Every year there’s a new Call of Duty game, and just about every year it’s the best-selling game in the US within those 12 months. This has been very nearly constant through the last two generations of consoles. Last year, however, was the first year since 2013 that Activision’s juggernaut brand didn’t come out on top.

Much like my buttocks, the comic book industry doesn’t call Marvel and DC the Big Two for nothing! While overall sales always seem to be in flux, Marvel and DC did some good business last year with plenty of sales. Chalk it up to having more brand-recognisable characters or sheer quantity over quality, but the Big Two still managed to enjoy a robust 2018.

While Nintendo’s Switch is the fastest-selling console this generation, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is undoubtedly the most successful. Thanks, in part, to Microsoft’s blundered reveal (which has taken years of course-correcting to fix), the PlayStation 4 has been the best-selling console of the generation.

It feels like there is nowhere you can go to avoid that which rhymes with Flack Fillet Slay. So why even bother? If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

After five years of waiting, players finally got to roam the wild west again in Red Dead Redemption 2. The game scored incredibly well critically, and sold incredibly well too, going on to have the best weekend opening of any product in the history of entertainment media. It was still outsold by Call of Duty.

The PlayStation 4 is now five years old and, if the rumours are correct, will soon be entering the twilight of its lice cycle. With Sony skipping gaming bonanza E3 entirely next year, it’s likely that we’ll see the next PlayStation in 2020. In the meantime Sony is celebrating the successes its had with the current console generation.

The disappointment from Activision over current Destiny 2: Forsaken sales isn’t shared by Bungie, as game director Luke Smith took to Twitter to let fans know that the current loot 'n shoot formula won’t be changed up to earn more quick cash so that Activision’s shareholders can be appeased.

Destiny 2 players are happier than ever. That surge in joy could be seen in sales numbers for the game as well, as Destiny 2 was offered for free in September over on PS Plus, resulting in plenty of purchases of its expansion content. Heck, Destiny 2 was pretty much the top-grossing console game of the month, beating even the mighty Fortnite. It apparently wasn’t enough for Activision.