November 2019 NPD - COD #1, Star Wars #2, Pokémon #3, #4 and #5, Death Stranding #7 ; Switch #1 and up YoY

[Lelouch0612]

State of the market

November 2019 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards totaled $2.3 billion, declining 19 percent when compared to a year ago.

Year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards has fallen 12 percent when compared to 2018, to $11.6 billion.

Software

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare repeats as the best-selling game of the month, and maintains its position as the best-selling game of 2019 year-to-date. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare also becomes the best-selling game of the trailing 12-month period ending November.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order debuts as the #2 best-selling game of Nov, and #9 YTD. SWJ:FO achieved the 2nd highest launch month $ sales for a Star Wars game in U.S. history, as well as the highest launch month dollar sales for a Respawn Entertainment-developed title.

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield titles combined to achieve the highest launch month dollar sales of any Pokémon release in U.S. history, topping the previous launch month high set by Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. Combined, it would rank at #2.

Super Smash Bros Ultimate is now the best-selling Fighting game in U.S. history, with a lifetime dollar sales total surpassing that of the previous best-selling Fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Hardware

Hardware spending in November 2019 declined 26% compared to YA, to $891m. YTD HW spending has fallen 24% versus YA, to $2.9B. Only Nintendo Switch is showing year-to-date hardware sales growth.

Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of November and remains the best-selling platform of 2019.

Accessories

Total November 2019 spending on Accessories and Game Cards fell 14 percent when compared to a year ago, to $433 million. Year-to-date sales of Accessories and Game Cards are down 5 percent when compared to a year ago, to $3.2 billion.

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 drove the highest dollar sales of any accessory in November. The PS4 DualShock 4 Wireless Controller Black remains the best-selling accessory year to date.

Software charts

November 2019 top 20 :

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order^
3. Pokémon Sword*
4. Pokémon Sword and Pokemon Shield Double Pack*
5. Pokémon Shield*
6. Madden NFL 20
7. Death Stranding
8. NBA 2K20
9. Need for Speed: Heat
10. Luigi's Mansion 3*
11. FIFA 20
12. Borderlands 3
13. The Outer Worlds
14. Just Dance 2020
15. Mario Kart 8*
16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
17. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
18. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
19. Grand Theft Auto V
20. Mortal Kombat 11

Top 10 of the best selling games of 2019 :

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
2. NBA 2K20
3. Madden NFL 20
4. Borderlands 3
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Kingdom Hearts III
7. Tom Clancy's The Division 2
8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
9. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order^
10. Anthem

The 10 best-selling games of the last 12 months

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
3. NBA 2K20
4. Madden NFL 20
5. Red Dead Redemption II
6. Borderlands 3
7. Mortal Kombat 11
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
9. Kingdom Hearts III
10. Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Xbox One

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
3. Madden NFL 20
4. NBA 2K20
5. Need for Speed: Heat
6. FIFA 20
7. Borderlands 3
8. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
9. Red Dead Redemption II
10. The Outer Worlds

PlayStation 4

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
3. Death Stranding
4. Madden NFL 20
5. Need for Speed: Heat
6. NBA 2K20
7. FIFA 20
8. The Outer Worlds
9. Marvel's Spider-Man
10. Borderlands 3

Nintendo Switch

1. Pokémon Sword*
2. Pokémon Sword and Pokemon Shield Double Pack*
3. Pokémon Shield*
4. Luigi's Mansion 3*
5. Mario Kart 8*
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
8. Just Dance 2020
9. Ring Fit Adventure*
10. Super Mario Odyssey*

Nintendo 3DS

1. Pokémon: Ultra Sun*
2. Pokémon: Ultra Moon*
3. Super Mario 3D Land*
4. Super Mario Maker*
5. Super Smash Bros.*
6. Luigi's Mansion*
7. Mario Kart 7*
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D*
9. Detective Pikachu*
10. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon*
    
    
    https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/12/november-2019-npd-pokemon-has-best-u-s-launch-in-series-history/

 

[vestan]

YIKES @ DS

Not surprising but still, whoooooof. Game dropped off hard in the UK charts too.

