Incredible how Xbox SX has risen up in all these months... Hope they can reach even greater numbers... Switch does not surprise to this point, only waiting it surpass Gameboy and PS4... And about PS5, well, a lame really, would be interesting how much would be the thing with normal stock supply

Makes me wonder how much more Xbox Series would be selling if it wasn't supply constrained.

Switch and XBox did excellent this month. There is no doubt that XBox is topling Playstation in the US.

However, I think this month is really about Elden Ring. It topped combined charts as well as XBox and Playstation charts. The only game that has sold more in the past 12 months is Call of Duty. When you consider that last month only had 2 days of Elden Ring sales, there is a very good chance that Elden Ring will pass Call of Duty at some point and get the title of "best selling game for a 12 month period".

Also I just want to point out that even though Mario Kart 8 only includes physical sales it is above Call of Duty this month. That's right, if you take all 5 of Call of Duty's platforms and include both physical and digital sales it is still less than the physical only sales of Mario Kart 8. I ask you, what is the real super franchise here?

I don't know. I think it does not make sense to compare it against GT. GT is NOT what it was, no matter how much some love the franchise; it is simply not at the same level and the game genre is also not as popular as before when you have open world racing games out there that attract a larger audience.

I do not believe Elden Ring will beat something like the new God of Wars on PlayStation for instance or Starfield on the Xbox side. I know GT is a AAA, but I really believe it is an outliner. 

No trying to downplay Elden Ring here, cause it is really killing it (and well deserved) but we do not really have any good comparison at this moment. Maybe Horizon... Meh don't know, I feel like the next AAA will be the real test (GoW and Starfield)

I don't you are getting my point. I'm not bashing GT too, so please... Any NEW version (good ones) of games are going to eventually beat the previous one (the gaming makert is way bigger than it was for the last GT and same goes for other big games). sure there are outliners but it is what it is. You can see that with almost every AAA games coming out, setting new records for the franchise. GT is nowhere close to where it was and while it is still doing very well, you cannot compare GT sales to Elden Rings like apples to apples. It is not. And I believe the SAME exact thing for Forza Motorsport, while it will do very well like GT, I believe it will be nowhere as successfull as before, thanks to open world racing games like Forza Horizon, the genre is just less popular now (GT and FZ MOTR)

Also for Elden Rings on Xbox or PlayStation I'm talking "per" platform... Obviously if you look at sales on all platforms and compare this number to a game that is being sold on only one platform, you do not need to be a math genius to assume it will sell better overall (unless the game is crap).

I think Starfield is going to beat it... yes (xbox sales versus Xbox sales).
And same goes for GoW on the PlayStation side. I do not think this anywhere close to be far stretched...

Well, I think relevance is important and drives sales at the end :) More people are buying more games and if a game is more popular or catter to more people; it will sale better at the end.

I agree that Elen Ring did extremly well per platform basis (again, comparing exclusives to multi plat is not relevant imo, they will, most of the time sale more overall). Overall I would agree with your first post, Elden Ring is going to be really hard to beat (again, per platform); I just do not believe GT7 is the right opposition for it, that's all. 

And yes, exclusives tends to probably perform better; so doing better than that with a multiplatform always quite the feat! What else did that?
COD? I cannot see any other games being able to do that (multiplatofrm AAA beating another popular exclusive AAA, and I know this is very subjective but well)

Great month for Switch and Xbox. Elden Ring and GT7 also did quite well.

Looks like PS5 will not be able to keep up with the Switch or XS in the US this gen

At least not this year.

I think shortages are only half the reason. XS is very popular, in contrast to it's predecessor, which will steal many sales.

This is especially true early on, since many want to buy the console their buddy plays on. And if those got an XS because they couldn't get a PS5, then the shortages will also have some long-term consequences.