US Charts: Spider-Man enjoys biggest PlayStation launch ever

There is a lot of headlines coming out of the latest NPD Group report (North American video game sales statistics), detailing sales that occurred during the September tracking period. Interestingly this also included a couple of big early October releases. The biggest one is that Spider-Man had an absolutely massive launch month. In fact, it was the biggest launch of any exclusive on a PlayStation platform of all time and it's one month performance slotted the game as third in the overall sales this calendar year behind Far Cry 5 and God of War. Another little factoid is that Spider-Man sales was 37% higher than all previous launch months of Spider-Man games combined.

NBA 2K19 also had a brilliant start setting a new record for "launch dollar sales" for any sports game in NPD history. Assassin's Creed Odyssey had a massive first-day (only day tracked in this month's NPD) landing in third while Forza Horizon 4 had a couple days more and managed a franchise launch best. Unsurprisingly, PlayStation 4 was the best-selling hardware platform (highest September sales since 2014, not counting plug-in consoles). Overall, sales were up 7% year-on-year, largely thanks to increased sales of accessories (game cards in particular).

1. Spider-Man / Sony
2. NBA 2K19 / 2K Sports
3. Assassin's Creed Odyssey / Ubisoft
4. FIFA 19 / EA Sports
5. Shadow of the Tomb Raider / Square Enix
6. Madden NFL 19 / EA Sports
7. Forza Horizon 4 / Microsoft
8. Destiny 2 / Activision
9. Super Mario Party / Nintendo
10. NHL 19 / EA Sports
11. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age / Square Enix
12. WWE 2K19 / 2K Sports
13. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
14. Mario Kart 8 / Nintendo
15. Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker / Bandai Namco
16. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege / Ubisoft
17. Crash Bandicoot: N Sane Trilogy / Activision
18. Super Mario Odyssey / Nintendo
19. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Nintendo
20. Minecraft / Microsoft

Thanks, GI.biz.