Switch was 2018’s best-selling platform in the US, more data
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Data from the December 2018 NPD report continues to roll in. Our next update specifically concerns hardware sales.
In 2018, we now know that Switch was the year’s best-selling hardware platform in terms of both units and dollars. Furthermore, unit and dollar sales are the highest annual total for any hardware platform since the PlayStation 4 in 2015.
Thanks to Smash Bros. Ultimate, December was a huge month for Nintendo. Switch generated the highest December month hardware dollar sales for a single platform since the Wii in December 2009. It also saw the highest December unit sales for a single platform since 2010.
December 2018 NPD: Smash Ultimate has record launch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe finishes the year as second best-selling racer of all time
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More data is in for this month’s NPD report. Specifically, we have information on the performance of two Nintendo games.
First, the packaged software launch month dollar sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate exceeded those of the previous best in franchise history, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, by over 70 percent. As previously mentioned, it debuted at the top spot for December. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate also set a new launch month dollar sales record for a platform exclusive in video game history, exceeding the launch month dollar sales of 2010’s Halo: Reach.
Additionally, Mario Kart 8 finished 2018 as the second best-selling racing game of all time. It only trails Mario Kart Wii in lifetime dollar sales.
December 2018 NPD: Best-selling games on Switch, 3DS, of 2018
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Another round of data is in from this month’s NPD report. Along with the best-sellers on Switch and 3DS specifically for the month of December, we also have a list of the games that have sold the best in 2018. Continue on below for the full results.
December 2018 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.
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NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of December 2018. The results can be found below.
Nintendo to release new Indie Highlights video tomorrow
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Nintendo has announced that a new Indie Highlights video is coming tomorrow. The company will be showcasing some of the indie titles due out on Switch throughout 2019.
It’ll go live at the following times:
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SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays announced for Switch
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SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays is in development for Switch and other platforms, Bandai Namco revealed today. It will launch later this year in Japan and Southeast Asia. For the Asian region, English will be supported.
SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays offers characters and Mobile Suits from the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans series. Keeping in line with series tradition, it’s a strategy RPG.
We’ve included the debut trailer for SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays below.
Mortal Kombat 11 producer says Switch version is “really fantastic”, Shiver working on the port
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Mortal Kombat 11 might be one of the more surprising third-party Switch announcements in recent memory. The series has been absent on Nintendo platforms for well over a decade, as Armageddon came to Wii back in 2007.
Mortal Kombat 11 producer Trevor Traub was recently asked about the Switch version, to which he stated:
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition announced for Switch
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Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is coming to Switch, SOEDESCO has announced. The company is teaming up with Krillbite Studio to bring the title to Nintendo’s console.
Among the Sleep is a “nightmarish first person horror game”. Here’s a bit of additional information:
Swords & Soldiers coming to Switch, out this week
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The original Swords & Soldiers is in the works for Switch, a listing on the European eShop reveals. A release is planned for January 25 with Two Tribes handling publishing.
Here’s an overview from the listing:
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Smash Bros. celebrates its 20th anniversary, Sakurai and Nintendo share messages
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Super Smash Bros. is celebrating a big milestone today. As it’s already January 21 in Japan, the series is now twenty years old.
Masahiro Sakurai has been at the helm since the beginning, and had a few words to say about the occasion on Twitter. He passed along the following message:
