With last month’s sparse release lineup,Call of Duty: Modern Warfarereturns to the top of the United States NPD Charts in February 2020.
According to the sales data from the NPD Group, last year’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfarewas the best-selling game in the United States for February 2020. It was followed byNBA 2K20,Grand Theft Auto V,Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, andTom Clancy’s The Division 2. The release slate was pretty barren for the month, so it isn’t too surprising aCall of Dutytitle is the top-selling game. The lack of games released also letDragon Ball Z: Kakarotenjoy some more time in the top 5. Here are the top 20 best-selling games in the United States for February 2020 according to the NPD Group.
What actually makes this list interesting is that no February 2020 releases even made it to the top 20. In fact, the best performing new release was theYakuza Remastered Collection, which topped at 33.
Looking at February 2020’s top 10 best-selling games by platform, it hardly deviates from the above listed.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare,NBA 2K20,Madden NFL 20, andGrand Theft Auto Vall crack the top 5 for both Xbox One and PS4; Xbox One listsTom Clancy’s The Division 2in the number three spot, while PS4 listsDragon Ball Z: Kakarotin the number four spot. WithCall of Duty: Modern Warfareonly available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, the Nintendo Switch’s best-selling game isMario Kart 8followed byRing Fit Adventure, andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Lastly, overall spending in the U.S. video game market is down in both the February trend and year to date numbers. The spending trend for February 2020 is at $755 million, a 29% decline from last February. The trend from year to date was at $1.4 billion, a 28% decline from 2019’s year to date spending trend.
If you want to know more details about the February 2020 NPD Charts, you can watch NPD Analyst Mat Piscatella tell you everything you need to know about last month’s numbers.
