You may have seen last night that Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite sold a combined total of 735,926 units in the U.S. during the month of October 2020. These figures were from sales tracking group NPD and just goes to show how popular the Switch continues to be in the United States. Today, the company has released sales figures for the best-selling video games during the month of October. It was EA’s FIFA 21 which claimed the No.1 spot for the month followed by another EA sporting title Madden NFL 21. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit seems to have been a sales success as it entered the top ten at No.5, which is great. Here’s the top ten best-sellers.
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| Rank | Last Month Rank | October 2020 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales | Publisher |
| 1 | NEW | FIFA 21 | Electronic Arts |
| 2 | 3 | Madden NFL 21 | Electronic Arts |
| 3 | NEW | Watch Dogs: Legion | Ubisoft |
| 4 | NEW | NHL 21 | Electronic Arts |
| 5 | NEW | Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit | Nintendo |
| 6 | 2 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars* | Nintendo |
| 7 | 8 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons* | Nintendo |
| 8 | 9 | Star Wars: Squadrons | Electronic Arts |
| 9 | 6 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 10 | 11 | Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time | Activision Blizzard (Corp) |
| 11 | 10 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe* | Nintendo |
NPD tracks physical sales at retailers, but it also gets digital data directly from publishers. But not every company participates. For example, Nintendo doesn’t share its first-party digital sales, and Activision Blizzard does not provide its Battle.net sales, and Take-Two doesn’t always share its digital sales.
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