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Unsurprisingly, Starfield was the best-selling game in the US for September

Who would have guessed, apart from everyone?

If you even keep just a tiny watch on the video game world, you won’t be shocked to learn that Starfield has been quite the big deal. As of September, Bethesda’s epic sci-fi RPG was the top ranking game in the US in terms of sales.

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That’s according to a chart uploaded by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella on Twitter. The image gives a rundown of the twenty best-selling games in the US market between the end of August and September 30. Starfield sits comfortably at the top, while new entries such as Mortal Kombat 1 and EA Sports FC 24 are at the number two and number th🔥ree positions, respectf🉐ully.

The figures include both physical and digital copies of the games across all major platforms. As an aside, it’s interesting to see Resident Evil 4 jump up from 27th to 12th place, but that’s almost certainly because of the recent Separate Ways DLC.

And for those trying to spot Baldur’s Gate 3 on the list, Piscatella that digital sales of the RPG aren’t reflected in the list, as “Larian Studios is .”

It won’t last forever, though

Of course, no one’s surprised to see Starfield at the top. The game was hyped up for quite some time and with no sign of The Elder Scrolls 6, this was all Bethesda fans had to🥀 look forward to.

However, things have definitely gone a bit quiet for the game. In fact, if you take a look at the , you can see that – at the time of writing – Starfield is now at number 35, having taken quite a drop recently. It’s even below the Special Edition of Skyrim, which goes to show how much staying power TES5 has.

These trends are to be expected, though. As much as Todd Howard and his team would love people to be playing Starfield for many years to come, we can expect to see interest wane as time goes on. That’s just the way it is for most releases.


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