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December 2020 NPD: Nintendo dominates with half of the top 20 games | VentureBeat
This is basically the Cyberpunk 2077 month. Will explain after the top 20 chart.
Notice that asterisk (*). Digital sales for Cyberpunk 2077 are not included in the numbers. If they were, there's a pretty good chance it would have sold higher than COD.
Why is that even more relevant now than it usually is for Nintendo titles which also don't report digital sales?
Cyberpunk 2077 Reportedly Had the Biggest Digital Game Launch of All Time (ign.com)
So, while this is worldwide, in general ~half of total games sales for any given AAA title are sold in NA. It varies by title, of course. It's going to have a large impact on where Cyberpunk 2077 sales ranks.
On to the rest. Not unexpected, Nintendo is again the most prolific games publisher for December with 10 of the top 20 titles being Nintendo published games. Some of which are 3+ years old (Super Mario Odyssey, for example).
This doesn't contain the best sellers of 2020 (another post) or rolling 12 months, unfortunately. As usual, wish we had hardware numbers. I'm more interested in that for how well NSW sold than either of the new supply constrained consoles.
Regards,
SB
This is basically the Cyberpunk 2077 month. Will explain after the top 20 chart.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War Activision Blizzard (Corp)
- Cyberpunk 2077* Warner Bros. Interactive
- Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla Ubisoft
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Sony (Corp)
- Madden NFL 21 Electronic Arts
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons* Nintendo
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe* Nintendo
- NBA 2K21* Take 2 Interactive (Corp)
- Immortals: Fenyx Rising Ubisoft
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars* Nintendo
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* Nintendo
- Just Dance 2021 Ubisoft
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity* Nintendo
- FIFA 21 Electronic Arts
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe* Nintendo
- Super Mario Odyssey* Nintendo
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* Nintendo
- Super Mario Party* Nintendo
- Ring Fit Adventure Nintendo
- Mortal Kombat 11 Warner Bros. Interactive
Notice that asterisk (*). Digital sales for Cyberpunk 2077 are not included in the numbers. If they were, there's a pretty good chance it would have sold higher than COD.
Why is that even more relevant now than it usually is for Nintendo titles which also don't report digital sales?
Cyberpunk 2077 Reportedly Had the Biggest Digital Game Launch of All Time (ign.com)
So, while this is worldwide, in general ~half of total games sales for any given AAA title are sold in NA. It varies by title, of course. It's going to have a large impact on where Cyberpunk 2077 sales ranks.
On to the rest. Not unexpected, Nintendo is again the most prolific games publisher for December with 10 of the top 20 titles being Nintendo published games. Some of which are 3+ years old (Super Mario Odyssey, for example).
This doesn't contain the best sellers of 2020 (another post) or rolling 12 months, unfortunately. As usual, wish we had hardware numbers. I'm more interested in that for how well NSW sold than either of the new supply constrained consoles.
Regards,
SB