 

[Deleted member 864]

Awesome news for the Switch. Congrats Nintendo.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Do we think Death Stranding can hit 5m worldwide

It's probably going to do like 600k in Japan and the European numbers look pretty meh.

 

[Deleted member 5491]

I wonder how many units Pokémon sold combined

 

[Serene]

Death Stranding @ #7

👀

 

[NotLiquid]

 

[Deleted member 10737]

major yikes at death stranding. they must have expected more from it, no?

so much for being a 10M seller or kojima's best selling game.

 

[srtrestre]

SWITCH!!!!!! and Pokedomination

Edit: and the LEGEND

 

[Deleted member 13645]

Damn, Death Stranding ended way lower than I expected it to. It's nuts how much of a juggernaut Pokemon continues to be.

 

[Dougieflesh]

Did Madden have a price cut in November outside of Black Friday for it to be above Death Stranding?

 

[DeuceGamer]

Nice result for Pokémon and Switch being up YoY despite Cyber Monday not tracking this year.

Happy to see Luigi's Mansion remain fairly high, especially without digital included. Hopefully it continues selling as it was a tremendous game.

 

[ShinobiBk]

Death Stranding is shockingly low.
Not that it means it did poorly, but seems lower than I thought it would be.

Would Pokemon have won the month with digital? I'd say almost certainly yes

 

[Deleted member 58846]

Star Wars and Pokemon did amazing. Switch is dominating.
Fucking hell at how badly Death Stranding did.

 

[ILikeFeet]

poor shield. they should have revealed Melony before launch

 

[Mary Celeste]

looks like DS did fine to me? Dunno what's going on with all the YIKES in this thread

 

[Deleted member 10737]

congrats to respawn, well deserved success.
luigi's mansion is showing great legs too.
outer worlds is sticking around, which is good.

 

[Witness]

Fuck yeah Jedi! Congrats Reapawn!

 

[MrPink]

Considering Black Friday sales and multi platform titles, I'm not sure why #7 qualifies as bad for DS to be honest

I mean it's not gonna have great legs but it'll probably be fine in total sales. But it wasn't exactly the most general audience appealing fame to begin with

 

[Nano-Nandy]

Is still amusing how 7 of the top 10 selling games for Switch made it to the overall top 20 without digital sales, 8 if we include Just Dance. Like in most months. Switch games not charting or charting lower can manage to still sell well despite what some assume.

 

[Phendrift]

Death Stranding didn't blow up, but looking past the numbers, It's not surprising that all of the games that beat it did.

 

[delete12345]

It's nuts how much of a juggernaut Pokemon continues to be.

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Especially with the most massive controversy as of yet in the history of Pokemon mainline games. It's still topping charts.

 

[cakely]

Three slots taken up by Pokemon. ;p

I can sort of see why Death Stranding came in at #7. I wonder if we'll get some actual sales numbers for it?

 

[Deleted member 42641]

I mean 7 doesnt seem that crazy of a place when they it was up against pokemon and star wars lol

Still doesnt seem to have lit the charts on fire

 

[Deleted member 10737]

looks like DS did fine to me? Dunno what's going on with all the YIKES in this thread

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you think people expected it to chart at number 7 in its debut month? and it came out very early in the month too, had a lot of time to sell. this is a disappointing result for a major title from SIE.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Is 7 really that bad, especially considering Pokemon is taking up 3 of the higher spots? Not like any of the games above it aren't huge titans in the industry

 

[Serene]

looks like DS did fine to me? Dunno what's going on with all the YIKES in this thread

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Don't know that a very, very well-marketed PS exclusive debuting at #7 is "fine"

 

[delete12345]

Is still amusing how 7 of the top 10 selling games for Switch made it to the overall top 20. Like in most months. Switch games not charting or charting lower can manage to still sell well despite what some assume.

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This is how you know Nintendo builds their IPs on branding and long-term investments.

