Call of Duty: Modern Warfare finished 2019 as the best-selling game of the year for the 11th year in a row.
According to the NPD, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game of the month for the third month in a row. The Infinity Ward developed reboot of the Modern Warfare franchise finished the year as the selling-game of 2019. Not only that, but the Call of Duty franchise occupies seven spots in the top 10 best-selling games of the decade list.
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Meanwhile, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order finished as the second best-selling game of the month and was 2019’s sixth best-selling game with only two months in the market. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is also Respawn Entertainment’s best-selling game of all time in full-game sales.
Other repeat successes include MLB The Show 19, which is now the best-selling baseball game in U.S. history, as well as Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Pokemon Sword.
In hardware news, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform for both December and all of 2019. But the best-selling hardware for the decade was the PlayStation 4.
December’s Best-Selling Games
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Madden NFL 20
- NBA 2K20
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Pokemon Sword
- Mario Kart 8
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Pokemon Shield
- Minecraft
Best-Selling Games of 2019
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- NBA 2K20
- Madden NFL20
- Borderlands 3
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Kingdom Hearts 3
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
- Mario Kart 8
Best-Selling Games of the Decade (2010-2019)
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Call of Duty: WW2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Minecraft
Source: IGN.com Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is December 2019's Best-Selling Game