NPD October 2018

This the NPD data for October 2018, which covers the sales for United States. The gaming industry generated $1.545 billion. This is the biggest October ever for software spending.

Overall

A total of $300 million for Hardware. This is up 26% from 2017. For software, there was a total of $965 million, up 104% from from 2017. For Accessories, there was a total of $280 million, up 54% from 2017.

In terms of hardware, the Playstation 4 was the top-selling hardware for October. Xbox One is also up year-over-year.

Lists

*means no Digital Data

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

Overall Top 20

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII**
2. Red Dead Redemption II
3. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
4. NBA 2K19
5. Super Mario Party*
6. Soul Calibur VI
7. FIFA 19**
8. Marvel’s Spider-Man
9. Madden NFL 19**
10. WWE 2K19
11. Forza Horizon 4
12. Lego DC Super Villains
13. My Hero One’s Justice
14. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
15. Mario Kart 8*
16. Grand Theft Auto V
17. Super Mario Odyssey*
18. Diablo III**
19. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
20. NHL 19

Best Selling Over Last 12 Months

1. Call of Duty: WWII**
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4**
3. Red Dead Redemption II
4. Far Cry 5
5. Star Wars: Battlefront II
6. Super Mario Odyssey*
7. Marvel’s Spider-Man
8. NBA 2K19
9. God of War (2018)
10. NBA 2K18

Best Selling 2018 So Far

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4**
2. Red Dead Redemption II
3. Far Cry 5
4. Marvel’s Spider-Man
5. NBA 2K19
6. God of War (2018)
7. Monster Hunter: World
8. Madden NFL 19**
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Call of Duty: WWII**

Playstation

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2. Red Dead Redemption II
3. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
4. Marvel’s Spider-Man
5. Soul Calibur VI
6. NBA 2K19
7. FIFA 19
8. WWE 2K19
9. Madden NFL 19
10. My Hero One’s Justice

Xbox

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2. Red Dead Redemption II
3. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
4. Forza Horizon 4
5. NBA 2K19
6. Madden NFL 19
7. FIFA 19
8. WWE 2K19
9. Soul Calibur VI
10. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

Switch

There is no digital data for Switch games

1. Super Mario Party
2. Mario Kart 8
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
5. Diablo III
6. Starlink: Battle For Atlas
7. Dark Souls Remastered
8. The World Ends with You: Final Remix
9. Lego DC Super Villains
10. My Hero One’s Justice

Handhelds

There is no digital data for 3DS games.

1. Luigi's Mansion
2. Pokémon: Ultra Sun
3. Pokémon: Ultra Moon
4. Mario Kart 7
5. Minecraft
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. Super Mario 3D Land
8. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
9. Mario Party: The Top 100
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2

References

NPD/Circana sales figures