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Most-Sold Games of 2014 Include GTA V, Call of Duty, and Super Smash Bros.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare topped sales charts for 2014, as well as the month of December.

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The top selling game of 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, according to NPD sales data received today. Sales included physical retail numbers across all platforms, including PC. Overall annual video game sales totalled at $13.10 billion, up from 2013's total of $12.94 billion. This marks a one percent increase in physical retail sales.

The top ten games sold for last year is listed below. Note that the figures only represent physical retail, and do not account for digital or pre-owned game sales, nor does it account for games that were sold in a bundle with hardware.

  1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)
  2. Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, XBO, PS3)
  3. Destiny (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3)
  4. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
  5. Minecraft (360, PS3, XBO, PS4)
  6. Super Smash Bros. (3DS, NWU)
  7. NBA 2K15 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
  8. Watch Dogs (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC, NWU)
  9. FIFA 15 (360, PS4, XBO, PS3, Wii, 3DS, PSV)
  10. Call Of Duty: Ghosts (360, PS3, XBO, PS4, NWU, PC)

In addition to being the best-selling game of 2014, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare also topped physical retail sales for the Christmas period in the month of December, followed by Rockstar Games' open-world action game Grand Theft Auto V. EA Sports' American football game Madden NFL 15 was the third best-selling game in the month of December.

NPD executive director David Riley added that "3DS games Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire would make the top ten software list when ranked on a SKU basis rather than a title basis." The full list for the top selling games of December is below.

  1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)
  2. Grand Theft Auto V (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3)
  3. Madden NFL 15 (360, XBO, PS4, PS3)
  4. Super Smash Bros. (NWU, 3DS)
  5. NBA 2K15 (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)
  6. Minecraft (360, XBO, PS3, PS4)
  7. Far Cry 4 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
  8. Just Dance 2015 (Wii, 360, NWU, XBO, PS4, PS3)
  9. Destiny (XBO, 360, PS4, PS3)
  10. FIFA 15 (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, Wii, 3DS, PSV)

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