December 2019, The NDP Group had dropped their full North American sales data. However, the month wasn’t as quite cheery as it could’ve been for the industry. Because consumers spent over $2.98 billion on hardware and games dropped down to 15 percent compared to December 2018.
While there were great bundles on offer, the sales (hardware) did go down 17 percent year on year. At that time, Nintendo Switch was again #1 for the month, accruing sales year-on-year, but excluding Xbox One and PlayStation 4, which took the bottom representing the hardware sales.
Meanwhile, on the software section, no recent games got to the top 20. However, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare extended its streak at #1 up to three months, with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order taking #2 position again. Then good ol’ reliable Madden and NBA 2K fought to get to the #3 and #4 position respectively.
Also, Luigi’s Mansion 3 boosted to the #5 position. As for Pokemon Sword and Shield, it followed suit, but Death Stranding fell from the list entirely.
So, here’s the complete list below:
The Complete list is shown below:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
3. Madden NFL 20
4. NBA 2K20
5. Luigi’s Mansion 3
6. Pokemon Sword
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
9. Pokemon Shield
10. Minecraft
11. Grand Theft Auto V
12. Red Dead Redemption II
13. FIFA 20
14. Just Dance 2020
15. Need for Speed Heat
16. The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild
17. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
18. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
19. Super Mario Party
20. Ring Fit Adventure
Now, what comes next is the best-selling games, 10 of them in 2019. Well, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe deserves to be the top, due to its resilient years after the original Wii U game’s release
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. NBA 2K20
3. Madden NFL 20
4. Borderlands 3
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
8. Kingdom Hearts III
9. The Division 2
10. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Now to wrap up, here’s a bonus of the top 20 games of the 2010s
1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
6. Call Of Duty: Ghosts
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. Call of Duty: WWII
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
10. Minecraft
11. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
13. Skyrim
14. Mario Kart 8
15. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
16. Battlefield 1
17. Battlefield 4
18. Destiny
19. The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild
20. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
Surprisingly, that’s a lot of Call of Duty now!
