NPD April 2019

[Shortbread]

Per ZhugeEX

Here is the breakdown for April 2019:

• Total: $842 million (Up 1% from $838 million in April 2018)
• Hardware: $160 million (Down 29% from $225 million)
• PC and console software: $427 million (Up 15% from $370 million)
• Accessories: $256 million (Up 5% from $243 million)

April 2019 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards totaled $842 million, gaining 1 percent when compared to a year ago. Growth in software and accessory & game card spending offset declines in hardware.

Year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories & game cards is down 2 percent when compared to 2018, to $4.0 billion. Declines in hardware spending have offset growth in sales of accessories & game cards.


Software (All notes refer to dollar sales)

Dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC video game software reached $427 million in April 2019, gaining 15 percent when compared to a year ago.
Year-to-date dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC video game software totaled $1.9 billion, 4 percent higher when compared to a year ago.

Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of April and instantly becomes the 2nd best-selling game of 2019 year-to-date. Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of the month on all platforms on which it released: PC, PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One.

Mortal Kombat 11 represents the first time a third-party published Nintendo Switch game was the platform's top seller in a month since Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle topped the Nintendo Switch chart in September 2017.

Days Gone was the 2nd best-selling game of April, with debut month sales that rank as the 7th highest in history for a Sony-published title. After just one month in market, Days Gone is the best-selling game produced by Sony Bend Studio in lifetime revenues.

MLB The Show 19 ranks as the third best-selling game of April and is now the 10th best-selling game of 2019. It is also the best-selling sports title of 2019 year-to-date. MLB The Show 19 remains the best-selling game in franchise history on a time-aligned basis.


Software Rankings

Top 20 best selling titles (March 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Days Gone
3. MLB 19: The Show
4. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
9. NBA 2K19
10. Yoshi's Crafted World*
11. Red Dead Redemption II
12. Mario Kart 8*
13. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
14. Minecraft#
15. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
16. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
17. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
18. Jump Force
19. Battlefield V*
20. Borderlands

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included

Top 10 best selling titles (Year to Date 2019)

1. Kingdom Hearts III
2. Mortal Kombat 11
3. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
4. Anthem^
5. Resident Evil 2 2019
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
9. Jump Force
10. MLB 19: The Show

Top 10 PS4 titles (April 2019)

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Days Gone
3. MLB 19: The Show
4. Tom Clancy's The Division 2
5. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
7. NBA 2K19
8. Red Dead Redemption II
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Marvel's Spider-Man

Top 10 Xbox One titles (April 2019)

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Tom Clancy's The Division 2
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Red Dead Redemption II
6. NBA 2K19
7. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
8. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
9. Forza Horizon 4
10. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection

 

[Silent_Buddha]

14 - Minecraft

The game that just won't go away. Has any other game ever managed to chart for so long and so consistently?

Zelda: BOTW is also showing some impressive legs, even for a Nintendo game. It launched 03/03/2017 and it's still regularly popping up on the charts.

And of course, GTA V just keeps chugging along.

Regards,
SB

 

[milk]

If I were Rockstar I'd say fuck it and re-release a GTAV remaster for PS5/NextBox with maybe VR and 2 player split-screen coutch multiplayer and see if that shit sticks. Buy them some time for GTAVI which might take another 6 or 8 years to be finished.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Oh, and on a related Minecraft note. Evidently Minecraft has now officially sold 176 million copies of the game. That obviously doesn't count all the people that play the free version.

To show just how popular it remains. 7 months ago, Microsoft announced it had sold 156 million copies. So 20 million copies sold in 7 months. Developers and publishers would die to have any game sell 10 million copies in its lifetime. Minecraft is doing multiples of that each year...years after its release.

That just boggles my mind.

Regards,
SB

 

[Silent_Buddha]

If I were Rockstar I'd say fuck it and re-release a GTAV remaster for PS5/NextBox with maybe VR and 2 player split-screen coutch multiplayer and see if that shit sticks. Buy them some time for GTAVI which might take another 6 or 8 years to be finished.

Not sure they'll do that with GTA V, but they are probably doing that with RDR 2. PC release is being worked on which means console will eventually get the updated graphics from the PC release on next gen consoles. Basically the same thing that happened with GTA V.

The GTA V unofficial server community is already excited about making servers for RDR 2 on PC for roleplaying. So, it's possible that RDR 2 will supplant GTA V on Twitch for roleplaying. Lots of streamers are excited to do that. And that will help drive sales.

Regards,
SB