February 2020 NPD results have Call of Duty: Modern Warfare back on top

A slow month sees no new releases in the top 20.

What you need to know


The February 2020 NPD results are in.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returned as the top seller for the month.
No new releases made it into the top 20 games sold.
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console for the month.


Every month, the NPD Group releases information on the top-selling games across all video game platforms in the United States. While it doesn't account for worldwide sales, it does provide a good snapshot of one the largest video game markets. Mat Piscatella, an analyst for NPD, has shared the results for February 2020. For this month, data was tracked from February 2, 2020 through February 29, 2020.

For the month of February, things were extremely slow as no new releases made it into the top 20 for the month. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game overall and on Xbox One.

To the shock of no one, the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in dollar sales and units...