Madden NFL 20, Nintendo Switch rule quiet August – NPD

13.09.2019

The final of the yr’s uneventful months for game releases, August, has turned in predictable outcomes at US retail.

The NPD Group has printed its report for August, overlaying retail gross sales of games, {hardware} and equipment. The report, as at all times, contains some digital knowledge from choose publishers.

August’s income got here in at $666 million, a 18% decline in comparison with final yr. Unfortunately, all of the distinct classes tracked by NPD noticed a decline.

Hardware

As it has carried out for many of this yr, the Nintendo Switch is as soon as once more the top-selling platform, persevering with its lead this yr. Hardware gross sales introduced in simply $167 million in August, a 22% drop in comparison with the identical interval final yr.

The Switch stays the best-selling platform of 2019, and, as we’ve come to count on from the hybrid console, it’s the one platform seeing any development.

Software

Software gross sales amounted to $257 million in August, a decline of 22%. This income was so low, actually, the NPD identified it’s the bottom ever for the month since August, 1998.

Unsurprisingly, Madden NFL 20 was the month’s largest hit in greenback gross sales, and is now 2019’s third bestseller. This is the seventh August in a row the place Madden NFL was the highest vendor.

At quantity two comes a shock look by Minecraft, which is unprecedented. Outside of Madden NFL 20, the one different August launch that ranked within the prime ten was Switch unique Astral Chain, which landed at quantity ten.

Speaking of Switch, 5 of the highest ten in August had been all Switch exclusives.