It was a March 2019 of hardware dominance in the United States for the Nintendo Switch, as the ageing PlayStation 4 and Xbox One continue their natural downturn ahead of the new generation. Overall industry spend for the month was down 11 per cent year-over-year, with hardware seeing the most significant decline.
Software also dipped, despite some strong new releases. As expected, The Division 2 topped the charts, but it was flanked by Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which debuted in second position. Perhaps even more impressive given the handwringing over baseball ratings, MLB The Show 19 set a new genre record, marking another year of extraordinary growth for the sports simulation.
NPD Software Top 20: March 2019
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
- MLB The Show 19
- Devil May Cry 5
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- NBA 2K19
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Yoshi's Crafted World*
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
- Anthem^
- Mario Kart 8*
- Jump Force
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
- Far Cry New Dawn
- Minecraft#
- Battlefield V^
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Borderlands
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included
[source venturebeat.com, via gamesindustry.biz]
Comments 13
Glad Grand Theft Auto V finally managed to make it into the top 10...
Bought the show 18 in the uk sale and really enjoying it will get the new game when it's on sale
I was about to say damn, world war z did terrible. Then I realized this is March npd
Sony has turned MLB The Show into a legit staple franchise for the PlayStation brand. Impressive because baseball is a very distant fourth in popularity vs. the NFL, NASCAR and the NBA.
@Gamer83 nascar is actually pretty dead in the water. Their ratings have been in as big if not bigger decline than mlb. Id venture to say nhl could sneak into 3rd if its not there already
@Gamer83 NASCAR hahaha 😂😁😅.what are you talking about chief.baseball is way more popular than NASCAR.word up son
@playstation1995 @Nyne11Tyme @Gamer83 I think Baseball is a casualty of the times, rooted to tradition it needs some blue wave thinking to make it more relevant.
Promotion and relegation. Minor league teams should be in competition with the big leagues. Like the football/soccer pyramid this side of the Atlantic. It needs shaking up.
Anyway good result from Sony.
Great to see The SHOW doing well... can Play the NY Yankees without 13 players in the IL. they fielding a Triple-A team right now 😩
Having a blast with Sekiro and The Division 2. PS4 Started 2019 with an amazing line-up of games! Good times!
@Agramonte
Seriously, gotta start getting some of those guys back. Sanchez has been reactivated so that's good.
@Gamer83 yeah he was rusty last night - but glad he back. But now Frazier is on the iL. So back to 13 - It really is crazy.
They still say it is bad luck and not the training staff... Maybe time to start dunking players we still got in holy water before each game 🙄
@Agramonte
At a certain point that excuse doesn't fly. If it was 4 or 5 guys maybe. Half the roster? WTF is going on there?
@Gamer83 Exactly what everyone is saying over at the NY-Y twitter account (especially after Judge went down by taking a swing!)
Something is not right.
@Agramonte
Seriously. I know some of the guys on the IL are injury prone but some of the other dudes not so much. Whatever it is, they better fix it otherwise this will be a lost season. Winning games now but teams like Kansas City and Anaheim aren't exactly world beaters.
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