OCT 2019 US NPD THREAD - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare debuts as the best-selling game of 2019 and Switch leads hardware (again). Here are all the U.S. Video Game market highlights from The NPD Group!
US NPD VG - October 2019 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards totaled $1.03 billion, the second highest total for an October month this decade, trailing only the record setting $1.57 billion in October 2018. 
US NPD VG - The October 2019 spending declines can be primarily attributed to fewer blockbuster releases compared to October 2018, as well as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare having two fewer weeks in the October tracking month than Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 did a year ago.
US NPD VG - Year-to-date spending across tracked video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards has fallen 10 percent when compared to 2018, to $9.3 billion.
US NPD SW - Dollar sales of tracked video game software declined 37% in October versus a year ago, to $620m. Despite this decline, October 2019 tracked software sales represent the 3rd highest total ever achieved for an October month, trailing only October 2008 and October 2018.
US NPD SW - Year-to-date dollar sales of tracked video game software are down 7 percent, to $4.5 billion. Gains in sales of Nintendo Switch software sales have been offset by declines across all other platforms.
US NPD SW - Oct 2019 Top 20 Sellers
US NPD SW - YTD 2019 Top 10 Sellers
US NPD SW - 12 Months Ending Oct 2019 Top 10 Sellers
US NPD SW - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare debuts as the best-selling game of Oct 2019, and is now the best-selling game of 2019 YTD. This is the 12th consecutive year a Call of Duty game has ranked as the best-selling game of its release month.
US NPD SW - Call of Duty remains the best-selling video game franchise in U.S. tracked history (dollar sales).
US NPD SW - Luigi's Mansion 3 was the third best-selling game of October, while also being the month's best-selling game on Nintendo Switch. Luigi's Mansion 3 set a new launch month franchise sales record, besting the previous high set by Luigi's Mansion.
US NPD SW - Year-to-date sales of fighting genre games are at an all-time high, with genre sales 11 percent higher than the previous year-to-date high set in 2015. Both Mortal Kombat 11 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have significantly contributed to that success.
US NPD SW - PlayStation 4 Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - Xbox One Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - Nintendo Switch Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD SW - Nintendo 3DS Top 10 Best-Sellers
US NPD HW - October 2019 hardware spending fell 41% vs YA, to $182m. Year-to-date hardware spending has declined 23% vs YA, to $2.1 billion. Nintendo Switch is the only platform with sales gains both in October as well as year to date.
US NPD HW - Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of October and remains the best-selling platform of 2019.
US NPD HW - With six years in the market, the PlayStation 4 ranks as the third fastest unit-selling home console in history, trailing only the six-year sales totals of the Wii and the PlayStation 2.
US NPD ACC & GC - Total October 2019 spending on accessories and game cards fell 16 percent when compared to a year ago, to $231 million. Year-to-date sales of accessories and game cards are down 3 percent when compared to a year ago, to $2.7 billion.
US NPD ACC & GC - The PS4 DualShock 4 Electric Purple Gamepad was the best-selling accessory of October 2019 (dollar sales). The PS4 DualShock 4 Black Gamepad remains the best-selling accessory of 2019 year to date.
