The first NPD monthly report of the year also comes with an annual report. This year is a new decade, however, so some sales chart data has been shared for this as well. The entire decade was nothing but success for the Call of Duty franchise. What may surprise you is that there are a couple of Nintendo games that sold very well in the 2010s. One of them is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which charted at #19 despite releasing late in the decade, in 2017. The other was Mario Kart 8, which originally released on the Wii U, then saw massive success on the Switch.
As for the past year, multiple Nintendo games made it to the year’s top 20 overall chart, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which charted the highest at #7. Luigi’s Mansion 3, despite having only 2 months to sell, did so well that it managed to chart at #18. Meanwhile, Pokemon Sword and Shield had even less time to make the year-end chart, and Pokemon Sword was able to achieve this by making it to #16. Here’s the chart data:
Top 20 best-selling games from 2010 through 2019 in the U.S.
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Call Of Duty: Ghosts
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Minecraft
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Mario Kart 8
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Battlefield 1
- Battlefield 4
- Destiny
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Star Wars Battlefront 2015
The best-selling games of 2019
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- NBA 2K20
- Madden NFL 20
- Borderlands 3
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
- Mario Kart 8
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Minecraft
- FIFA 20
- Anthem
- Pokemon Sword
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Days Gone
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Nintendo Switch’s best-selling games of 2019
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
- Mario Kart 8*
- Pokemon Sword*
- Luigi’s Mansion 3*
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Pokemon Shield*
- Super Mario Maker 2*
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening*
- Super Mario Party*
Nintendo 3DS’s best-selling games of 2019
- Pokemon: Ultra Sun*
- Pokemon: Ultra Moon*
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr’s Journey*
- Super Mario Maker*
- Super Smash Bros.*
- Mario Kart 7*
- Super Mario 3D Land*
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D*
- Luigi’s Mansion*