Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was the Best-Selling Game in December in the US, Sets Record for an Exclusive - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2019 / 3,149 Views

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate released last December and was the best-selling game in the US during that month, according to NPD. The game also set a new record for the biggest exclusive launch ever in the US, beating out previous record holders Halo 3 and Halo: Reach.

"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate set a new launch-month dollar sales record for a platform exclusive in Video Game history," NPD Analyst Mat Piscatella told VentureBeat. "[It exceeded] the launch month dollar sales of 2010’s Halo: Reach."

Nintendo had a strong month as seven of the top 20 best-selling games of the month were on the Nintendo Switch. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is now the second best-selling racing game of all time in the US, only behind Mario Kart Wii.

Here are the top 20 best-selling games in the US for December 2018:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Red Dead Redemption II
Battlefield V
NBA 2K19
Mario Kart 8
Madden NFL 19
Super Mario Party
Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Pokemon: Lets Go Eevee
Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Just Cause 4
FIFA 19
Grand Theft Auto V
Minecraft
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Fallout 76

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.