Breath of the Wild (2 years old) thoroughly outsold Crackdown 3 (2 weeks old) in newest NPD Chart

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NPD TOP 20 CHARTS FOR FEBRUARY 2018

1. Anthem^
2. Jump Force
3. Kingdom Hearts III
4. Far Cry New Dawn
5. Red Dead Redemption II
6. Resident Evil 2 2019
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
8. Metro: Exodus^
9. NBA 2K19
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
11. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
12. Mario Kart 8*
13. Grand Theft Auto V
14. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
15. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
16. Minecraft#
17. Super Mario Party*
18. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
19. Madden NFL 19^
20. Marvel's Spider-Man

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft sales include all physical & digital on PlayStation and Xbox platforms

You have to go a really long way down the chart before you find Crackdown 3

Click to shrink...

To me, this shit is crazy on so many levels:

• Breath of the Wild is 2 years old; Crackdown 3 was two weeks old for this chart
• Breath of the Wild does not have any digital sales counted; Crackdown 3 has all digital sales counted
• With the exception of one month, I think Breath of the Wild has now charted in the top 20 persistently since launch (i.e., 23 out of 24 months)

There are some factors here that push things in BOTW's favor (Crackdown 3 has Game Pass as a consideration; Crackdown 3 was horribly received, BOTW is one of the best received games of all time), but even so, the fact that a new AAA first party exclusive in its launch month could not take down a two year old game to me is... astonishing.

Also, BOTW, you're now two years old, pls stop charting lol.

 

[Jawmuncher]

This topic can be discussed in the current NPD Thread:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/np...cry-4-metro-8-switch-1-hardware.106366/unread