According to the latest data from NPD Group, US video game sales 2018 smashed records in October 2018.
The month’s dollar sales reached $1.55 billion, the highest total spend for a month of October since the group began tracking the industry in 1995.
The previous high was $1.36 billion, which was reached in October 2008.
Additionally, year-to-date spending across video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards grew 21% compared to the same period a year ago, to $10.5 billion.
The recent launch of popular titles such as Red Dead Redemption II, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII, and Assassin’s Creed: Oddyssey has contributed greatly to the month’s record sales.
With just nine days of reported sales, Red Dead Redemption 2 is the second best-selling game of the year to date, with its launch month sales more than triple those of the original Red Dead Redemption.
Hardware spending saw year-to-date growth of 26% thanks to significant sales of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.
October 2018 unit sales of the PlayStation 4 reached the highest mark for any PlayStation hardware platform in an October month since the PlayStation 2 in October 2002.
Below are the top-selling video games for October 2018.
PlayStation 4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Soul Calibur VI
- NBA 2K19
- FIFA 19
- WWE 2K19
- Madden NFL 19
- My Hero One’s Justice
Xbox One
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- Forza Horizon 4
- NBA 2K19
- Madden NFL 19
- FIFA 19
- WWE 2K19
- Soul Calibur VI
- Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
Nintendo Switch
- Super Mario Party
- Mario Kart 8
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Diablo III
- Starlink: Battle For Atlas
- Dark Souls Remastered
- The World Ends with You: Final Remix
- Lego DC Super Villains
- My Hero One’s Justice
All Platforms
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- NBA 2K19
- Super Mario Party
- Soul Calibur VI
- FIFA 19
- Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Madden NFL 19
- WWE 2K19
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