

If the parameters were extended to the top 50 best sellers, only eight newcomers would manage to make the grade and one of those titles is Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Over the course of a year, a couple of titles monopolize an overpowering majority of the cash, so publishers tend to push brands that have proven capable of shifting units. A quick look at 2018's best selling games confirms that the vast majority are sequels or based on a pre-existing license.įocusing exclusively on consoles, VGChartz estimates that Detroit: Become Humanis 2018's best selling new IP, but Quantic Dream's interactive movie fails to even make the top 15 highest grossing releases of the year.

Gaming has always been an expensive medium, but additional zeroes continue to be scribbled at the end of price tags as developers try to one-up themselves. As a whole, the industry is growing at an unprecedented rate, but the profit margin is not equally distributed between the different studios.
