Anthem Sales Soar As It Takes the Top Spot for February

February 2019’s NPD results are in, and there’s a lot to unpack. Most notably, there the fact that Anthem came out as the top seller of the month. That’s right, even with its mediocre critical reception, it still managed to outsell every other game and is now the number two best-selling game of the year, behind Kingdom Hearts III. In addition to that, Jump Force, a game that also didn’t blow people away, became the number two best selling-game of February.

Below you can see the full list of February’s top sellers:

Anthem

Jump Force

Kingdom Hearts III

Far Cry New Dawn

Red Dead Redemption II

Resident Evil 2 2019

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Metro: Exodus

NBA 2K19

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Mario Kart 8

Grand Theft Auto V

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Minecraft

Super Mario Party

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Madden NFL 19

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Most of the games appearing on that list aren’t too terribly surprising, and what best-seller list is complete without the presence of Grand Theft Auto V? It’s great to see Resident Evil 2 and Metro Exodus breaking the top 10, as well as Far Cry New Dawn in the top 5.

The NPD results also detail 2019’s top-selling games so far:

Kingdom Hearts III

Anthem

Resident Evil 2 2019

Jump Force

Red Dead Redemption II

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

NBA 2K19

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Again, there is nothing too surprising there and, since it’s still early in the year, that list will not look the same when the holiday season comes around.

Other interesting points cover the total revenue for the month of February, which reached $1.047 billion, as well as $277 million for hardware sales and $457 million for PC and console software.

Does it surprise you that Anthem sold so well? Let us know in the comments!

[Source: ResetEra]