2019 in video games
Rank United States Japan United Kingdom
1 Call of Duty : Modern Warfare Pokémon Sword / Shield FIFA 20
2 NBA 2K20 Super Smash Bros . Ultimate Call of Duty : Modern Warfare
3 Madden NFL 20 Kingdom Hearts III Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4 Borderlands 3 Super Mario Maker 2 Star Wars Jedi : Fallen Order
5 Mortal Kombat 11 Monster Hunter World : Iceborne Pokémon Sword / Shield
6 Kingdom Hearts III New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Red Dead Redemption 2
7 Tom Clancy 's The Division 2 Monster Hunter World : Iceborne Master Edition FIFA 19
8 Pokémon Sword / Shield Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
9 Super Smash Bros . Ultimate Minecraft : Nintendo Switch Edition Grand Theft Auto V
10 Star Wars Jedi : Fallen Order Luigi 's Mansion 3 Tom Clancy 's The Division 2
Financial performance -- Best-selling games by country
The following were 2019 's top ten best-selling video games by country , in terms of software units sold ( excluding microtransactions and free-to-play titles ) on PC and console platforms , for the United States , Japan , and United Kingdom .
In the video game industry during 2019, both Sony and Microsoft announced their intent to reveal their next-generation consoles in 2020, while Nintendo introduced a smaller Nintendo Switch Lite , and Google announced its streaming game platform Stadia . The controversy over loot boxes as a potential gambling route continued into 2019, with some governments like Belgium and the Netherlands banning games with them under their gambling laws, while the United Kingdom acknowledging their current laws prevent enforcing these as if they were games of chance. The first video cards to support real-time ray tracing were put onto the consumer market, including the first set of games that would take advantage of the new technology. The Epic Games Store continued its growth in challenging the largest digital PC game distribution service Steam , leading to concern and debate about Epic Games ' methods to seek games for its service. Dota Auto Chess , a community-created mod for Dota 2 , introduced a new subgenre of strategy games called auto battlers , which saw several games in the genre released throughout the year. Blizzard Entertainment faced criticism due to their involvement in the Blitzchung controversy , which began after they had banned a Hearthstone player for making comments during a tournament regarding the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests .