January 2019 NPD: Sales decline as Kingdom Hearts leads the rankings

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In the United States, gaming fans spent $ 893 million at US retailers and for full-game digital downloads in January, according to the NPD Group's industry tracking company. This represents a 19% decrease from the same period in 2018. This fall in sales is largely due to a difficult comparison, as 2018 has been a huge year for hardware and software sales. In January 2018, Monster Hunter: World, one of the industry's biggest hits, was also released.

"All spending segments showed double-digit percentage declines from January 2018," said NDP analyst Mat Piscatella. "Despite year-over-year declines, the January 2019 expenses were the second highest in January compared to the $ 917 million reached in January 2013."

Big releases like Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2 and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe helped boost these sales. But they were faced with an extremely difficult comparison with Monster Hunter: World, which finished the year 2018 as the 9th best-selling game in the United States, followed by NPD.

Here are the results from January 2019

  • Total: $ 893 million (down 19% from $ 1.101 billion in January 2018)
  • Equipment: $ 199 million (down 28% from $ 278 million)
  • PC and console software: $ 427 million (down 18% from $ 520 million)
  • Accessories and game cards: $ 267 million (down 12% from $ 303 million)

It is important to keep in mind that NPD does not include digital microtransaction and DLC sales in these numbers. So, if a game like Fortnite absorbs a lot of money, you will not see it reflected here.

Also be sure to check out the best games and financial results for 2018 in our history right here.

Let's do the graphics of the software.

Software

NPD tracks physical sales at retailers, but also obtains digital data directly from publishers. But not all companies participate. For example, Nintendo does not share its sales with third parties and Activision Blizzard does not provide its sales on Battle.net.

These charts are sorted by sales dollar and not by number of units sold.

The best-selling games of January 2018 in the United States

  1. Kingdom hearts ii
  2. Resident Evil 2 2019
  3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe *
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII **
  5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate *
  6. Red Dead Redemption II
  7. Ace Combat 7: Unknown Sky
  8. NBA 2K19
  9. Mario Kart 8 *
  10. Grand Theft Auto V
  11. Madden NFL 19 **
  12. Tales Of Vesperia
  13. The legend of Zelda: the breath of nature *
  14. Battlefield V ^
  15. Super Mario evening *
  16. Minecraft***
  17. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  18. Marvel's Spider-Man
  19. FIFA 19 **
  20. Super Mario Odyssey *

*Digital sales not included
** Digital PC not included
*** Digital for Xbox and PlayStation included, but not for PC or Nintendo eshop

Overall, the software has declined, mainly because of sales on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. These consoles have seen a sharp decline in video game sales from one year to the next. Again, it is probably because Monster Hunter: World was launched in January 2018.

"Dollar sales of console, notebook and PC gaming software totaled $ 427 million, down 18% from last year," said Piscatella. "The percentage growth in double-digit software sales on the Nintendo Switch platform was offset by declines on all other platforms."

Kingdom Hearts III

"Kingdom Hearts III was the best-selling game of January 2019," said Piscatella. "Total dollar sales in the launch month of Kingdom Hearts III were 2.5 times higher than the previous franchise, Kingdom Hearts II, which made its PlayStation 2 debut during the follow-up period. It's the second month of history that a Kingdom Hearts game is topping the bestseller rankings. Kingdom Hearts II was the best-selling game of April 2006. "

Resident Evil 2

"Resident Evil 2 s is ranked second on the chart of January's best-selling sales, generating more than 2.8 times more sales than the release month of the original version of Resident Evil 2, released during the followed on PlayStation in January 1998, "said Piscatella. "It was the best selling game of January on the Xbox One platform."

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

"The new Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe entered the January charts as the third-best-selling game of the month," said Piscatella. "The monthly cash sales of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe were more than 30% better than New Super Mario Bros. U, launched on the Wii U in November 2012.

Ace Combat 7: Unknown Sky

"Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown set a new franchise record: sales in the month of launch exceeded 80% sales of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation of October 2007", a declared Piscatella.

The most sold games of the last 12 months

  1. Red Dead Redemption II
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII **
  3. NBA 2K19
  4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate *
  5. Madden NFL 19 **
  6. Marvel's Spider-Man
  7. Far Cry 5
  8. God of War 2018
  9. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  10. Mario Kart 8 *

The best selling games on Xbox One in January 2019

  1. Resident Evil 2 2019
  2. Kingdom Hearts III
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
  4. Red Dead Redemption II
  5. Ace Combat 7: Unknown Sky
  6. Sea of ​​Thieves
  7. NBA 2K19
  8. Battlefield V
  9. Madden NFL 19
  10. Grand Theft Auto V

The best-selling games of PlayStation 4 from January 2019

  1. Kingdom Hearts III
  2. Resident Evil 2 2019
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
  4. Red Dead Redemption II
  5. Ace Combat 7: Unknown Sky
  6. NBA 2K19
  7. Marvel's Spider-Man
  8. Grand Theft Auto V
  9. Madden NFL 19
  10. Battlefield V

The best-selling Nintendo Switch games in January 2019

  1. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
  2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  3. Mario Kart 8
  4. The legend of Zelda: the breath of nature
  5. Super Mario Party
  6. Super Mario Odyssey
  7. Pokemon: let go Pikachu
  8. Pokemon: Let Eevee go
  9. Splatoon 2
  10. Tales of Vesperia

The best-selling games of Nintendo 3DS from January 2019

  1. Mario & Luigi: The Story of Bowser Inside + The Journey of Bowser Jr
  2. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
  3. Mario Kart 7
  4. Luigi's Mansion
  5. Super Smash Bros.
  6. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
  7. Super Mario 3D Land
  8. The legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
  9. New Super Mario Bros. 2
  10. The legend of Zelda: a link between the worlds

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