Analyst: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Will be the Best-Selling Game in the US in 2019 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 January 2020 / 4,253 Views
US Video Games Industry Analyst at NPD Mat Piscatella in a new report predicts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be the best-selling game in the US in 2019. This would be the ninth time out of 11 years a Call of Duty game would be the best-selling game in the US.
NBA 2K20 is predicted to be the second best-selling game in the US, which is up one spot from last year. Madden NFL 20 is expected to be in third.
Piscatella forecasts the annual sales for the Nintendo Switch will hit numbers not seen in the US since the Xbox 360 in 2011.
The Switch will be the only console to see an increase in sales year-on-year, according to Piscatella. The decrease in PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hardware sales will do enough to see a decline in hardware revenue in 2019 by 12 percent to $4.4 billion.
Despite the decline in overall hardware sales, software sales are expected to increase year-on-year by nine percent to $37.8 billion. Accessory sales are expected to drop eight percent to $2.2 billion.
Total spending in the video game industry in the US in 2019 is forecasted to increase six percent year-over-year to $44.6 billion.
Piscatella is saying that 2019 might be the last year as "business as usual" for the video game industry. This is due to the launch of new consoles from Microsoft and Sony, the Xbox Scarlett and PlayStation 5, respectively. The potential success of streaming services such as Google Stadia and Apple Arcade might disrupt the market.
Growth in Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Now and Nintendo Switch Online are expected for the rest of this year.
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
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A new generation of Pokémon will sell less than Borderlands 3, Mortal Kombat 11, Kingdom Hearts 3 and The Division 2? Idk about that one chief, only if you are really expecting people to only buy Pokémon digitally.
@trunkswd That's fair. I wasn't considering the fact that all platforms are combined for multiplat games there. A lot of things stacked agains PKMN on that one, right? Like, at least they should combine Sword and Shield into a single game. Most people will only buy one or the other anyway.
I dont think either pokemon will be below borderlands or kingdom hearts... I know it's the only exclusive up there, and counted separately, but assuming it's the one they think will be the higher seller, that means he thinks that pokemon wont do that well? I'm thinking pokemon will cruise to 12 or 13 million before the end of the year... so one of the versions will at minimum be 7 million or so? I may be way off, I dont know.
Modern Warfare is gonna be one of the better selling CoD titles ever. Nothing this year will even compare sales wise.
Wow. Edgy prediction.
O RLY?
And oxygen is crucial to human life.
In other news, the sun will rise in the east tomorrow
Uhhh. No shit.
Since this is his day job, I'd say... "Don't quit your side gig".
Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste. This is all works by Activision and EA since 2011, great jobs "gamers" to continue to buy this.
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