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May 2019 NPD - Top 20 software, Switch #1 hardware again

Another big Switch month
by rawmeatcowboy
18 June 2019
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The NPD results for May 2019 are in, and it was another great month for Nintendo. Check out all the details below!

- Hardware: $149 million (Down 20% from $186 million)
- PC and console software: $262 million (Down 13% from $302 million)
- Accessories: $230 million (Up 0% from $229 million)
- year-to-date spending across hardware, software, accessories and cards is down 3%compared to $4.7 billion in 2018
- Mortal Kombat 11 is now the best-selling game of 2019 year to date
- the second month of sales of Mortal Kombat 11 nearly doubled the comparable sales of any other Mortal Kombat game
- Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms
- year-to-date hardware spending has declined 17 percent versus a year ago, to $1.1 billion
- as with the month of May, Switch sales growth was offset by declines across all other hardware platforms
- Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of both May as well as year-to-date across both unit and dollar sales

Top 20 software sales (May 2019)

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Days Gone
3. Total War: Three Kingdoms
4. Rage 2*
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. MLB 19: The Show
9. Minecraft#
10. NBA 2K19
11. Mario Kart 8*
12. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
15. Marvel's Spider-Man
16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
17. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
18. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
19. Team Sonic Racing
20. Yoshi's Crafted World*

Top 10 best selling titles (Year to Date 2019)

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Kingdom Hearts III
3. Tom Clancy's The Division 2^
4. Anthem^
5. Resident Evil 2 2019
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. Days Gone
9. MLB 19: The Show
10. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Top 10 Switch titles (May 2019)

1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
2. Mario Kart 8*
3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Yoshi's Crafted World*
7. Super Mario Party*
8. Super Mario Odyssey*
9. Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
10. Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee*

Top 10 3DS titles (May 2019)

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