NPD August 2018: Madden NFL 19 on prime, the return of Modern Warfare 2 and Monster Hunter World’s continued success

19.09.2018

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The August 2018 games business report is right here from NPD, with progress throughout all segments.

According to the NPD Group, August noticed a 26% year-on-year improve in spending throughout software program, {hardware}, equipment, and game playing cards, for a complete of $796 million.
As at all times, the information is consultant principally of retail, although it does embrace digital gross sales for games whose publishers share these numbers.

Hardware

The {hardware} section registered a 28% progress in August, in comparison with the identical interval final yr. $214 million had been spent on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and different gadgets such because the NES Classic.

Each respective machine noticed year-on-year progress, and the highest three had been virtually tied in greenback gross sales. “Nintendo hardware unit and dollar sales are at the highest year-to-date totals since 2011,” stated NPD analyst Mat Piscatella.

“The Nintendo Switch Neon Red/Blue Joy Con 32GB is the year’s best-selling hardware item in both unit and dollar sales. Year to date, Sony’s PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling console hardware platform in both units and dollars.”

NPD August 2018: Madden NFL 19 on prime, the return of Modern Warfare 2 and Monster Hunter World’s continued success

Software

Software gross sales noticed a 16% improve year-on-year, or $330 million in earnings. The prime game, unsurprisingly, was Madden NFL 19. Madden topped the charts for each August since 2000, however this yr noticed it promote greater than every other August.

Monster Hunter World got here in at quantity two, thanks principally to sturdy gross sales of the PC model. World stays the third best-seller in 2018 to date. The most shocking entry on the listing is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which landed at quantity eight due to the latest Xbox One backwards compatibility launch.

Rainbow Six Siege’s efficiency will be attributed to the August free weekend, which pushed many to purchase the game. Enough that it secured the third spot on the highest ten listing. GTA 5 continues to be a juggernaut, even 5 years after launch. The game has been obtainable for 60 months, and it didn’t depart the best-sellers for 59 of those months.

EA was the top-selling writer in August, due to Madden’s success. Nintendo is the largest software program writer general this yr, nevertheless.

NPD all platforms prime 20 games chart – August 2018