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is the best-selling game of August 2019, resuming its victory after being the The best-selling game in July of this year, while becoming the seventh annual Madden entry in the top ranking in August. As reported by the NPD Group, Madden is now the third-best-selling game of 2019, lagging behind Kingdom Hearts III and Mortal Kombat 11. It is worth noting that Minecraft ranked first in the NPD bestselling rankings, becoming the second best-selling game of the month of August.
Our Madden NFL 20 reviewer said that this year's entry was one of the best game modes in the series. However, our reviewer found other parts, such as Franchise mode, somewhat absent.
Check out the gallery below to see all IGN Madden reviews.
Also noted in the top 10 of the top-selling five games in August are the Nintendo Switch exclusives, with Astral Chain, which made its debut last month, joining the list at number 10. Fire Emblem: Three House arrived at the number 4, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at number 5, Super Mario Maker 2 at number 6 and Mario Kart 8 at number 7. Astral Chain is the only new game in the top 10 of August.
Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in August and remains the best-selling console from 2019 to date. However, overall hardware expenses fell 22% from the previous year, while the switch is the only hardware to have recorded sales growth in both August and 2019.
Watch the video below to see our review of Astral Chain.
The best selling games of August
The top 10 games sold in August were, in order:
- Madden NFL 20
- Minecraft
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Fire Emblem: Three houses
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Super Mario Maker 2
- Mario Kart 8
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- Astral chain
To learn more about the best-selling games of August, check out our article on Astral Chain, our Fire Emblem: Three Houses wiki guide, and check out our article on Banjo-Kazooie, the last fighter of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. And if you're looking forward to playing some of the biggest games of 2019, be sure to check out our list of 22 big games to come in 2019.
Jonathon Dornbush is the senior editor of IGN and the Beyond Facilitator! Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
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