Analytical company NPD Group published a report on the best-selling games and consoles in the United States for August 2023. A strong love for American football, the simulator became the number one bestseller of the month Madden NFL 21 from EA. The new game in the series boasts a double-digit percentage increase in sales over the NFL 20. In addition, the release from EA quickly became one of the biggest hits of 2023, where it now ranks 6th.
Next in the ranking is the mixed martial arts simulator UFC 4which became the second bestseller in August, breaking a series record for first month sales.
An action-adventure game boasted an impressive achievement The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild… In August, it became the sixth-largest bestseller on the Switch console and 11th in the overall chart, but the main thing is different: the hit from Nintendo continues to demonstrate record exposure – it remains on the Switch hitlist for 42 months, and all the time goes above the seventh place…
This allowed Breath of the Wild to become one of the most successful Nintendo products in the United States in terms of sales revenue ever. Zelda is included in this rating for the first time.
“The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the tenth largest bestseller ever released on Nintendo platforms in US history.” said NPD analyst Mat Piscatella.
The complete list of successful Nintendo titles is as follows (based on revenue in USD):
- Wii Fit
- Wii Play
- Mario kart wii
- Wii Fit Plus
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Mario kart 8 deluxe
- Super Smash Bros.
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Two notes to the TOP-10:
1. Only physical sales are shown, excluding digital versions of games. With digital data, sales are even higher, but Nintendo has not disclosed their NPD.
2. At the seventh position, the cumulative sales of Smash for Nintendo 64, 3DS and Wii U are mistakenly calculated.
The action-adventure thriller The Last of Us Part II, which ranked fourth in the July sales chart, dropped out of the top ten and dropped to 12th in the August ranking.
Top bestsellers for August in the USA:
- Madden NFL 21
- EA Sports UFC 4
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Ghost of tsushima
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons *
- Ring fit adventure
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe *
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate *
- Paper Mario: The Origami King *
- Mortal kombat 11
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild *
- The Last of Us: Part II
- Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
- PGA Tour 2K21 *
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe *
- Super Mario Party *
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Super Mario Odyssey *
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 *
* Excluding digital sales
Nintendo Switch is once again the top-selling console of the month. Sales have doubled from last year’s August. In addition, the Switch surpassed the August 2008 Wii record in August 2023, according to analysts.
Iron sales in August in the US (TOP-3 largest indicators in a generation):
- Nintendo Switch (August 2023) – 482K consoles sold
- Nintendo Switch (August 2019) – Over 240,000 consoles sold
- PlayStation 4 (August 2015) – 215,000 consoles sold
As for the top most successful games in terms of sales revenue for the entire 2023 (from January to August, respectively), there are four projects at once (The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of tsushima, Final fantasy vii remake and MLB The Show 20) are PlayStation 4 exclusives.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (no digital sales)
3. The Last of Us: Part 2
4. Final Fantasy 7: Remake
5. Ghost of Tsushima
6. Madden NFL 21
7. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
8. MLB: The Show 20
9.Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (no digital sales)
10. Mortal Kombat 11
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