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PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch: This generation's best-selling games in the US so far

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the Nintendo Switch's top performer in the US.

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NPD Group tracks video game sales in the US, and on Monday released a refreshed list of the best-selling games on each current-generation console. You may be surprised to know that the top-selling game on both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One was a game originally released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360: Grand Theft Auto V . Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe took the Switch's top spot.

The rest of the lists were comprised mostly of franchise titles, which will come as no surprise. Call of Duty: WWII, Black Ops 3 and Black Ops 4 were all top-five best sellers on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, along with Red Dead Redemption II (which took No. 2 on PS4 and No. 5 on Xbox One).

Exclusives appear to hit harder on the PS4, with Marvel's Spider-Man and God of War being the sixth and eighth best-selling games respectively on Sony's console. Microsoft's top 10 included no exclusives. Sorry, Master Chief.

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As you'd expect, it's very much a Mario party over in Nintendo Switch land. Mario games took five of the top 10 spots. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was No. 2, while Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee! made No. 7 and 8 respectively. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , meanwhile, came in third.

Check out the full lists below:

PlayStation 4

  1. Grand Theft Auto V (Sept. 2013)
  2. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Oct. 2018)
  3. Call of Duty: WWII (Nov. 2017)
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Oct. 2018)
  5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Nov. 2015)
  6. Marvel's Spider-Man (Sept. 2018)
  7. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Nov. 2016)
  8. God of War (April 2018)
  9. NBA 2K18 (Sept. 2017)
  10. Battlefield 1 (Oct. 2016)

Nintendo Switch

  1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (April 2017)
  2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Dec. 2018)
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (March 2017)
  4. Super Mario Odyssey (Oct. 2017)
  5. Super Mario Party (Oct. 2018)
  6. Splatoon 2 (July 2017)
  7. Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Nov. 2018)
  8. Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! (Nov. 2018)
  9. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Aug. 2017)
  10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Jan. 2019)

Xbox One

  1. Grand Theft Auto V (Sept. 2013)
  2. Call of Duty: WWII (Nov. 2017)
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Nov. 2015)
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Oct. 2018)
  5. Red Dead Redemption II (Oct. 2018)
  6. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Nov. 2016)
  7. Battlefield 1 (Oct. 2016)
  8. Star Wars Battlefront (Nov. 2015)
  9. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Nov. 2014)
  10. Destiny 2 (Sept. 2017)