Black Ops Cold War Dominates The Sales Charts
According to the NPD Group (via VentureBeat), Black Ops Cold War was the best-selling game of November 2020 and it has already become the best-selling game of the year (in the US). Keep in mind. Black Ops Cold War only released last month.
NPD Group Analyst Mat Piscatella told VentureBeat that this is the 13th year in a row where a Call of Duty title reigned as the top-selling game of its release month. Here are the top 20 games sold in November 2020.
(Games marked with a * do not include digital sales)
- 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Activision Blizzard
- 2. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – Ubisoft
- 3. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Sony
- 4. Madden NFL 21 – Electronic Arts
- 5. NBA 2K21* – Take 2 Interactive
- 6. Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity* – Nintendo
- 7. Watch Dogs: Legion – Ubisoft
- 8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo
- 9. FIFA 21 – Electronic Arts
- 10. Demon’s Souls – Sony
- 11. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe* – Nintendo
- 12. Super Mario 3D All-Stars* – Nintendo
- 13. Just Dance 2021 – Ubisoft
- 14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe* – Nintendo
- 15. Luigi’s Mansion 3* – Nintendo
- 16. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – Nintendo
- 17. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* – Nintendo
- 18. Marvel’s Avengers – Square Enix
- 19. Mortal Kombat 11 – Warner Bros. Interactive
- 20. Ghost of Tsushima – Sony
If you want to read more about the other games on this list, Piscatella breaks down many of them in the VentureBeat article. There are also statistics for November’s best-selling games on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo.
Back to Call of Duty, it’s been a highly successful year for the franchise. As previously mentioned, BOCW is already the top-selling game of 2020 so far. What’s right behind it, you may ask? Well, that would be Modern Warfare (2019). Here are the top 10 best-selling games of 2020 (so far).
(Games marked with a * do not include digital sales)
- 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Activision Blizzard
- 2. Modern Warfare – Activision Blizzard
- 3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons* – Nintendo
- 4. Madden NFL 21 – Electronic Arts
- 5. The Last Of Us Part II – Sony
- 6. Ghost Of Tsushima – Sony
- 7. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – Ubisoft
- 8. Final Fantasy VII: Remake – Square Enix
- 9. Marvel’s Avengers – Square Enix
- 10. Super Mario 3D All-Stars* – Nintendo
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