Thanks to the NPD Group for the breakdown. Note. This NPD report only covers the U.S. Video Games Market.
Here are the numbers for January 2019:
January 2019 tracked spending across Video Game Hardware, Software, Accessories and Game Cards declined 19 percent when compared to a year ago, to $893 million. All segments of spending reflected double-digit percentage declines when compared to January 2018.
Despite declines when compared to a year ago, January 2019 spending was the second highest market total achieved in a January month since the $917 million reached in January 2013.
Software
Dollar sales of tracked Console, Portable and PC Video Game Software totaled $427 million, an 18 percent declined compared to a year ago. Double-digit percentage software sales growth on the Nintendo Switch platform was offset by declines across all other platforms.
Kingdom Hearts III was the best-selling game of January 2019. Total launch month dollar sales of Kingdom Hearts III were 2.5x that of the previous franchise best, Kingdom Hearts II, which debuted on the PlayStation 2 in the March 2006 tracking period. This is the second month in history that a Kingdom Hearts game has topped the best-sellers chart; Kingdom Hearts II was the best-selling game of April 2006.
Resident Evil 2 ranked second on January's best-sellers chart, driving more than 2.8x higher dollar sales than the launch month of the original Resident Evil 2, which was released in the January 1998 tracking period on PlayStation. Resident Evil 2 was January's best-selling game on the Xbox One platform.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe entered the January charts as the third best-selling game of the month. Launch month dollar sales of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe were more than 30 percent higher than that of New Super Mario Bros. U, which launched on the Wii U in November 2012.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown set a new franchise record as launch month dollar sales totaled more than 80 percent higher than October 2007's Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Hardware
Hardware spending in January 2019 declined 28 percent when compared to a year ago, to $199 million. Total hardware dollar sales were the second highest total achieved since the $239 million reached in January 2014.
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of January 2019 in both dollar and unit sales. Switch was the only Console platform to show year-on-year sales growth.
Total spending on Accessories and Game Cards fell 12 percent in January 2019 when compared to a year ago, to $267 million. Slight gains in Gamepad spending were offset by declines across other accessory segments and game cards.
The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller was January's best-selling accessory with dollar sales increasing 40 percent when compared to a year ago.
Rankings
Top 20 best selling titles (January 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft sales include all physical & digital on PlayStation and Xbox platforms
Top 10 Xbox One titles (January 2019)
Top 10 PS4 titles (January 2019)
Top 10 Switch titles (January 2019)
Here are the numbers for January 2019:
- Total: $893 million (Down 19% from $1,101 million in January 2018)
- Hardware: $199 million (down 28% from $278 million)
- PC and console software: $427 million (down 18% compared to $520 million)
- Accessories: $267 million (down 12% from $303 million)
January 2019 tracked spending across Video Game Hardware, Software, Accessories and Game Cards declined 19 percent when compared to a year ago, to $893 million. All segments of spending reflected double-digit percentage declines when compared to January 2018.
Despite declines when compared to a year ago, January 2019 spending was the second highest market total achieved in a January month since the $917 million reached in January 2013.
Software
Dollar sales of tracked Console, Portable and PC Video Game Software totaled $427 million, an 18 percent declined compared to a year ago. Double-digit percentage software sales growth on the Nintendo Switch platform was offset by declines across all other platforms.
Kingdom Hearts III was the best-selling game of January 2019. Total launch month dollar sales of Kingdom Hearts III were 2.5x that of the previous franchise best, Kingdom Hearts II, which debuted on the PlayStation 2 in the March 2006 tracking period. This is the second month in history that a Kingdom Hearts game has topped the best-sellers chart; Kingdom Hearts II was the best-selling game of April 2006.
Resident Evil 2 ranked second on January's best-sellers chart, driving more than 2.8x higher dollar sales than the launch month of the original Resident Evil 2, which was released in the January 1998 tracking period on PlayStation. Resident Evil 2 was January's best-selling game on the Xbox One platform.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe entered the January charts as the third best-selling game of the month. Launch month dollar sales of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe were more than 30 percent higher than that of New Super Mario Bros. U, which launched on the Wii U in November 2012.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown set a new franchise record as launch month dollar sales totaled more than 80 percent higher than October 2007's Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Hardware
Hardware spending in January 2019 declined 28 percent when compared to a year ago, to $199 million. Total hardware dollar sales were the second highest total achieved since the $239 million reached in January 2014.
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of January 2019 in both dollar and unit sales. Switch was the only Console platform to show year-on-year sales growth.
Total spending on Accessories and Game Cards fell 12 percent in January 2019 when compared to a year ago, to $267 million. Slight gains in Gamepad spending were offset by declines across other accessory segments and game cards.
The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller was January's best-selling accessory with dollar sales increasing 40 percent when compared to a year ago.
Rankings
Top 20 best selling titles (January 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- NBA 2K19
- Mario Kart 8*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Madden NFL 19^
- Tales Of Vesperia
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Battlefield V^
- Super Mario Party*
- Minecraft#
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- FIFA 19^
- Super Mario Odyssey*
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft sales include all physical & digital on PlayStation and Xbox platforms
Top 10 Xbox One titles (January 2019)
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Sea Of Thieves
- NBA 2K19
- Battlefield V
- Madden NFL 19
- Grand Theft Auto V
Top 10 PS4 titles (January 2019)
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- NBA 2K19
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Madden NFL 19
- Battlefield V
Top 10 Switch titles (January 2019)
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mario Kart 8
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Super Mario Party
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu
- Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee
- Splatoon 2
- Tales of Vesperia
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