NPD August 2020: Switch more than doubles 2019 unit sales; sets new August dollar sales record

[Ike★ 2,906]

August 2020's Best-Selling Games

 

Madden NFL 21

UFC 4

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Ghost of Tsushima

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Ring Fit Adventure

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Mortal Kombat 11

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Last of Us Part 2

Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition

PGA Tour 2K21

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Super Mario Party

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Super Mario Odyssey

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Luigi's Mansion 3

 

[Goukosan 2,249]

Switch with the highest unit sales in August for a console in US history. 

 

As far as overall videogame systems its 2nd only to the DS in 2009.

 

Top 3 August of the generation (units):

1/ [NSW 2020] between 482k and 553
2/ [NSW 2019] 241k
3/ [PS4 2015] 208k

Top 3 August ever in units:

1/ [NDS 2009] 553k
2  [NSW 2020] between 482k and 553

3 [NDS 2008] 518k

Top 2 August ever in dollar sales:

1/ [NSW 2020]
2/ [Wii 2008] (453k units sold)

 

 

Edited September 14, 2020 by Goukosan

[Hot Sauce 2,727]

Cliff is coming. Hope you nerds enjoy this while it lasts.

[Mr. Impossible 407]

Even with covid the switch sales baffle me. Tbf it's the wii all over again where all the non gamer person I know got one for some reason. 

[Playstation Tablet 1,723]

15 minutes ago, Liquid said:

Even with covid the switch sales baffle me. Tbf it's the wii all over again where all the non gamer person I know got one for some reason. 

Unlike Wii though switch is a good console. 

[Goukosan 2,249]

29 minutes ago, Liquid said:

Even with covid the switch sales baffle me. Tbf it's the wii all over again where all the non gamer person I know got one for some reason. 

Didn't you just purchase a Switch? 

[Ike★ 2,906]

Mario this month too is gonna kill. I'm hoping I can still pick up my copy in store on Friday at Walmart. I usually like getting there in-store since all new Switch games are $50. Mario though, is sold out almost everywhere online and is making me worry about supply of physical copies.

[Remij 4,666]

What year is this, 2017? 

 

[Cooke 2,026]

52 minutes ago, Liquid said:

Even with covid the switch sales baffle me. Tbf it's the wii all over again where all the non gamer person I know got one for some reason. 

Old ladies arent buying Switch

[Ike★ 2,906]

Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition

 

Sure happy that MS games are getting sales.

[Goukosan 2,249]

17 minutes ago, Ike said:

Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition

 

Sure happy that MS games are getting sales.

 

MS best selling game is on another console....lmao at Xbox

[Literal Nazi Rudolf Hess 278]

I need a switch pro now 

[-GD-X★ 7,728]

8 minutes ago, Literal Nazi Rudolf Hess said:

I need a switch pro now 

that would be great! i have put off some of its games because they look like ass in mobile mode. 

[Mr. Impossible 407]

2 hours ago, Goukosan said:

Didn't you just purchase a Switch? 

My gf did. One of the big things during the quarantine was people we knew using animal crossing and her two nieces got it so she was amped to get one. 

[Mr. Impossible 407]

1 hour ago, -GD- said:

that would be great! i have put off some of its games because they look like ass in mobile mode. 

Lol yesterday my gf was playing the Zelda level in animal crossing and the game was lagging as fuck. I mean it's very detailed for animal crossing but the fact that it couldn't keep it at a steady frame rate is ridiculous.

 

I do like how BOTW the actual game looks but I honestly have ps2 gf remasters that look better than most things I've seen on switch so far. 

[-GD-X★ 7,728]

4 minutes ago, Liquid said:

Lol yesterday my gf was playing the Zelda level in animal crossing and the game was lagging as fuck. I mean it's very detailed for animal crossing but the fact that it couldn't keep it at a steady frame rate is ridiculous.

 

I do like how BOTW the actual game looks but I honestly have ps2 gf remasters that look better than most things I've seen on switch so far. 

games like mario rabbids and zelda link's awakening look great in handheld mode. others....not so much lol

[Literal Nazi Rudolf Hess 278]

I honestly hardly play it mobile. I just really like Nintendo games and I want them to look better.

[Goukosan 2,249]

41 minutes ago, Liquid said:

Lol yesterday my gf was playing the Zelda level in animal crossing and the game was lagging as fuck. I mean it's very detailed for animal crossing but the fact that it couldn't keep it at a steady frame rate is ridiculous.

 

I do like how BOTW the actual game looks but I honestly have ps2 gf remasters that look better than most things I've seen on switch so far. 

[Mr. Impossible 407]

7 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

Lol shadow of the collosus on ps3 looks better than most switch games I've seen. I do concede that Nintendo's not in the graphics lane so it's not like they failed because they weren't actually going that route. 

[jehurey 3,222]

Switch administratin' an ass-whooping.

 

 

If the PS4 had come out one year later, and the Switch come out one year earlier, the Switch would have already surpassed the PS4 in sales by now.