The NPD report for March 2019 was released today, which includes lists of the top-selling games of March 2019 as well as the top selling games of 2019 so far. At the top of the March 2019 charts were Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Rounding out the top five were MLB 19: The Show, Devil May Cry 5, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. So, at least for March, the top 5 games were mostly new releases.
The full March 2019 chart of the top 10 best-selling games from the NPD reads:
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- MLB 19: The Show
- Devil May Cry 5
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Red Dead Redemption II
- NBA 2K19
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Yoshi's Crafted World
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IV
As for the year so far, Kingdom Hearts III remains the best-selling game this year (it's also the best-selling game in the series, having eclipsed the total sales for the original Kingdom Hearts already), with The Division 2, Anthem, Capcom's Resident Evil 2, and Red Dead Redemption 2 rounding out the top spots.
The best selling games of 2019 so far are:
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Anthem
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Jump Force
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IV
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe