Activision Blizzard’s blockbuster shooter, Call of Duty: WW2 was the very best promoting recreation of 2017 throughout all platforms, in line with NPD’s December report.
COD was also the highest selling game in December – the eighth consecutive yr a Call of Duty title has taken the highest spot over the vacations.
The report covers US bodily and full recreation digital gross sales on PS4 and Xbox One, in addition to bodily recreation gross sales on Switch and 3DS. Since it solely contains some digital gross sales, the report provides a little bit of a warped perspective, however can be utilized as a tough information to efficiency.
NPD’s high ten promoting video games of 2017 for the US have been:
- Call of Duty: WWII
- NBA 2K18
- Destiny 2 – Excluding digital PC gross sales
- Madden NFL 18
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Physical solely
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017 – Excluding digital PC gross sales
- Super Mario Odyssey – Physical solely
- Mario Kart eight – Physical solely
The Switch finished the year well – as we found out last week – by selling the most consoles in December. And it’s fascinating to see so many Nintendo video games chart primarily based solely on their bodily gross sales, additional chatting with the Switch’s robust first yr available on the market.
Despite shifting fewer models than Xbox in December, PlayStation four was the very best promoting console of 2017 total, after an exceptional Black Friday which ranked as the biggest Sony’s history.
NPD additionally launched numbers for the US’s greatest promoting video games in December throughout every console. The high tens for every is beneath:
Xbox One – Includes full recreation digital gross sales
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
- Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017
- NBA 2K18
- Madden NFL 18
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Grand Theft Auto V
- FIFA 18
- Destiny 2
- Forza Motorsport 7
PlayStation four – Includes full recreation digital gross sales
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017
- NBA 2K18
- Madden NFL 18
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Grand Theft Auto V
- FIFA 18
- Need for Speed: Payback
- Destiny 2
- Horizon Zero Dawn
Nintendo Switch – Physical Only
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Mario Kart eight
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Splatoon 2
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- Pokken Tournament DX
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- ARMS
- Just Dance 2018
Nintendo 3DS – Physical Only
- Pokemon: Ultra Sun
- Pokemon: Ultra Moon
- Minecraft
- Mario Kart 7
- Mario Party: The Top 100
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions
- Super Smash Bros.
- Super Mario Maker
- Miitopia
- New Super Mario Bros. 2
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