NPD May 2019

This the NPD data for May 2019, which covers the sales for United States. The gaming industry generated $642 million.

Overall

A total of $149 million for Hardware. This is down 20% from 2018. For software, there was a total of $262 million, down 13% from from 2018. For Accessories, there was a total of $230 million, flat from 2018.

Hardware was down with all platforms but the Nintendo Switch down year-over-year. The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform for May and maintained its lead in both unit and dollar sales.

This was the lowest software sales for May since 2013 and for new releases in particular, it was the lowest since 1998. There was only 3 new games in the top 20. For games in particular, Mortal Kombat 11 became the best-selling game for 2019. Month 2 sales for Mortal Kombat doubled the month 2 sales for every other Mortal Kombat game.

Lists

*means no Digital Data

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

Overall Top 20

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Days Gone
3. Total War: Three Kingdoms
4. Rage 2*
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. MLB 19: The Show
9. Minecraft**
10. NBA 2K19
11. Mario Kart 8*
12. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2**
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4**
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
15. Marvel’s Spider-Man
16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
17. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
18. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
19. Team Sonic Racing
20. Yoshi’s Crafted World*

Best Selling Over Last 12 Months

1. Red Dead Redemption II
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII**
3. NBA 2K19
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
5. Madden NFL 19**
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man
7. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
8. Mortal Kombat 11
9. FIFA 19**
10. Kingdom Hearts III

Best Selling 2019 So Far

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Kingdom Hearts III
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. Days Gone
9. MLB 19: The Show
10. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Playstation

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

Xbox

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Rage 2*
3. Red Dead Redemption II
4. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. NBA 2K19
7. Minecraft
8. Forza Horizon 4
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
10. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Switch

There is no digital data for Nintendo-published games

1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Yoshi’s Crafted World*
7. Super Mario Party*
8. Super Mario Odyssey*
9. Pokémon: Lets Go Pikachu*
10. Pokémon: Lets Go Eevee*

Handhelds

There is no digital data for Nintendo-published games.

1. Pokémon Ultra Sun
2. Pokémon Ultra Moon
3. Detective Pikachu
4. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
5. Super Mario Maker
6. Mario Kart 7
7. Super Smash Bros.
8. Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn
9. Luigi's Mansion
10. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr’s Journey

References

NPD/Circana sales figures