SEPT. 2019 NPD - TOP 20 SOFTWARE OVERALL, PLUS SUPPLEMENTAL SALES DATA (SWITCH #1 HARDWARE AGAIN)
NINTENDO ANNOUNCES THAT SWITCH SALES HAVE SURPASSED 15 MILLION IN NORTH AMERICA
Top 20 software for Sept. 2019
1. NBA 2K20
2. Borderlands 3
3. FIFA 20
4. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening*
5. Madden NFL 20
6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
7. Gears 5^
8. Code Vein
9. NHL 20
10. Mario Kart 8*
11. Minecraft#
12. Grand Theft Auto V
13. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
14. Spyro Reignited Trilogy
15. Red Dead Redemption II
16. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
17. Plants vs Zombies: Battle For Neighborville
18. Marvel’s Spider-Man
19. Catherine
20. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
The 10 best-selling games of 2019 so far
1. NBA 2K20
2. Mortal Kombat 11
3. Borderlands 3
4. Madden NFL 20
5. Kingdom Hearts III
6. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
7. Anthem
8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
9. Resident Evil 2 2019
10. Grand Theft Auto V
The 10 best-selling games of the last 12 months
1. Red Dead Redemption II
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
4. NBA 2K20
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Borderlands 3
7. Madden NFL 20
8. NBA 2K19
9. Battlefield V
10. Kingdom Hearts III
Nintendo Switch
1. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening*
2. Mario Kart 8*
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
4. Spyro Reignited Trilogy
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
6. Super Mario Maker 2*
7. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes Of An Elusive Age*
8. Astral Chain*
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
10. Super Mario Party*
Nintendo 3DS
1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun*
2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon*
3. Super Mario Maker*
4. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D*
5. Mario Kart 7*
6. Super Mario 3D Land*
7. Super Smash Bros.*
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D*
9. Minecraft*
10. Luigi’s Mansion*
Xbox One
- Borderlands 3
- NBA 2K20
- Gears 5
- FIFA 20
- Madden NFL 20
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
- NHL 20
- Plants vs Zombies: Battle For Neighborville
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Grand Theft Auto V
PlayStation 4
- NBA 2K20
- Borderlands 3
- FIFA 20
- Madden NFL 20
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
- NHL 20
- Code Vein
- Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Catherine
- Minecraft
Various tidbits
- spending across video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards totaled $1.278 billion, down 8%
- year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards fell 6% to $8.3 billion
- dollar sales of tracked video game software declined 4% in September versus a year ago, to $732 million
- growth in Switch and Xbox One software sales could not offset declines on PlayStation 4
- year-to-date dollar sales of tracked video game software are flat at $3.9 billion
- gains in sales of Nintendo Switch software have been offset by declines across all other platforms
- NBA 2K20 debuts as the best-selling game of September 2019, and becomes the best-selling game of 2019 year-to-date
- NBA 2K20 launch-month sales were the highest for any sports game in history
- Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of September and remains the best-selling platform of 2019
- hardware spending in September 2019 fell 22 percent when compared to a year ago, to $240 million
- year-to-date hardware spending has declined 21 percent versus year ago, to $1.9 billion
- Switch is the only platform with sales gains both in September as well as year-to-date
- total September 2019 spending on accessories and game cards fell 7 percent when compared to a year ago, to $306 million
- year-to-date sales of accessories and game cards have fallen 2 percent when compared to a year ago, to $2.6 billion
- interactive-gaming-toy dollar sales jumped more than eight times when compared to September 2018
- this was driven by growth of Smash Bros. Series 1 Amiibo and Link’s Awakening Series 1 Amiibo
Through September, Nintendo Switch sales in North America were up more than 20% year to date. In the U.S. alone, Nintendo Switch has been the best-selling video game console for 10 months in a row, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States.
To date, 14 Nintendo Switch games in North America have sold more than 1 million units, with four selling more than 6 million: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Eh, late note for the release, but Nintendo Switch hardware drove the highest unit sales for a September month since the PlayStation 4 in September 2014. Great month for Switch