NPD puts August sales in the United States and turns on its devices

NPD has released its monthly report to monitor sales of video game consoles in the US market. According to Matt, an NPD analyst, SWITCH is the only device to post growth in August compared to last August and the only one to show overall sales growth this year.

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

For the second consecutive month, sales dominated Madden football with its new segment, while Fire Emblem Three Houses slipped from second to fourth place in a very good performance of the strategic category game. The only new game on the list is Astral Chain, released August 29th. For now, Mortal Kombat 11 remains the best game on the US market this year, followed by Kingdom Hearts 3 and Madden is third.

On the other hand, the overall market performance was disastrous in August, and NDP analyst Matt confirmed that August's game sales were the lowest since August 1998, 22% lower than the previous month. last year. Since the beginning of the year, gaming sales reached $ 3.1 billion, a 1% increase over the same period last year.