January 2019 NPD: Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2 Make Strong Debuts

The January 2019 NPD numbers have been released, so let’s take a look at this month’s results. According to VentureBeat and NPD analyst Mat Piscatella, Kingdom Hearts III topped the charts as the number one game for January, the first time a Kingdom Hearts game has done so. Resident Evil 2 also performed extremely well and was the second-highest on the charts.

The Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console for January 2019. Additionally, it was the only console that showed growth year-over-year. With that said, hardware sales were still down year-over-year.

Here are the numbers for January 2019 NPD:

• Total: $893 million (Down 19% from $1,101 million in January 2018)
• Hardware: $199 million (down 28% from $278 million)
• PC and console software: $427 million (down 18% compared to $520 million)
• Accessories: $267 million (down 12% from $303 million)

Here’s the January 2019 game sales rankings (based on dollar sales, not units):

• Kingdom Hearts III
• Resident Evil 2 2019
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII**
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
• NBA 2K19
• Mario Kart 8*
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Madden NFL 19**
• Tales Of Vesperia
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
• Battlefield V**
• Super Mario Party*
• Minecraft#
• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• FIFA 19**
• Super Mario Odyssey*

* Digital sales not included
** PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft sales include all physical & digital on PlayStation and Xbox platforms

Here’s the bestselling games on January 2019 by platform: 

PlayStation 4

• Kingdom Hearts III
• Resident Evil 2 2019
• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
• NBA 2K19
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Madden NFL 19
• Battlefield V

Xbox One 

• Resident Evil 2 2019
• Kingdom Hearts III
• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
• Sea Of Thieves
• NBA 2K19
• Battlefield V
• Madden NFL 19
• Grand Theft Auto V

Nintendo Switch 

• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Mario Kart 8
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Super Mario Party
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu
• Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee
• Splatoon 2
• Tales of Vesperia

For more information, please consult Mat Piscatella’s thread here and VentureBeat here. If you’d like to see the results for the December 2018 NPD charts, check here.