That’s a lot of Duties.
The NPD Group released its report for December 2017, with overall spending on gaming up 10% over the same period last year.
The top-selling game for the month, by revenue, was Call of Duty: WWII. Call of Duty also took the title of the best-selling game of 2017. According to NPD, this is the eighth consecutive December in which a Call of Duty game came in at the top of sales. Call of Duty and Destiny were the top 2 selling games for last year.
Nintendo was the overall leader in consumer spending for the month, with Activision Blizzard topping the same category for the year.
Hardware spending was up 27%, driven by Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch was the best selling console for December 2017, with 1.5 million units sold. Sony’s PS4 was 2017’s best selling console.
NPD backed up Nintendo’s claim to its historic sales numbers, saying “Nintendo Switch has sold more consoles than any other platform in history” in the 10 month period since its release.
Here are the top selling games for December 2017, according to the NPD Group.
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017
- Super Mario Odyssey
- NBA 2K18
- Mario Kart 8
- Madden NFL 18
- Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Grand Theft Auto V
Seth Macy likes industry numbers. Follow him on Twitter @sethmacy.