 Hey everyone Sorry for my video coming rather late today. Actually had a few videos planned today, but it's been a very hectic day And I have a very hectic weekend ahead as well But it is what it is I am giving away a hundred dollars cash money for those curious head on down to the description of the pink comment to enter Now let's talk about the N NPD So the NPD report came out today courtesy of Matt Piscatella for those who don't know Matt Piscatella works for the NPD So there literally is no more official source on US video game sales then Matt Piscatella and there's a lot of very very interesting things In this and yes folks Nintendo switch for those curious is still the number one selling platform for the month of March in the United States That's now over two years like I don't even know it's like 25 26 straight months of the Nintendo switch being the top seller in terms of units Every single month and yes, that is an N Pd record every month it extends is a new record. So switch just keeps Breaking sales records now. It also was the number one System for dollar sales and that's interesting since PlayStation 5 is typically since launch been the best dollar sales platform After all PlayStation 5 cost two hundred dollars more than a switch If you're getting the one version or a hundred dollars more if you get the all-digital version either way both are more expensive than switch So you could sell significantly less units but make more money That being said switch actually topped both this month Also speaking of system sales, it's not as if things are going bad from PlayStation 5 While there was no sales updates Surprisingly for Xbox and maybe this is just because Phil Spencer and Microsoft have chosen not to share Figures so it's possible that unless the system was at the top of the charts that we're not going to hear about it But PlayStation 5 is also setting records. So people always accuse me that hey, you never say anything positive Well, PlayStation 5 but here's something extremely positive for Sony and this is why a lot of the negativity Surrounding some of the decisions they made some of the Japanese stuff probably doesn't mean squat to Sony Because guess what PlayStation 5 right now at five months out is the fastest selling video game console in terms of units and dollars in Video game history in the United States. That's right There has not been a system a platform hand-held or otherwise that has sold faster in the first five months on the market then PlayStation 5 and it's crazy because you know everyone figures. Hey look, you know, Sony's not making enough PlayStation 5 Sony's not making enough PlayStation 5 The demand is insane first PlayStation 5 And the thing is the demand is also insane for switch. You want to know how you know demand is insane for switch When you go to any outlet Imperson out there because they are selling in person switches Pretty much the switch that docks with your TV is sold out everywhere all the time like the moment a new shipment comes in It's gone switch lights stay on the shelves because we're not as interested in switch light in the United States Actually switch light really only has some interest in Japan and even then they would prefer the OG switch if there was more of them So yeah switch is also in short supply, but Nintendo obviously has that supply chain Clicking a bit better hence why we're getting more switches out there and thus higher sales Everything's in stupid high demand. And yeah, we all know Xbox has been sold out in the US too We just don't know what the sales are we assume It's behind like the only time we've heard sales at all was when it Was 1 million units behind the launch sales the PlayStation 5 launch sales were at 4.5 million for PlayStation 5 They were a 3.5 million for Xbox and that's really the last time we've heard anything on Xbox sales So it is what it is We don't actually have exact data and I'm sure Sony will give us some exact data here soon on PlayStation 5 Well, then never hear exact data for Xbox So that's kind of the sad thing is a lot of the console sales are now really Nintendo versus Sony Maybe that's the way it should be. I don't know but especially with Microsoft focusing so much on services Speaking of Microsoft services What's very interesting is that there was a certain game that came out last month That was on game pass day one that game being out riders Outriders actually had a really nice debut on PlayStation platforms and Xbox platforms It debuted it at number three best-selling on both Platforms and it's really interesting because that does not include anyone who played it on game pass because game pass is a subscription service It's not a retail sale because NPD tracks retail sales. So Despite being on game pass. It doesn't look like it actually hurt the sales of the game Now that is what made this so interesting and it's going to be interesting to see with MLB the show as well coming up because People kind of figured hey look if a games on game pass It's gonna tank on Xbox platforms in terms of actual sales Looks like that's not the case at all. People are still buying games. So Hey, it is what it is. Oh, you know, you can obviously see some mental gymnastics and argue Well, maybe game sales in general are just significantly lower on Xbox. So yeah, it's at number three But number three out of you know, barely anyone buying anything. Yes That is some mental gymnastics you can attempt to do if you want But according to Matt Piscotel has sold really well on both platforms and that is that that that's just an important note For anyone who thinks game pass is just gonna kill game sales kind of looks like game passes Just working hand-in-hand with game sale. It's just another option. So is what it is moving on We now have some great news on monster monster hunter Well, we do a great news on monster hunter before I get to that Mario Kart 8 deluxe right been on the market forever Well, guess what it jumped up to number six during the month of March and it is now officially the best selling racing game of all time in United States history There is not any other racing game that has sold more than Mario Kart 8 deluxe That means Mario Kart 8 deluxe is not only is the best selling racing game and Smash Bros Is the best selling fighting game? I wonder how many other genres Nintendo can maybe get best selling ever at It's gonna be hard, you know for animal crossing because you got the Sims and other games like that that are really huge But I don't know man Nintendo just they're really killing it Mario Kart 8 deluxe isn't even technically a new game That's like a Wii U port. All right moving on to monster hunter So obviously much under rise came out at the end of last month. I think it was March 26th. If I remember right Here's the deal it debuted at number two for the