December 2018 NPD: Smash Bros. beats Spider-Man in exclusives battle

ub3r1337 · Jan 23, 2019

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fastest selling console exclusive game ever tracked by the NPD.

So long web-slinger, your days are over, last time you were successful was when you were included as 'dvd movie' with the launch of PlayStation 2 console, now Sony going to have to find some new superhero to smash the Nintendo Switch in the next round of sales!

December was a big month for Nintendo. Seven of the top 20 games are exclusive to Nintendo systems, which is significantly more than any other publisher. Every Nintendo game is benefiting from the Switch’s success. Mario Kart 8, for example, finished 2018 as the second best-selling racer ever behind only Mario Kart Wii.

Nintendo generated more revenue than any other game publisher for the first time since 2009. That doesn’t include in-game spending, though. But let’s get real. December is really all about one game for Nintendo, and you know what it is.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is already a blockbuster hit. It is the top-selling game of December and the No. 5 best-selling game for all of 2018. What’s stunning about this is that Nintendo’s games do not include digital sales on this chart. Call of Duty, Red Dead, and Spider-Man all do — at least on consoles.

“Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the best-selling game of December 2018 and the fifth best-selling game of 2018, despite digital sales not currently being tracked by The NPD Group,” Piscatella said. “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.”

But Smash isn’t just a success by franchise standards. It is the fastest-selling console exclusive game ever tracked by the NPD.

“Super Smash Bros. Ultimate set a new launch-month dollar sales record for a platform exclusive in Video Game history,” said Piscatella. “[It exceeded] the launch month dollar sales of 2010’s Halo: Reach.”
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You can read the full in-depth NPD Report in the link below, and afterwards we would love to hear your thoughts on the 'sales battle'!

NEWS SOURCE: Smash Bros. beats Spider-Man in exclusives battle (via) VentureBeat

December 2018 NPD: Smash Bros. beats Spider-Man in exclusives battle

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