Dear Reader:
April 2019 NPD: Switch #1 hardware, Mortal Kombat 11 #1 Switch software, plus much more
Time for the April 2019 NPD sales report. Check out all the data below!
- Total: $842 million (Up 1% from $838 million in April 2018)
- Hardware: $160 million (Down 29% from $225 million)
- PC and console software: $427 million (Up 15% from $370 million)
- Accessories: $256 million (Up 5% from $243 million)
- Mortal Kombat 11 became the 2nd best-selling game of 2019 year-to-date
- Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling game of the month on all platforms on which it released
- Mortal Kombat 11 is the first time a 3rd party published Switch game was the platform's top seller since Mario + Rabbids
- Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms
- Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of both April as well as year-to-date across both unit and dollar sales
- Switch 32GB with neon red and blue joy cons is the best-selling individual hardware item of 2019
- amiibo Super Smash Bros Series 1 Character Packs were the best-selling video game accessory of Apri
Software Rankings
Top 20 best selling titles (March 2019)
1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Days Gone
3. MLB 19: The Show
4. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
9. NBA 2K19
10. Yoshi's Crafted World*
11. Red Dead Redemption II
12. Mario Kart 8*
13. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
14. Minecraft#
15. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
16. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
17. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
18. Jump Force
19. Battlefield V*
20. Borderlands
* 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. Mortal Kombat 11
3. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
4. Anthem^
5. Resident Evil 2 2019
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
9. Jump Force
10. MLB 19: The Show
Top 10 Switch titles (April 2019)
1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
3. Yoshi's Crafted World*
4. Mario Kart 8*
5. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
7. Super Mario Party*
8. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
9. Super Mario Odyssey*
10. Labo Toy-Con 04 VR Kit
Top 10 3DS titles (April 2019)