entire month across all platforms Obviously number one on Nintendo switch, but here's what's really interesting for it Well, it was only in the market for a few days before the end of the month Here's the thing it is actually the second highest in terms of dollar sales game in monster hunter history So it made more money than any other monster hunter game in US history Except for monster hunter world and we're not you might be thinking oh you're just talking launch. No Lifetime sales. So monster hunter 4 monster 3 monster try all those monster games that came out in the past Collectively made less money than monster hunter rise made in like three days The only game that's made more than it is monster hunter world in that franchise Monster hunter world, you know, obviously had a lot more data than just launch month because it's the lifetime sales of the game so could monster hunter rise become the best-selling and You know the most profitable monster hunter game for Capcom of all time in the US We'll have to see obviously if you only have one month of sales Well, we'll see what happens in month two here if the sales have continued to kill it this month Or if the hype is died down. Well, we don't know I'm not sure what the tail sales are going to be I know they're doing decent in Japan, but that's Japan where monster hunter has always had a huge appeal So we'll see but that's really good news from Capcom, of course I'm really good news for anyone that's hoping for more monster hunter games on switch because that's that's a lot of money Capcom's got to be liking what monster hunter rise is doing on Nintendo switch And this isn't even counting that it comes to PC next year. So there's gonna be some some extra sales then as well. All right With the first quarter of 2021 complete the first three months Switch is the unit leader, which isn't a surprise Which was the number one selling system every single month this year in terms of units But PlayStation 5 does have a slight edge in terms of dollar sales So PlayStation 5 actually led in dollar sales in January February So even though switch won dollar sales in March, it wasn't enough to overtake the overall dollar sales Profit for PlayStation 5 for the years so far, and I feel like this is gonna be like a it's really Nintendo versus Sony Going on out So yeah, that's that's cool. Now. I will briefly touch upon the top selling games on each platform Just because I know some people don't want to dig through all the data There there's just a lot of data even though it's a huge thread on Twitter There is is a ton of ton of data. So let's just go with the top 20 sellers overall So at number one we have Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War reclaiming is number one spot It's been at number one a lot the last year We have Master Hunter Rise at number two Outriders at number three Super Mario 3d World at number four That was number one last month. We have Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales at number five. We have Mario Kart 8 I'm assuming that's eight deluxe. They just don't have the deluxe part on there at number six We have Assassin's Creed Valhalla at number seven. We have Animal Crossing New Horizons at number eight We have Super Mario 3d All-Stars at number nine Minecraft at number ten Call of Duty Modern Warfare from 2019 at number 11 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at number 12 Pokemon Sword and Shield at 13 Mortal Kombat 11 at number 14 Crash Bandicoot 4 it's about time at number 15 What's interesting about that is that was at number 65 the month before But last month Crash Bandicoot 4 is about time launched on switch so that you know 50 You know ranking jump was thanks to the switch release. So We'll see. I don't know if that was really really I presume that's really good sales. I have no idea Third-party games are selling. So we have Breath of the Wild chiming in here at number 16 Madden NFL 21 at number 17 NBA 2k 21 at number 18 Super Mario Party at number 19 and then FIFA 21 rounding out the top 20 at number 20 Now that was for all platforms. Now, let's go a year to date So this is year to date top 10. So this is basically january february march What are the best selling games in uh in you know United states For the first quarter of the year Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is at number one Super Mario 3D worlds at number two Marvel spider-man number three monster hunter rise already is at number four Assassin's Creed Valhalla at five mario kart 8 at six minecraft at seven Madden NFL 21 at eight animal crossing new horizons at 10 and then outriders that just came out as well at number 10 All right. So now we get to the individual platforms Um, so nintendo, uh, which is all switch by the way that these are not anything else We have uh monster hunter rise at number one for march We have followed by super mario 3d world then mario kart 8 that animal crossing new horizons Super mario 3d also our super smash brills ultimate then pokemon sword and shield then breath of the wild then at number nine We got super mario party and rounding out that 10 is luigi's mansion 3 glad to see the luigi's mansion 3 getting some love On playstation platforms. So this would include playstation 4 and playstation 5 We have call of duty black ops cold war at number one Marvel spider-man miles morales at number two outriders at three assassin screed valhalla at four Madden at five call of duty modern warfare at six minecraft at seven goes to shishima at eight mba 2k 21 at nine and mortal combat at number 11 Now getting into xbox We have on this would include xbox one and xbox series s slash x We have call of duty black ops cold war at number one assassin screed valhalla at number two Outriders at three call of duty modern warfare 2019 at four mortal combat 11 at five madden nfl 21 at six forza horizon four at number seven It takes two, baby God, i'd love that probably just got copyright claim that it takes two at number eight marvel's adventures at number nine and watch dogs legion Coming in at number 10 for last month. So uh good sales all around I would say everyone's probably pretty pleased with the way things are going obviously Nintendo sony and xbox continue to have supply issues continue to be um, it's not really supply issues It's demand issues demand is insane these platform holders have to be extremely pleased with how high demand is so Hey more power to them. Uh, that is your mpd Uh for march man took 13 plus minutes to get through it all But you know what it was worth it because it is awesome not a lot of opinions in this one other than hey Everyone's killing it the industry is the healthiest. It's maybe ever been so Take that for what you will. All right folks. I'm the thinner over dance from the center prime and I'll catch you in the next video