The NPD Group has shared its statistics for the whole of 2018 and some not so surprising outcomes have happened. Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best selling game of 2018 followed by Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. NBA 2K and Madden then chart in third and fourth with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate coming in fifth. Surprisingly, Smash beat out God of War, Spider-Man, and Monster Hunter: World in terms of overall sales while only being on shelves for a month.
The top 20 list for 2018 looks like this:
Source: Destructoid Red Dead Redemption 2, Black Ops 4, and Smash Ultimate are among 2018’s biggest sellers