{"id":106263,"date":"2019-12-27T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/the_top_five_games_that_appeared_in_npds_best-selling_charts_the_most_over_the_past_decade"},"modified":"2019-12-27T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:00:00","slug":"the-top-five-games-that-appeared-in-npds-best-selling-charts-the-most-over-the-past-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/27\/the-top-five-games-that-appeared-in-npds-best-selling-charts-the-most-over-the-past-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Five Games That Appeared In NPD&#8217;s Best-Selling Charts The Most Over The Past Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/765ed91c65495\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/765ed91c65495\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Breath Of The Wild\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/765ed91c65495\/breath-of-the-wild.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/765ed91c65495\/breath-of-the-wild.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Breath Of The Wild\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As we get closer to the end of another decade, NPD video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella has been sharing interesting data about software and hardware trends. His latest tweet highlights the top five games that made &#8220;the most&#8221; appearances on the NPD Group&#8217;s top 20 best-selling video games chart within the US over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>As you might have already guessed, Rockstar&#8217;s <strong>Grand Theft Auto V<\/strong> takes out the top spot, with a total of 74 appearances. Coming in at second place is Mojang&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a><\/strong> game with 73 appearances. After this is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/mario_kart_8\">Mario Kart 8<\/a><\/strong> with 37 appearances, followed by the new <strong>Rainbow Six<\/strong> game with 34 appearances. And in fifth place is Nintendo&#8217;s massive open-world adventure, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We still have 1 month to go in the &#8217;10s, but here are the titles with the most appearances on The NPD Group&#8217;s US top 20 best-selling Video Games chart in the decade:<br \/>74 &#8211; GTAV<br \/>73 &#8211; Minecraft<br \/>37 &#8211; Mario Kart 8<br \/>34 &#8211; TCR6:S<br \/>30 &#8211; TLoZ:BoTW<br \/>Much more to come when Dec data is out.<\/span>\u2014 Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatPiscatella\/status\/1210249394060021760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As noted by Mat, there&#8217;s still technically a month of the decade to go. He intends to share an update when the December data arrives.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you at all surprised by this list? Share your thoughts below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get closer to the end of another decade, NPD video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella has been sharing interesting data about software and hardware trends. 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