The NPD has released its analysis for the month of May 2020, noting a year-over-year increase in both hardware and software.<\/p>\n
For the month of May, software<\/strong> was up 67% year-over-year (yoy) to $438 million compared to May 2019<\/a>. According to NPD, this was the highest total achieved for a May month since $487 million was reported in 2010.<\/p>\n Call of Duty: Modern Warfare<\/strong>, which was second place in April<\/a>, <\/strong>returned to the top of the chart as May’s best-selling title and remains the best-selling game of 2020 year-to-date.<\/p>\n GTA 5<\/strong> was the second best-selling title for the month, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/strong> maintained its third-place position followed by NBA 2K20<\/strong> in fourth.<\/p>\n Mortal Kombat 11<\/strong> was the fifth best-selling game of May 2020, and is the fifth best-selling fighting game in US history.<\/p>\n No new releases ranked among the top ten best-selling games of the month.<\/p>\n The top 20 best selling games for May can be found in the image below. The top ten best-sellers per console can be found in the gallery.<\/p>\n Hardware<\/strong> was up 56% yoy to $235 million, and the largest May month since the $239 million achieved in May 2010. Year-to-date spending reached $1.4 billion, up 34% yoy.<\/p>\n Switch<\/strong> was the best-selling console for the month in both unit and dollar sales. Sales of the console was the highest for an individual platform in a May month since 3DS in May 2009.<\/p>\n Spending on accessories and game cards<\/strong> hit $304 million, up 32% yoy.<\/p>\n Gamepads, headsets, headphones, and wheels set new records for the month, and the Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller<\/strong> was the best-selling accessory for the month.<\/p>\n Overall,<\/strong> May 2020 spending across hardware, software, accessories, and game cards totaled $977 million, a figure which is up 52% yoy. Year-to-date, spending across all sectors hit $5.5 billion, up 18% yoy.<\/p>\n The post NPD May 2020: Switch and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare best-sellers for the month<\/a> appeared first on VG247<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n The NPD May 2020 report finds Switch once again the best-selling console, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returning to the top of the software chart.The NPD has released its analysis for the month of May 2020, noting a year-over-year increase in both hardware and software.For the month of May, software was up 67% year-over-year (yoy) to $438 […]<\/p>\n The post NPD May 2020: Switch and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare best-sellers for the month<\/a> appeared first on VG247<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"NPD May 2020: Switch and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare best-sellers for the month - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"The NPD May 2020 report finds Switch once again the best-selling console, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returning to the top of the software chart.The NPD ha"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,69],"tags":[4226,4227],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43194,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43193\/revisions\/43194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/\/2020\/06\/NPD_May_2020_software_chart.jpg\" "\\"NPD")
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