 

[Deleted member 31092]

As I said in the other thread, I wish we had numbers. This report in particular is pretty useless on the software front.

 

[rude]

How is Death Stranding's performance shocking when every game above it is literally a juggernaut with mass appeal? Some of the reactions here seem...performative.

 

[Puroresu_kid]

I'm not that shocked with DS. Those reviews mattered.

 

[HStallion]

The competition was crazy fierce so I'm not surprised DS didn't come in the top 5 but it would have been nice.

 

[Seahawk64]

Nintendo is on fire. Congrats.

 

[Phendrift]

Star Wars and Pokemon did amazing. Switch is dominating.
Fucking hell at how badly Death Stranding did.

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Badly? It was beaten by Pokemon, Madden, Star Wars and COD.... we can't extrapolate anything because those are all expected juggernauts

that's like saying Zelda on Switch flopped because it didn't beat Mario Kart lol

 

[Tribal24]

L

I mean 7 doesnt seem that crazy of a place when they it was up against pokemon and star wars lol

Still doesnt seem to have lit the charts on fire

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yeah 7 looks about right , if it didn't chart top 10 then that Would be concerning

 

[WestEgg]

Dang, relax there Pokémon, you can't just go taking up 3/5 of the top 5 like that.

Also kind of funny that not only did sword do way better than shield, but more people got sword in a double pack than they did shield alone.

 

[Alienhated]

So... what about... Shenmue 3...?

 

[nolifebr]

Don't know that a very, very well-marketed PS exclusive debuting at #7 is "fine"

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The reviews must have greatly affected. A lot of people complaining that it was one of the worst games of the year, Kojima's worst game and so on.

 

[m051293]

BOTW was heavily discounted for the first time since launch for BF, so revenue ranking understates its volume.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Especially with the most massive controversy as of yet in the history of Pokemon mainline games. It's still topping charts.

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I mean, everyone on the internet hates Modern Warfare and Madden 20 as well and both did great (both being called the worst games in a long time for the series).

Pokemon is different from CoD and Madden just because it's an exclusive and gets more forum attention imo.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

I'm not that shocked with DS. Those reviews mattered.

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yep. WoM wasn't good.

 

[Mary Celeste]

you think people expected it to chart at number 7 in its debut month? and it came out very early in the month too, had a lot of time to sell. this is a disappointing result for a major title from SIE.

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It's a new IP with bizarre unconventional advertising and the games above it are Madden, Pokemon, Call of Duty, and Star Wars

I think it did fine.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Death Stranding would be at #5 if it wasn't for Pokemon, so it wasn't too bad

that being said, I question the word of mouth

 

[ThisIsBlitz21]

death stranding did much lower than I expected. Big oof.

 

[Yuntu]

I dunno why the take is "Death Stranding did fucking horrible". Did anyone really think it can beat Sports, Star Wars, Call of Duty or Pokemon? lol

 

[Aaronrules380]

How is Death Stranding's performance shocking when every game above it is literally a juggernaut with mass appeal?

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Yeah, I feel like context is important here. I'm not even a DS fan, but it placed 7th in the busiest month of the year, and lost only to some of the absolute biggest franchises in the industry as a new IP

 

[cakely]

you think people expected it to chart at number 7 in its debut month? and it came out very early in the month too, had a lot of time to sell. this is a disappointing result for a major title from SIE.

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I expected DS to debut below Star Wars, Pokemon, and Call of Duty. Which it did.

Madden was a bit of a surprise, though.

 

[Lelouch0612]

Just Dance did great

 

[Dougieflesh]

you think people expected it to chart at number 7 in its debut month? and it came out very early in the month too, had a lot of time to sell. this is a disappointing result for a major title from SIE.

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Only game that's surprising to be above Death Stranding is maybe Madden. The rest were obviously going to be above it.

 

[PlantedUnicorn]

I really do not get the Yikes at Death Stranding. Yeah it was a highly marketed PS exclusives but look at the fucking games above it? COD and Pokémon. What else did you expect? Do people just not want to see the context?