Thanks to the NPD Group and Mat Piscatella for the breakdown. Note. This NPD report only covers the U.S. Video Games Market.
Here is the breakdown for May 2019:
Year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards is down 3 percent when compared to 2018, to $4.7 billion. Declines in hardware spending have offset growth in sales of accessories and game cards.
Software (All notes refer to dollar sales)
Dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC video game software reached $262 million in May 2019, falling 13 percent when compared to a year ago. May 2019 experienced the lowest software sales for a May month since 2013 ($222 million). Total dollar sales of new releases in May 2019 are the lowest for new releases in a May month since May 1998.
Mortal Kombat 11 repeated as the best-selling game of the month and is now the best-selling game of 2019 year to date. Month 2 sales of Mortal Kombat 11 nearly doubled the comparable sales of any other Mortal Kombat game in the history of the franchise. Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of May on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Days Gone was the second best-selling game of May, repeating its April performance, and is now the eighth best-selling game of 2019 (year to date).
Minecraft returns to the monthly top 10 best-sellers list, ranking as the ninth best-selling game of May. It also ranked as the seventh best-selling game of the month on Xbox One.
Hardware & Accessories
Hardware spending in May 2019 fell 20 percent when compared to a year ago, to $149 million. Nintendo Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms.
Year-to-date hardware spending has declined 17 percent versus a year ago, to $1.1 billion. As with the month of May, Nintendo Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms.
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of both May as well as year-to-date across both unit and dollar sales.
Total May 2019 spending on accessories and game cards was flat when compared to a year ago, at $230 million. Year-to-date sales of accessories and game cards have increased 3 percent to $1.4 billion when compared to a year ago.
The PS4 DualShock 4 Black Wireless Controller was the best-selling accessory of May 2019, and remains the best-selling accessory year to date.
Software Rankings
Top 20 best selling titles (May 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included
Top 10 best selling titles (Year to Date 2019)
Here is the breakdown for May 2019:
- Total: $641 million (Down 11% from $717 million in May 2018)
- Hardware: $149 million (Down 20% from $186 million)
- PC and console software: $262 million (Down 13% from $302 million)
- Accessories: $230 million (Up 0% from $229 million)
Year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards is down 3 percent when compared to 2018, to $4.7 billion. Declines in hardware spending have offset growth in sales of accessories and game cards.
Software (All notes refer to dollar sales)
Dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC video game software reached $262 million in May 2019, falling 13 percent when compared to a year ago. May 2019 experienced the lowest software sales for a May month since 2013 ($222 million). Total dollar sales of new releases in May 2019 are the lowest for new releases in a May month since May 1998.
Mortal Kombat 11 repeated as the best-selling game of the month and is now the best-selling game of 2019 year to date. Month 2 sales of Mortal Kombat 11 nearly doubled the comparable sales of any other Mortal Kombat game in the history of the franchise. Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of May on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Days Gone was the second best-selling game of May, repeating its April performance, and is now the eighth best-selling game of 2019 (year to date).
Minecraft returns to the monthly top 10 best-sellers list, ranking as the ninth best-selling game of May. It also ranked as the seventh best-selling game of the month on Xbox One.
Hardware & Accessories
Hardware spending in May 2019 fell 20 percent when compared to a year ago, to $149 million. Nintendo Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms.
Year-to-date hardware spending has declined 17 percent versus a year ago, to $1.1 billion. As with the month of May, Nintendo Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms.
Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of both May as well as year-to-date across both unit and dollar sales.
Total May 2019 spending on accessories and game cards was flat when compared to a year ago, at $230 million. Year-to-date sales of accessories and game cards have increased 3 percent to $1.4 billion when compared to a year ago.
The PS4 DualShock 4 Black Wireless Controller was the best-selling accessory of May 2019, and remains the best-selling accessory year to date.
Software Rankings
Top 20 best selling titles (May 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Days Gone
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Rage 2*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Red Dead Redemption II
- MLB 19: The Show
- Minecraft#
- NBA 2K19
- Mario Kart 8*
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Team Sonic Racing
- Yoshi's Crafted World*
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included
Top 10 best selling titles (Year to Date 2019)
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
- Anthem^
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Days Gone
- MLB 19: The Show
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Days Gone
- MLB 19: The Show
- Rage 2*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- NBA 2K19
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Rage 2*
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- NBA 2K19
- Minecraft
- Forza Horizon 4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Mario Kart 8*
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Yoshi's Crafted World*
- Super Mario Party*
- Super Mario Odyssey*
- Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
- Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee*
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