Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Tops Best Selling Video Game For January 2020
Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot skyrocketed to the best selling video game of January 2020 according to industry tracker NPD.
NPD reports Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot was the top selling game based on dollar sales. It bested Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Madden NFL 20.
Here’s the Top 19 Best Selling Games for January 2020 according to NPD:
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Madden NFL 20
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Grand Theft Auto V
- NBA 2K20
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mario Kart 8
- Ring Fit Adventure
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Minecraft II
- Pokemon Sword
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Need for Speed: Heat
- FIFA 20
- Just Dance 2020
- Mortal Kombat 11
Jan. 2020 top 20 video game titles in the U.S. across all platforms, according to The NPD Group#videogames pic.twitter.com/IuQF7zUpfM
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot would be the top selling game on both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2020.
The Top 10 Games for the Xbox One were:
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Madden NFL 20
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- NBA 2K20
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Need for Speed: Heat
- FIFA 20
Jan. 2020’s top 10 best-selling video game titles in the U.S. for Xbox One, according to The NPD Group#videogames #XboxOne pic.twitter.com/HC037Cfm1C
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
The top 10 for PlayStation were:
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Madden NFL 20
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- NBA 2K20
- Need for Speed: Heat
- Minecraft
- FIFA 20
- Red Dead Redemption II
Jan. 2020’s top 10 best-selling video game titles in the U.S. for PlayStation 4, according to The NPD Group#videogames #PlayStation4 #PS4 pic.twitter.com/5d8rGvViJA
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
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The top performing game on the Switch was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Here’s the top 10:
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mario Kart 8
- Ring Fit Adventure
- Pokemon Sword
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Pokemon Shield
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Super Mario Party
- Just Dance 2020
Jan. 2020’s top 10 best-selling video game titles in the U.S. for Nintendo Switch, according to The NPD Group#videogames #Switch #NintendoSwitch #Nintendo pic.twitter.com/Oj2HDCRcgC
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
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While Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot took the top spot for January 2020, the month performed poorly compared to 2019 sales which saw the release of Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2.
NPD reports that dollar sales tracked by them declined 31%. NPD analyst Mat Piscatella believes this decline is due to the “new release slate.”
According to @MatPiscatella, “Dollar sales of tracked video game software fell 31 percent in January compared to a year ago, to $311 million. Declines were driven by the new release slate, as the January 2019 comparable month featured both Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2”
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
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Not only were software sales down, but sales across the board declined from January last year. Piscatella reports, “Tracked spending across video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards topped $678 million, falling 26% compared to January 2019.”
Piscatella believes the reason for this decline is “late cycle hardware dynamics for PS4 and Xbox One, as well as a lighter new release software slate.”
According to @MatPiscatella, “Jan’20 tracked spending across vg hardware, software, accessories & game cards topped $678M, falling 26 percent compared to Jan’19. Late cycle hardware dynamics for PS4 and Xbox One, as well as a lighter new release software slate drove the variance
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
While Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot took the top spot for January 2020, it has not yet cracked the top 10 for the 12 months ending January 2020.
NPD reports Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 is the top selling game in the 12 months ending January 2020.
The top 10 includes:
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019
- NBA2K20
- Madden NFL 20
- Borderlands 3
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
- Super Smash Bro. Ultimate
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mario Kart 8
Top 10 best-selling video game titles for the 12 months ending Jan. 2020, according to The NPD Group#videogames pic.twitter.com/ddvdSQfYaS
— NPD Games (@npdgames) February 14, 2020
Are you surprised by any of these rankings? What do you make of this report?
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