NPD Stats Point’s To Nintendo Hardware’s Strongest Year Since 2011
NPD has released the gaming industry statistics for August 2018 and it has shed quite a bit of light on Nintendo’s amazing return to form after their Wii U blunder.
According to NPD’s statistics, the Nintendo Switch has seen a year-over-year sales growth but it wasn’t alone. Nintendo’s retro console, the NES Classic also saw year-over-year growths.
In fact, Nintendo home consoles (NES, SNES Classic included) helped drive part of plug-and-play console’s 400% yearly growth, as Nintendo made comparable sales to that of the PlayStation and Xbox. This makes it Nintendo’s strongest year since 2011*.
As for popular games on the Switch, here’s NPD’s ranking for Switch and 3DS games:
Nintendo Switch
- Mario Kart 8
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Monster Hunter: Generations Ultiamte
- Mario Tennis Aces
- Octopath Traveler
- Splatoon 2
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Minecraft
3DS
- Pokemon Ultra Sun
- WarioWare: Gold
- Pokemon: Ultra Moon
- Mario Kart 7
- Super Smash Bros.
- Super Mario 3D Land
- Minecraft
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Super Mario Maker
- Mario Party: The Top 100
You can read more of NPD’s statistics for August here.
*Corrected from 2001, we apologise for the typo on our part.
