The NPD Group had released their complete North American sales data in December, 2019. But then, contrary to expectations, the month had not been quite fruitful for the industry, as consumers chose to spend more than $2.98 billion on hardware, and hence the demand for games fell to 15 percent in comparison to December 2018.
Despite the availability of great bundles on offer, the sales of hardware did witness a fall of 17 percent year after year. At that moment, Nintendo Switch was at the numero uno spot for that particular month, earning sales year after year, but leaving out Xbox One and PlayStation 4, which grabbed the bottom spot representing the hardware sales. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Tops NPD Charts Again For Three Months Consistently, With Bonus Top 2010s Shown.
No recent games in the software section managed to make it to the top 20. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, however, remained at the #1 position for three months at a stretch, with the game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order grabbing the second position again. Madden and NBA 2K got hold of the #3 and #4 spot respectively. The game Luigi’s Mansion 3 got hold of the #5 spot. Although the game Pokemon Sword and Shield followed suit, Death Stranding failed to retain its position in the list.
Following is the complete list:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Madden NFL 20
- NBA 2K20
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Pokemon Sword
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Pokemon Shield
- Minecraft
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Red Dead Redemption II
- FIFA 20
- Just Dance 2020
- Need for Speed Heat
- The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Super Mario Party
- Ring Fit Adventure
Of the aforementioned games, the top 10 best selling games in 2019 are as below:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- NBA 2K20
- Madden NFL 20
- Borderlands 3
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Kingdom Hearts III
- The Division 2
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
To conclude, following is a list of the top 20 games of the 2010s:
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Minecraft
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Skyrim
- Mario Kart 8
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Battlefield 1
- Battlefield 4
- Destiny
- The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild
- Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
Interestingly, the list certainly includes too much of Call of Duty now!
