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NPD March 2019 - Switch #1 hardware, top 20 software sales, and more

Switch #1 again!
by rawmeatcowboy
23 April 2019
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The NPD data for March 2019 is in! Check out all the details below, including overall industry numbers, top software for the month, and more.

- Total: $1.179 billion (Down 11% from $1.325 billion in March 2018)
- Hardware: $282 million (Down 15% from $331 million)
- PC and console software: $547 million (Down 11% compared to 617 million)
- Accessories: $349 million (Down 7% from $377 million)
- Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of both March as well as the first quarter across both unit and dollar sales
- controllers were the best-selling accessory type for the month

Top 20 best selling titles (March 2019) - Includes Physical and Digital sales

1. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
3. MLB 19: The Show
4. Devil May Cry 5
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
6. Red Dead Redemption II
7. NBA 2K19
8. Grand Theft Auto V
9. Yoshi's Crafted World*
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
11. Anthem^
12. Mario Kart 8*
13. Jump Force
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
15. Far Cry New Dawn
16. Minecraft#
17. Battlefield V^
18. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
19. Borderlands
20. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included

Top 10 best selling titles (Year to Date 2019)

1. Kingdom Hearts III
2. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
3. Anthem^
4. Resident Evil 2 2019
5. Red Dead Redemption II
6. Jump Force
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
8. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*

Top 10 Switch titles (March 2019)

1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
2. Yoshi's Crafted World*
3. Mario Kart 8*
4. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
6. Super Mario Party*
7. Super Mario Odyssey*
8. Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
9. Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee*
10. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Top 10 3DS titles (March 2019)

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