Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Tops NPD Charts for February 2020

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game of February 2020, according to NPD. Revealed by NPD's VG industry analyst Mat Piscatella, February 2020's spending on video game hardware, software, accessories, and game cards totaled $755 million USD, which is a 29% decline from 2019. Year-to-date 2020 spending for the same parameters totaled $1.4 billion USD, which is a 28% decline from 2019. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare topped the list of best-selling games, followed by NBA 2K20 and Grand Theft Auto V. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/20/the-biggest-games-coming-in-2020"]

February 2020's Best-Selling Games

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. NBA 2K20
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
5. Tom Clancy's The Division 2
6. Mario Kart 8
7. Ring Fit Adventure
8. Madden NFL 20
9. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
10. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
11. Minecraft
12. Luigi's Mansion 3
13. Red Dead Redemption II
14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
15. Pokemon Sword
16. Just Dance 2020
17. FIFA 20
18. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
19. Need for Speed: Heat
20. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

While Modern Warfare took the number one spot from Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot from January 2020, the latest DBZ game is still the best-selling game of 2020 YTD. However, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the best selling game over a 12-month period ending with February 2020. Tom Clancy's Division 2, which recently received the Warlords of New York expansion and went on sale for as low as $2.99 USD, returned to the best-selling chart in February 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-2020-video-game-release&captions=true"] There were also no newly released titles in February 2020 that broke the top 20 best-selling games list. The Yakuza Remastered Collection was the highest ranking new release at #33. There should be plenty of shake-ups for March 2020, however, as such titles as Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Nioh 2, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, Half-Life: Alyx, and Persona 5 Royal are all scheduled to be released. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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