NPD: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon Sword are best-selling games in May 2020

The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for May 2020, including 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. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
   2. Grand Theft Auto V
   3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
   4. NBA 2K20
   5. Mortal Kombat 11
   6. Red Dead Redemption II
   7. Minecraft*
   8. Final Fantasy VII: Remake
   9. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
   10. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
   11. Madden NFL 20 [EA Sports]
   12. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
   13. Need for Speed: Heat
   14. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition*
   15. Minecraft Dungeons*
   16. Saints Row: The Third Remastered
   17. MLB: The Show 20
   18. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
   19. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
   20. FIFA 20 [EA Sports]

* Digital sales not included

Top 10 best-selling games so far this year

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
3. Final Fantasy VII: Remake
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. NBA 2K20
6. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
7. MLB: The Show 20
8. Resident Evil 3
9. Madden NFL 20 [EA Sports]
10. Red Dead Redemption II

Top 10 best-selling 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. Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
8. FIFA 20 [EA Sports]
9. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
10. Pokémon: Sword*

May 2020 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Nintendo Switch games

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
2. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe*
3. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition*
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
6. Just Dance 2020
7. Pokémon: Sword*
8. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
9. Luigi’s Mansion 3*
10. Super Mario Odyssey*

“May 2020 tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards totaled $977 million, 52% higher when compared to a year ago,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “This is the highest tracked spend for a May month since the $1.2 billion achieved in May 2008.”

“Year-to-date tracked spending … reached $5.5 billion — increasing 18% when compared to a year ago,” said Piscatella. “This is the highest total for the year-to-date period since 2011’s $5.7 billion.”

Source: VentureBeat.com