The NPD has published the results of November 2018 sales within the games industry for the United States. Total video game sales are basically the same registered last year with roughly $2.7 billion; hardware sales are up 3%, software sales are down 15% but accessories sales compensate with a 35% increase year-over-year and the all-time high of $503 million in spending.

　　This is in regards to the month of November, but the NPD data also includes year-to-date sales and they are up 16% compared to 2017. Accessories once again got the biggest jump with an impressive 35% (also an all-time high with $3.5 billion in spending), but yearly hardware and software sales are also up by 14% and 9%, respectively.

　　Interestingly, this is the first time ever that three 'home consoles' have sold more than one million units each in the month of November; more than 1.3 million units each, to be precise. Previously three consoles did sell more than one million units in November 2010, but that time one of the three platforms was the handheld Nintendo DS (the other two were the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360).

　　Moving onto software sales, Red Dead Redemption 2 managed to exceed lifetime sales of its predecessor by nearly 40% in less than two months on the market. Meanwhile, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII remains the best-selling game of the year and the second fastest-selling game in the history of both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, only behind Call of Duty: WWII.

　　Fallout 76 performed well, too, achieving the fourth place in the chart despite the fact that digital sales aren't counted for Bethesda titles (since they are not part of the Digital Leader Panel). It got the third highest launch month sales in the franchise after Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas, but again, digital sales are much more prevalent now than they were when those two games released, so it's fair to assume the total would be close or even higher.

　　You may check out the NPD Top 20 chart below.

　　All Platforms - November 2018 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales

　　Red Dead Redemption IICall of Duty: Black Ops IIIIBattlefield VFallout 76Pokemon: Lets Go PikachuPokemon: Lets Go EeveeNBA 2K19Madden NFL 19Spyro Reignited TrilogyFIFA 19Assassin's Creed: OdysseySuper Mario PartyMarvel's Spider-ManMario Kart 8WWE 2K19God of War 2018Shadow Of The Tomb RaiderJust Dance 2019Grand Theft Auto VForza Horizon 4