If you’re ever looking for information on video games sales, it can be difficult to find accurate information. Some sources are famously dubious, while others are unclear about whether they’re presenting global numbers or regional numbers. Well, if you’re interested in video games sales numbers for the United States specifically, a great source is Mat Piscatella from NPD.
NPD United States Video Game Charts
Let’s start by talking about NPD. The NPD Group does a lot of things, but the most relevant to this site is the fact that they track video games sales in the United States. For example, here are their most recent numbers, for October 2019:
If that chart looks familiar, we recently talked about these specific numbers in a post about The Outer Worlds. Anyways, it’s nice being able to go to a reliable source to find out how well certain games are selling (in the United States, at least). Keep in mind that there are certain caveats to these numbers. For example, as you can see above, Luigi’s Mansion 3’s number are only for physical sales.
Mat Piscatella Twitter
Unfortunately, that link above will only show you the top 10 best selling games in the United States for the most recent months, so you can only get new information each month. If you want more information on video games sales, follow Mat Piscatella on Twitter! He occasionally fields questions about video games sales from fans. For example, he recently asked if anyone was looking for obscure sales charts:
Anyone have an obscure sales ranking chart they’d like to see?
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 25, 2019
Someone immediately asked about the best-selling Nokia N-Gage games (look it up if you were too young in 2003 to remember it), and he obliged:
Twitter user @ExareGames asked for the best-selling games on Nokia N-Gage. Perfect first question. The best-selling game on the Nokia N-Gage is Sonic N. Today I learned about an N-Gage game named Sonic N. pic.twitter.com/buwvTuuByP
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 25, 2019
He also answered questions about the best-selling fighting games on each current console and the best-selling games on certain systems, among others. On top of things like this, he also has some nice video game sales analysis on there. For example, he recently talked about how he did not expect VR to catch on in the mainstream in a few tweets.
Of all the possibilities for gaming’s future, the market opportunities are in breaking down barriers for players, making it easier for people to play and to connect with others. VR, by it’s very nature, doesn’t work that way. VR can be a successful niche, but a small one.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 26, 2019
Anyways, as you can see, Mat Piscatella’s Twitter page is a great place for in-depth video games sales analysis. If you’re a nerd gamer that care about this type of thing (like me), I recommend following him. Enjoy!
