with a total of 4,400 million dollars generated. This supposes an increase of 7% with respect to the data of 2020, in full boom of the pandemic. In total, the videogame sector has generated 37.9 billion dollars in the country this year , from January to August, with an increase of 13% compared to last year.

This is not due only to video game sales, but those of Hardware , whose increase of 45% in a year make it been Best August since 2008 Regarding Sales of Consoles. On this subject, Nintendo Switch has been the best-selling console in August and remains as the best selling of the year so far. For its part, PlayStation 5 is the console that has generated the most money with its sales. After 10 months in the market, PlayStation 5 stays like the console PlayStation more quickly sold of history, says the analyst Mat Piscatella, NPD.

We go to the video games, with a Madden NFL 22 that is still as strong as usual. With just two weeks of sales, the EA game is already the fourth best-selling game of the year in the United States, and not just that. With this premiere, Van 22 years followed in which a Madden is the best-selling game of its launch month in the United States. As for the other novelty of the lists, Humankind debuts in fourth position, a solid result for the 4x of Sega.

Then you have the 10 best-selling games of August in the United States . But, first of all, we invite you to consult the analysis of Madden NFL 22 on our website, as well as the review of Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and the criticism of Humankind, to better understand the highlights of last month.

Top 10 USA UU August (previous month previous)

Does not include digital sales. ^ Does not include digital sales in Xbox.