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Nov. 2018 NPD - Switch over 1.3 million sold and was the platform-leader in dollar sales, top 20 software overall, and much more

by rawmeatcowboy
18 December 2018
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Nov. 2018 was a huge month for everyone in the game industry, which is wonderful to see. Here's the full breakdown of how things went, according to the NPD.

Total: $2,693 million (up 0% percent from $2,706 million in November 2017)
Hardware: $1,182 million (up 3% from $1,147 million)
PC and console software: $1,008 million (down 15% compared to $1,188 million)
Accessories: $503 million (up 35% from $371 million)

- November 2018 tracked spending across video game Hardware, Software, Accessories and Game Cards totaled $2.7 billion
- Year-to-date spending across video game Hardware, Software, Accessories and Game Cards has grown 16 percent
- This is the highest year-to-date total spend achieved since the $13.9 billion achieved between January and November 2010
- Best Year for Software since 2011
- Dollar sales of Console, Portable and PC Games Software totaled $1 billion in November 2018, declining 15 percent
- Year-to-date dollar sales of Console, Portable and PC Games Software exceeded $5.8 billion, a 9 percent increase
- This is the highest year-to-date total for Software spending since the $7 billion achieved in the year-to-date 2011
- Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu and Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee are the #5 and #6 best-selling games of November
- Launch month sales of Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu are the second highest in franchise history, trailing only Pokeman Stadium
- Pokemon: Let's Go has sold 2 million units in the US, including digital sales
- Hardware spend is up YTD: For the 2018 year-to-date period, hardware spending has increased 14 percent, to $3.9 billion
- Spending gains for Xbox One, Switch, PlayStation 4 and NES/SNES Classic were growth-drivers
- all current gen consoles sell over 1.3m each, the second time in history any 3 platforms achieved more than 1 million units sold
- Switch was the leading hardware platform of November 2018 in dollar sales
- PlayStation 4 remains the leader in hardware platform dollar sales year to date
- Accessories and Game Card spending hits an all time high, growing 35 percent in November 2018
- Accessories and Game Card spending has grown 35 percent when compared to a year ago, to $3.5 billion

Top 20 software

1. Red Dead Redemption II
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
3. Battlefield V^
4. Fallout 76*
5. Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
6. Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee*
7. NBA 2K19
8. Madden NFL 19^
9. Spyro Reignited Trilogy
10. FIFA 19^
11. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
12. Super Mario Party*
13. Marvel's Spider-Man
14. Mario Kart 8*
15. WWE 2K19
16. God of War 2018
17. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
18. Just Dance 2019
19. Grand Theft Auto V
20. Forza Horizon 4

Switch

1. Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu
2. Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee
3. Super Mario Part
4. Mario Kart 8
5. Super Mario Odyssey
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
7. Just Dance 2019
8. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
9. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
10. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

3DS

1. Luigiā€™s Mansion
2. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
3. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
4. Super Mario 3D Land
5. Mario Kart 7
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. Minecraft
8. Detective Pikachu
9. Donkey Kong Country Returns
10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Year to Date

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
2. Red Dead Redemption II
3. NBA 2K19
4. Far Cry 5
5. Madden NFL 19^
6. Marvel's Spider-Man
7. God of War 2018
8. Monster Hunter: World
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

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