10 best-selling retail games of 2014: Call of Duty, Madden, and Destiny lead the way

Last year was the first full 12-month period where the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were in peoples’ homes, and games for those systems dominated the sales charts.

Industry-tracking firm The NPD Group just released the list of the 10 best-selling new games at retail in 2014, and familiar franchises dominated the list. We’ll take a look at the list in a moment and then break down the results — but first, let’s look at 2014 by the numbers.