Laut der NPD Group wird "Red Dead Redemption 2" in diesem Jahr "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4" und "Battlefield V" hinter sich lassen.
Die Analysten der NPD Group sind der Ansicht, dass "Red Dead Redemption 2" in diesem Jahr das bestverkaufte Spiel sein wird, zumindest was die USA betrifft. Es folgen "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4" und "Battlefield V". Ausserdem wurden noch einige andere Prognosen abgegeben.
Prognose: Top-10-Spiele im Jahr 2018 in den USA
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Battlefield V
- NBA 2K19
- Far Cry 5
- Madden NFL 19
- Fallout 76
- God of War
- Monster Hunter: World
- Marvel's Spider-Man
Weitere Prognosen im englischen Original
- Driven by the launches of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo Switch will be the best-selling console of the fourth quarter in unit sales, while also elevating the platform to be the best-selling console of the year.
- By year’s end, the time aligned installed base of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will exceed that of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox by 6 percent and will be ahead of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by at least 30 percent.
- All three current generation consoles will each generate at least 4m units sold in 2018. Total 2018 hardware sales across all console and portable platforms should exceed 17.5m units, the highest total achieved in the U.S. market since 2012.
- Headset and gamepad sales will continue to show very strong growth rates through the rest of 2018, with high double-digit growth shown in the fourth quarter for both accessory types.
- Physical video game title release count will exceed 400 unique titles, finishing the year up at least 15 percent when compared to 2017.
- Physical video game software dollar sales will finish the year with growth of at least 8 percent when compared to a year ago, while digital full-game sales will continue to grow at double digit percentage rates.