Npd dicembre:
Switch: 1.77M
XB1: 920K
PS4: 797K
Totali usa 2018:
Rounded to nearest 10K YTD 2018
NSW: 5640K
PS4: 5330K
XB1: 4340K
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NPD - TOP 20 SOFTWARE SALES FOR DEC. 2018, SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE THE FASTEST-SELLING CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE GAME EVER TRACKED BY NPD
- Switch finishes as the year's top hardware platform
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe finishes 2018 as the second best-selling racing game of all time, trailing only Mario Kart Wii
- for the first time since 2009, Nintendo is the highest software revenue generating publisher of the year.
- Switch generated the highest December month hardware dollar sales for a single platform since the Wii in December 2009
- Switch achieved the highest December unit sales for a single platform since December 2010
- Switch ends 2018 as the year's best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars
- annual unit and dollar sales of Switch are the highest annual total for any hardware platform since the PlayStation 4 in 2015
- Switch Pro Controller was the Dec. 2018's best-selling Accessory in dollar sales
- NES Classic was the best-selling Plug N Play system of December and 2018
- the Switch 32GB Neon Red/Blue Joy Con was the only item to sell more units of hardware in 2018 than the NES Classic
- the PS4 DualShock 4 Black, Switch Pro Controller and the Xbox One S Wireless Controller White were the three best-selling accessories of 2018 in dollar spend
Top 20 software overall for Dec. 2018
1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4**
3. Red Dead Redemption II
4. Battlefield V**
5. NBA 2K19
6. Mario Kart 8*
7. Madden NFL 19**
8. Super Mario Party*
9. Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
10. Marvel’s Spider-Man
11. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
12. Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee*
13. Super Mario Odyssey*
14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
15. Just Cause 4
16. FIFA 19
17. Grand Theft Auto V
18. Minecraft
19. Spyro Reignited Trilogy**
20. Fallout 76*
*Does not include digital sales
**Does not include PC digital sales
- Nintendo’s games do not include digital sales, while games like Call of Duty, Red Dead, and Spider-Man all do
- packaged software launch month dollar sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate exceeded those of the previous best in franchise history, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, by over 70 percent.
- Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fastest-selling console exclusive game ever tracked by the NPD
- Smash Bros. Utlimate exceeded the launch month dollar sales of 2010’s Halo: Reach, the previous record-holder
Top 20 best-selling games of 2018
1. Red Dead Redemption 2
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
3. NBA 2K19
4. Madden NFL 19
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man
7. Far Cry 5
8. God of War 2018
9. Monster Hunter: World
10. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
11. Grand Theft Auto V
12. Mario Kart 8*
13. FIFA 19**
14. Battlefield V**
15. Super Mario Odyssey*
16. Call of Duty: WWII**
17. Dragon Ball: FighterZ
18. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
19. Super Mario Party*
20. Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
*Does not include digital sales
**Does not include PC digital sales
Games industry in 2018
- revenue hit $43.4 billion
- this up 17 percent from 2017’s $36.9 billion, and is a record year for the industry
- software sales made up $35.8 billion of that 2018 total
- hardware and peripherals earned $7.5 billion