Nintendo Switch Maintains Strong Momentum Into Its Second Holiday Season REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 18, 2018 – Nintendo Switch has become the fastest-selling video game system of this hardware generation through 21 months, according to The NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. From its launch in March 2017 through November 2018, Nintendo Switch has sold more than 8.7 million units, outpacing U.S. sales of all other current-generation systems at the same point in their life cycles. Nintendo is also the overall top-selling U.S. software publisher so far for 2018, according to NPD data through November. This performance should receive an additional boost from the December release of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimategame, which has become not only the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch game of all time, but also the fastest-selling game in the Super Smash Bros. series, with U.S. sales of over 3 million units in just 11 days, according to Nintendo’s […]
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NPD Group: Total Industry Consumer Spending on Video Games in U.S. Increases 24 Percent to $9.1 Billion in the Third Quarter of 2018
Third quarter U.S. sales for total video games industry PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ – According to the Q3 2018 Games Market Dynamics: U.S.* report from leading global information company The NPD Group, overall total industry consumer spending on video gaming in the U.S. reached $9.1 billion in the third quarter of 2018 (July-Sept.), an increase of 24 percent compared to the same time period last year. Video game content sales increased 25 percent to $7.9 billion. All content categories, which include full-game, DLC/MTX, subscriptions, and mobile saw increases, with mobile games and digital content for console and portable platforms experiencing the most growth. The software titles having the most positive impact on dollar sales in the first half of the year include (listed alphabetically) Candy Crush Saga, Fortnite, Madden NFL 19, Marvel’s Spider-Man and NBA 2K19. Hardware sales grew 11 percent in the quarter to $737 million, led by Xbox One, PS4 and […]
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Nintendo Hits Big Milestones from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday
U.S. Nintendo Sales Top $250 Million During the Five-Day Period REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 28, 2018 – Nintendo Switch set two new records from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States. In fact, according to Adobe Analytics, Nintendo Switch was among the most-purchased items online on Thanksgiving Day and the overall top-selling video game product online for the Black Friday-Cyber Monday time period. Strong demand resulted in shoppers buying more than $250 million in Nintendo products from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to Nintendo’s internal sales figures, demonstrating that Nintendo has something for everyone this holiday season. That sales total accounts for video game systems like Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, retro systems like Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition and Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES […]
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Nintendo eShop America – Top 30 for October 2018
Super Mario Party, but also Dark Souls Remastered and Mega Man 11… A few new titles made the latest ranking, and others went up due to having a month full of good deals. Let’s take a look at the most downloaded titles in the past month in the American eShop (period of reference: October 1st – October 31st). Fortnite is the most downloaded game still, but there’s quite a bit of activity right behind it, with Super Mario Party going from 6th to 2nd after it became fully available. Dragon Ball Fighter Z seeing a major increase compared to September (from 26th to 7th), as well as a hand full of brand new titles entering the Top 10: Dark Souls Remastered is the second highest new entry at 5th, followed by Mega Man 11 (6th) and the digital version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas at 9th for the month. Other new titles in […]
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Nintendo eShop Top 30 Charts – November 2nd, 2018
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and both version of Pokémon Let’s Go becoming available to pre-purchase, Diablo III: Eternal Collection now officially out, and several games coming back thanks to the (now over) European big sale… it’s ranking update time again! Let’s take a look at the top 30 rankings in UK, Japan, and USA as well as some added up and comers for the period between October 19th through November 2nd, as of 18:10 GMT. UK 01. Dark Souls Remastered (Bandai Namco) 02. Super Mario Party (Nintendo) 03. Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft) 04. Diablo III: Eternal Collection (Blizzard) 05. BAFL – Brakes Are for Losers (Plug In Digital) 06. Undertale (8-4) 07. Bulb Boy (Bulbware) | 83% Off 08. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) | 2x Gold Coins Pre-Purchase 09. Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) 10. Golf Story (Sidebar Games) 11. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ (Nicalis) 12. Oxenfree (Night School) 13. Hollow […]
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Nintendo eShop Charts – October 16th, 2018 – Mid-month Stats
