NPD Sales Results for January 2016

[bdoughty]

Overall:

January retail game sales are down 4% year over year.

Hardware was down 15% year over year.

Retail game sales were down 10% year over year.


Software:

Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Star Wars: Battlefront (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Minecraft (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Lego Marvel Avengers (PS4, Xbox One, 360, Wii U, PS3, 3DS, Vita)
FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)


Hardware:

PS4: Best selling platform, up year over year.

[bdoughty]

At this point Rockstar does not even have to put out a sequel, it just just keep riding on GTA Online until next gen.

[steelerfan]

At this point Rockstar does not even have to put out a sequel, it just just keep riding on GTA Online until next gen.

Not to mention the machine that is Minecraft. Wow.

[Rudy]

I'm surprised that hardware and game sales were down. I'm assuming this is still a transitioning period for consoles and more price cuts will help down the road.