Finally, what E3 summary would be complete without some predictions on 2019's best-selling titles? In the U.S. market, I anticipate The NPD Group to report that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will rank as the best-selling title of the year. NBA 2K20 and Madden NFL 20 should rank 2nd and 3rd, with Borderlands 3 and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order rounding out the top 5.
Other titles in my top 10 predictions include Mortal Kombat 11, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Death Stranding, Kingdom Hearts III and Super Mario Maker 2.
While this slate of titles will likely fail to match the overall sales volume of the 2018 slate, which included Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, it is one of the stronger transition year slates we've seen. There are a number of titles that could sneak into the list, including Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds, but if there weren't the possibility of big sales surprises it wouldn't be the Video Games market.