Once again it’s time for a new rankings update! So let’s take a look at the top 30 eShop rankings in the UK, Japan, and the USA for the period between October 2nd through October 16th, as of 13:32 GMT. Also included is some great up and coming honorable mentions found in the top 100. UK 01. Super Mario Party (Nintendo) 02. Overcooked! Special Edition (Team 17) 03. Undertale (8-4) 04. Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft) 05. Mega Man 11 (Capcom) 06. The Way Remastered (SONKA) 07. Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) 08. Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) 09. SEGA AGES: Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega) 10. Overcooked! 2 (Team 17) | 20% Off 11. Worms W.M.D. (Team 17) 12. Mark of the Ninja: Remastered (Klei Entertainment) 13. The World Ends with You – Final Remix – (Nintendo) 14. The Escapists 2 (Team 17) 15. Plague Road (Arcade Distillery) | 91% Off 16. Rocket League (Psyonix) 17. […]
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Nintendo eShop Top30 Charts – October 2nd, 2018
Oh look, it’s ranking-update time again! With that in mind, here’s the top 30 rankings in UK, Japan, and the USA for the period between September 18th to October 2nd, as of 14:13 GMT: UK 01. Undertale (8-4) 02. Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft) 03. SEGA AGES: Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega) 04. Super Mario Party (Nintendo) | 2x Gold Coins Pre-Purchase 05. Capcom Beat’em Up Bundle (Capcom) 06. Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) 07. The Way Remastered (SONKA) | 80% Off 08. Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) 09. Surgeon Simulator CPR (Bossa Studios) 10. FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts) 11. Cities: Skylines – Nintendo Switch Edition (Paradox Interactive) 12. Overcooked! 2 (Team 17) 13. Violett (Forever Entertainment) 14. Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD (Square Enix) 15. Into the Breach (Subset Games) 16. Risk of Rain (Hopoo Games) 17. Dead Cells (Motion Twin) 18. Thumper (Drool LLC) 19. Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco) 20. Mario Kart […]
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Nintendo eShop Charts – September 15th, 2018
It’s time for a post-Nintendo Direct update on the eShop rankings! Let’s take a look at the Top 30s in UK, Japan and USA for the period between September 1st to September 15th, 2018. Once again Minecraft, Hollow Knight, and Human Fall Flat top off the top 5’s… but Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD, Cities: Skylines, also Surgeon Simulator, Undertale’s constant surge (and release in Japan) all made a strong showing. UK 01. Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft) 02. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) 03. Into the Breach (Subset Games) 04. Rocket League (Psyonix) 05. Human Fall Flat (Curve) 06. Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) 07. Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD (Square Enix) | 40% Off 08. Brawl (QubicGames) | 90% Off 09. Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) 10. Robonauts (QubicGames) | 88% Off 11. Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) 12. Dead Cells (Motion Twin) 13. Hyper Light Drifter – Special Edition (Abylight) 14. […]
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Nintendo eShop – America’s Top 30 for August 2018
It’s time for the Americas to show which games sold the most in the past month. Thus, let’s take a look at the most downloaded titles in the past month in the Americas (period of reference: August 1st – August 31st). Fortnite is still dominating the overall download rankings, and Hollow Knight’s continues its strong showing, rising up to 2nd also thanks to the recent celebratory sale for the new DLC. Other new entries in the ranking include Into the Breach (17th) and The Messenger (26th). Finally, older titles such as Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (16th), Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (21st) and Human: Fall Flat (27th) climb the charts thanks to recent / ongoing deals. August 2018 Sales Chart 01. Fortnite (Epic Games) {2018.06.12} 02. Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) {2018.06.12} 03. Dead Cells (Motion Twin) {2018.08.07} 04. Overcooked! 2 (Team 17) {2018.08.07} 05. The Legend of Zelda: Breath […]
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Nintendo eShop Charts – September 1st, 2018
It’s rankings-time again! Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, Into the Breach, The Messenger, all doing well this period in the UK and USA while Mincraft and Overcooked! 2 hold out for top spots in Japan… Dead Cells seems to be holding its own in the top 4 in all charts. But, once again, Hollow Knight takes the top spot in the UK and USA! Let’s take a look at the Top 30s in UK, Japan, and the USA for the period between August 18th to September 1st, as of 22:56 GMT. UK 01. Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) 02. Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft) 03. Into the Breach (Subset Games) 04. Dead Cells (Motion Twin) 05. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) | 33% Off 06. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Capcom) 07. Overcooked! 2 (Team 17) 08. Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) 09. Brawl (QubicGames) | 90% Off 10. Bad North (Raw Fury) 11. Okami HD (Capcom) 12. […]
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