NPD March 2021

NPD March 2021
Tracker	NPD Group
Total Revenue	$5.608 billion
Previous	February 2021
Next	April 2021

This the NPD data for March 2021, which covers the sales for United States. The gaming industry generated $5.608 billion.

Overall

A total of $680 million for Hardware. This is up 47% from 2020. For video game content, there was a total of $4.628 billion, up 14% from from 2020. For Accessories, there was a total of $300 million, up 26% from 2020.

In terms of hardware, this was the highest March, beating the record of $552 million set in 2008. The Switch is the lead platform in both units and dollar sales. However, the Playstation 5 is still maintaining its record of fastest-selling platform in terms of units and dollar sales, now for five months on the market. Both the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series are selling nearly every console they make. The accessories also achieve March record with the leading accessory being the whitePS5 DualSense Wireless Controller.

In terms of software, the big release of the month is Monster Hunter Rise. It achieved second place behind Call of Duty and has the second highest lifetime sales of a Monster Hunter game, only behind World. The new original cooperative shooter Outriders achieved a strong debut in third place for the month and tenth for the year. Crash Bandicoot 4 returned to the charts due to the launch of the Switch version. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe maintained its presence in the top 10 and is the best selling racing game in US history. Pokémon games are now counted as a single title, instead of by version, which raised Sword and Shield into the top rankings after missing in February.

Lists

*means no Digital Data

** means no data from certain storefronts such as Battle.net

Overall Top 20

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2. Monster Hunter Rise
3. Outriders
4. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*
5. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
7. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
9. Super Mario 3D All-Stars*
10. Minecraft
11. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
12. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
13. Pokémon Sword/Shield*
14. Mortal Kombat 11
15. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
17. Madden NFL 21
18. NBA 2K21*
19. Super Mario Party*
20. FIFA 21

Best Selling Games of 2021 so Far

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*
3. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
4. Monster Hunter Rise
5. Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
7. Minecraft
8. Madden NFL 21
9. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
10. Outriders

Best Selling Games over the Past 12 Months

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2. Madden NFL 21
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
4. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
5. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
7. The Last of Us: Part II
8. Ghost of Tsushima
9. Super Mario 3D All-Stars*
10. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*

Switch

There is no digital data for Nintendo-published games

1. Monster Hunter Rise
2. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury*
3. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
5. Super Mario 3D All-Stars*
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Pokémon: Sword/Shield*
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
9. Super Mario Party*
10. Luigi's Mansion 3*

Playstation

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
3. Outriders
4. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
5. Madden NFL 21
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
7. Minecraft
8. Ghost of Tsushima
9. NBA 2K21*
10. Mortal Kombat

Xbox

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
3. Outriders
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Madden NFL 21
7. Forza Horizon 4
8. It Takes Two
9. Marvel's Avengers
10. Watch Dogs: Legion

References

NPD/Circana sales figures

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