NPD: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX and Pokémon Sword are best-sellers for March 2020

The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for March 2020, including Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, Pokémon Sword and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The full results in each relevant category are as follows:

The top 20 best-selling games of the month in the U.S.

1. 1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
   2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
   3. MLB: The Show 20
   4. Resident Evil 3
   5. NBA 2K20
   6. Doom Eternal*
   7. Persona 5: Royal
   8. Grand Theft Auto V
   9. Borderlands 3
   10. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
   11. Nioh 2
   12. Red Dead Redemption II
   13. FIFA 20 [EA Sports]
   14. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
   15. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX*
   16. Madden NFL 20 [EA Sports]
   17. Just Dance 2020
   18. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
   19. Mortal Kombat 11
   20. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Remastered

* Digital sales not included
^ Steam sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on Xbox and PlayStation included

Top 10 games so far this year

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
3. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
4. NBA 2K20
5. MLB: The Show 20
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Resident Evil 3
8. Madden NFL 20 [EA Sports]
9. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
10. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order

Top 10 games of the last 12 months

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. NBA 2K20
3. Madden NFL 20 [EA Sports]
4. Borderlands 3
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
9. FIFA 20 [EA Sports]
10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*

March 2020 NPD: Top 10 Nintendo Switch games

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
2. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
4. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX*
5. Just Dance 2020
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
7. Super Mario Party*
8. Luigi’s Mansion 3*
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
10. Pokemon: Sword*

“March 2020 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, and accessories and game cards totaled $1.6 billion, gaining 35% when compared to a year ago,” said NPD analyst Mat Piscatella. “Year-to-date 2020 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, and accessories and game cards totaled $3 billion, declining 4 percent when compared to a year ago.”

“Dollar sales of tracked video game software grew 34% in March compared to a year ago, to $739 million,” said Piscatella. “March tracked software spending reached its highest total for a March month since 2011. Nine of the top 10 best-selling games of March 2020 generated higher dollar sales than similarly ranked titles a year ago.”

“Total first quarter tracked software spending fell 8%, to $1.4 billion,” said Piscatella.

“Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the best-selling game of March 2020 and the second best-selling game of 2020 year to date,” said Piscatella. “Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieved the third highest launch month physical dollar and unit sales of any Nintendo published game in tracked history. Among Nintendo published games, only Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Dec 2018) and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Mar 2008) debuted with higher physical software sales in a launch month.”

“Launch month dollar sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have exceeded the lifetime sales of all other Animal Crossing franchise games, making Animal Crossing: New Horizons the best-selling game in franchise history,” said Piscatella.

Source: VentureBeat.com