Every year, basketball fans look forward for months to checking out the latest NBA 2K offering. Seriously, the hype starts for months beforehand. Don’t believe us? Just check our coverage of last year’s NBA 2K18.
Every leak and tweak and update was scrutinized. Would Big Baller Brand be in the game? Who’s on the all-time teams? And of course, there is always, ALWAYS the debate about player ratings.
The game finally dropped in September, and while not everyone could agree when it came to the reviews, just about everybody bought a copy. And we mean just about everybody.
In a year-end report from the NMD Group, NBA 2K18 ended up being the biggest-selling sports video game of the year by a wide margin — and was the No. 2 selling video game of the year, full stop.
Here’s how the full top 10 list shook out:
1. Call of Duty: WWII
2. NBA 2K18
3. Destiny 2
4. Madden NFL 18
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
8. Star Wars: Battlefront II
9. Super Mario Odyssey
10. Mario Kart 8
NBA 2K18 sold approximately nine million copies worldwide, which is a whole lot of people plunking down $60 for the satisfaction of having their favorite team plow through the Warriors en route to a virtual Finals championship.
As much as is made of people lining up to get the new Madden every year, this is some nice, quantifiable proof that the NBA is kicking the NFL’s butt … at least when it comes to video games.
