US NPD results for October 2021: Switch No.1 system and Metroid Dread has highest launch for Metroid franchise

The latest video game software and hardware charts are now in for the month of October, courtesy of the NPD Group which tracks sales across the United States. The best-selling system based on dollar sales and units sold was the Nintendo Switch family of systems which received a big boost last month thanks to the newly released Nintendo Switch (OLED Model). The best-selling video game for the month of October in the USA was the latest Far Cry game from Ubisoft Toronto, Far Cry 6. The latest Far Cry game was followed by Back 4 Blood (No.2), Metroid Dread (No.3) -which was the biggest Metroid launch to date in the USA, Madden 22 (No.4), and finally, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (No.5).