Modern Warfare is already 2019’s best-selling game in the US

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is 2019’s best-selling game in the US year-to-date based on dollar sales, according to data from retail monitor the NPD Group.

With the game having released on October 25 and NPD’s reporting period covering October 6 to November 2, Activision’s shooter achieved the feat in just nine days.

The Outer Worlds, which has outperformed publisher Take-Two’s expectations, debuted at No.2 on the monthly software chart, ahead of fellow new release Luigi’s Mansion 3.

Other new entries included WWE 2K20 at No.7 and Ring Fit Adventure at No.10.

NPD said monthly software sales fell 37% year-over-year to $620 million, while year-to-date software sales are down 7% to $4.5 billion.

Hardware spending in October 2019 fell 41% year-over-year to $182 million. With only Switch recording growth in 2019, year-to-date hardware spending is down 23% year-over-year to $2.1 billion.

NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said that after six years of availability, PS4 ranks as the third fastest unit-selling home console in US history, behind only the Wii and PS2.

Combined hardware, software and accessory sales in October 2019 were $1.03 billion, down 34% from the record setting $1.57 billion in October 2018. Year-to-date consumer spending on gaming products is down 10% year-over-year to $9.3 billion.

In late September the NPD Group revealed the leading PlayStation and Xbox games of the current generation based on dollar sales.

As well as top ten charts for PS4 and Xbox One games, which were dominated by Rockstar and Call of Duty titles, it released lists of the best-selling platform exclusives too.