A certain plumber must be smiling all the way to the bank after reading the NPD report for August 2019. The Nintendo Switch was the best selling hardware for that month and retains its title as the best selling video game console of 2019. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One saw another drop in sales during the same month.
In fact, overall consoles were down year-on-year by a considerable margin. “Hardware spending in August 2019 fell 22 percent when compared to a year ago, to $167 million,” noted analyst Mat Piscatella. “Year-to-date hardware spending has declined 21 percent versus [one] year ago, to $1.6 billion.”
The list of best selling video gammes in August 2019 according to NPD read like a list of Nintendo exclusives padded with mainstays for the other consoles like Grand Theft Auto V and the latest iteration of EA’s football series, Madden 20.
Here are the 20 top selling games for August 2019 according to NPD:
Madden NFL 20
Minecraft
Grand Theft Auto V
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Mario Maker 2
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mortal Kombat 11
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
Astral Chain
Marvel’s Spider-Man
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Red Dead Redemption II
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Super Mario Party
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
