NPD May 2016

[bdoughty]

May retail game sales are up 4% year over year.

Hardware was down 10% year over year.

Retail game sales were up 18% year over year. (http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/09/may-2016-npd-uncharted-finds-its-fortune-ahead-of-doom-overwatch/)

Software:

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (PS4)
Doom (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Overwatch (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Battleborn (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
Minecraft (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
MLB 16: The Show (PS4, PS3)
Dark Souls III (PS4, Xbox One)


Sony has the most hardware sales but all three refuse to comment.

[bdoughty]

Battleborn did better than I expected. I guess I need to try and beat it but it is really hard in single player. MLB has some legs.

PS4 dominates the software. Top spot for each game in top 10 except for COD. Not a Nintendo game in sight.

[Rudy]

The Show has sold over 500,000 copies although most of that was in the first two weeks. They won't get a bump at Christmas lol.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/86265/mlb-16-the-show/Global/

[JBHuskers]

Battleborn did better than I expected. I guess I need to try and beat it but it is really hard in single player. MLB has some legs.

PS4 dominates the software. Top spot for each game in top 10 except for COD. Not a Nintendo game in sight.

I think being a couple weeks ahead of Overwatch saved Battleborn. I'm curious to see how many traded it in when Overwatch came out as it is a more polished game, plus the characters are MUCH better in Overwatch in terms of being different from one another.

[Rudy]

Battleborn had massive sales in less than a month. I think Overwatch crushed it.

[JBHuskers]

Battleborn had massive sales in less than a month. I think Overwatch crushed it.

Overwatch is my #2 game of the year currently behind The Division.