Revealed the best-selling fighting games of this generation in the USA

In NPD Groud North American reveals the most successful titles of all time in the genre of fighting games on PS4, Xbox One and Switch.

The current generation of consoles has the hours counted. With only one year left for PS5 and Xbox Project Scarlett to reach stores, from the NPD Group they have revealed which are the best-selling video games of the fighting genre on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in the United States.

Mat Piscatella, one of the main analysts of the consultancy, has revealed – without detailing specific figures – that Mortal Kombat X (2015) and Mortal Kombat 11 are the two main ones chosen by users during these last years. NetherRealm projects have worked especially well in the North American market; In fact, the podium with Injustice 2, also from NetherRealm, closes on the Sony console. In PlayStation 4 the top-5 closes with Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.

Dragon Ball FighterZ beats Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 on PS4

The lovers of the Arc System Works, whose producer we were able to interview just a few weeks ago to talk about the future of the game, will be happy to know that this classic and bi-directional production has managed to impose a global success as It is Xenoverse 2, one of the series with the longest route based on the license of Akira Toriyama

There are no surprises on Nintendo Switch: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. With more than 15 million units sold across the planet, it is also the best selling fighting game of all time. In Xbox One there are not many differences with respect to PS4, but it is surprising in the latter of the latter the absence of an exclusive console such as Street Fighter V, one of the most expensive productions of the genre in the present generation; Nor is Tekken 7 present, Bandai Namco's solution with several decades behind it.

Playstation 4

  • Mortal Kombat X
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Injustice 2
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

Nintendo Switch

  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Pokkén Tournament DX
  • ARMS
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

Xbox One

  • Mortal Kombat X
  • Injustice 2
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse

Source | Mat Piscatella – NPD Group

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