NPD Sales Thread

[bdoughty]

No need for a monthly thread, will just keep bumping this monthly.

Someone hold CLW's hand, the Xbox One has a three-peat

http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/13/xbox-one-outsold-playstation-4-again-in-september/.


“Thanks to our fans, Xbox One was the best-selling console in September in the U.S. for the third month in a row according to NPD Group as well as the best-selling console in September in the U.K. according to GfK Entertainment UK. In addition, Xbox One was the only gen eight console to see year-over-year growth in September in the U.S., Australia, the U.K., and many other countries worldwide. This success was driven by our fans and their support for Xbox One S, which is the only console available this holiday with built-in UHD 4K Blu-ray, 4K video streaming and HDR for gaming and video. We received an incredible response to Forza Horizon 3, the No. 1 first-party title for September in the U.S., Australia, and U.K. according to NPD Group and GfK Entertainment UK. Global engagement on Xbox Live – the fastest, most reliable gaming network – continues to grow and the number of unique multiplayer users increased 57 percent year-over-year. With the blockbuster launch of Gears of War 4 for Xbox One and Windows 10 this week and the upcoming release of Clubs and Looking for Group on Xbox Live alongside the launches of Dead Rising 4, Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, Titanfall 2, and Watch Dogs 2 in the coming months, Xbox is the best place to game this holiday.”

Winning US is one thing. Winning in the UK which is Sony Country was a shocker.

Games to come when they come.

[Rudy]

Sony built their lead partially because they were the cheaper option in the beginning. Now it's reversed. Clearly the lower prices have an impact. I know some of the deals and combos over here were over $100 cheaper than a comparable ps4. It's really annoying to me that the ps4 pro doesn't have a 4k player. I'm guessing when the Scorpion releases they may release a PRO 2.0 with it.

I don't think BC has a huge impact but there are a lot of little things like that along with maybe EA Access that tilt the game for MS.

[bdoughty]

Overall spending was down 23% over last year, according to the NPD Group. Neither the second month of the Xbox One S nor the debut of the PS4 Slim were "enough to stimulate total hardware spending."

Last week Microsoft announced its Xbox One was the top-selling console for September 2016, its third consecutive month at the top of the charts.

Here's the top 10 list of best selling games for North America:

NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
FIFA 17
NHL 17
Bioshock: The Collection
Destiny: The Collection
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch
Forza Horizon 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops III

The NPD Group said Xbox One sales accounted for 37% of all hardware units sold in the month.

Nintendo's 3DS was up 40% year over year, according to a statement from Nintendo. Its 2DS was a major contributor to those numbers, with sales up 110% over September of last year. According to NPD this was the fourth consecutive month in which 3DS sales increased over the same period last year.

[bdoughty]

Early October results.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/11/10/xbox-one-continues-to-lead-sales-according-to-microsoft?abthid=5824f400bd81659146000017


October marks the fourth consecutive month Xbox One bested PS4 in US sales, and the second month for the UK and Australia. In July, Xbox One was the top selling 8th-generation console

The full NPD numbers for the US won't be released until next Thursday.

[bdoughty]

NPD Sales Results For October 2016 #1
Overall:

October retail game sales are up 6% year over year.

Hardware was down 20% year over year.

Console and Handheld game sales were up 31% year over year.

Physical and Steam PC software sales were up 172% year over year.


Software:

Battlefield 1
Mafia III
Gears of War 4 *
FIFA 17
NBA 2K17
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim *
WWE 2K17
Civilization VI
Titanfall 2
Madden NFL 17

* Digital sales are not included for Gears of War 4 or Skyrim, but are for every other game.


Hardware:

XB1: #1 Console

Notes:
- “Unit sales for the Xbox One brand of hardware grew by 8 percent compared to last October,” said Naji. “Average pricing for the Xbox One hardware fell by 17 percent due primarily to the release of the lower-priced 500GB Xbox One S Minecraft Bundle.”
- “The 3DS experienced its fifth straight month of year-on-year growth,” said Naji. “Both unit sales and consumer spending for October grew 12 percent as average pricing was flat year on year. It is likely that continued consumer interest in the Pokémon franchise and Monster Hunter: Generations has driven this growth.”
- “The PS4 Slim 500 GB Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End bundle was the month’s best-selling hardware across the category, accounting for 17 percent of total hardware units sold in the month,” said Naji. [Note: As an individual SKU. Xbox Ones sold more overall, but split between more bundles.]

[Rudy]

Ouch at Titanfall 2. There are no big shooters releasing in December that I can see. Titanfall might have been better delayed and bought as a Christmas present. My kids really like it.

[bdoughty]

PS4 Pro pushes Sony back to the top for the month of November.

http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/08/playstation-4-pro-helps-sonys-console-outsell-xbox-one-in-november-in-the-u-s/

[JBHuskers]

Ouch at Titanfall 2. There are no big shooters releasing in December that I can see. Titanfall might have been better delayed and bought as a Christmas present. My kids really like it.

That was why it was off my radar, got CoD and BF1, plus still play Overwatch. I hear it's a lot of fun though.

[bdoughty]

DECEMBER 2017

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-tops-january-2017-us-sales/1100-6447726/


The PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console in the United States during January 2017, according to the NPD Group, which tracks sales domestically.


Sony's console was also the No. 1 console in the US during December, though the Xbox One ended the year as the best-selling console for the second half of 2016.


In its own statement, Microsoft said 2017 is off to a "strong start" for the Xbox One as the number of hours players spent playing games on the console grew 21 percent year-over-year. Additionally, Xbox One sales grew year-over-year in January, something that cannot be said for the PS4, according to Microsoft.


A week from today, the NPD Group will announce the top-selling games for January 2017. We'll report back with more details as they become available.

[Rudy]

I had heard PS4 Pro sales weren't very good so far. Anything on that?

[bdoughty]

Sony is not giving a breakdown of how many were sold, they just say it is selling better than the Slim. (http://segmentnext.com/2017/02/03/ps4-pro-sales/)

Sony’s CFO Kenichiro Yoshida told investors during his briefing that PS4 Pro sales were actually a bit better than the company had expected.


PS4 Pro is running as we had expected, as we assumed, but Pro maybe is doing more than we anticipated

Given the recent launch of PSVR, it is understandable to see PS4 Pro performing well since the performance boost it offers does help VR games and delivers players a smoother experience compared to the normal PS4.

Yoshida also mentioned that PS4 Pro sales were actually better than PS4 Slim, which was launched only a few months prior to PS4 Pro.

[Rudy]

Seems hard to believe the much more expensive Pro compared to discounted Slims with games included outsold a Slim. Maybe that means no bundles for the Pro for awhile.

[bdoughty]

Here are the top 10 best selling games in the US, according to the NPD Group.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Grand Theft Auto V
Battlefield 1
NBA 2K17
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Madden NFL 17
Watch Dogs 2
Overwatch^
FIFA 17


http://i.imgur.com/SGDPTJ5.jpg


Oh and there was this. NES Classic was the #3 console last month (http://venturebeat.com/2017/02/16/npd-nintendos-nes-classic-was-januarys-third-best-selling-console/).

[bdoughty]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-tops-xbox-one-in-february-2017-us-sales/1100-6448599/



Extending its win streak another month, Sony's PlayStation 4 was the top-selling home console in the United States for February, according to NPD data released today.

Sony did not have a statement to share, but a representative confirmed that the PS4 was the No. 1 overall home console in the US in terms of sales for February.

[bdoughty]

February 2017

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-03-16-ubisofts-for-honor-tops-us-game-sales-during-tough-february-npd

February retail game sales are down 21% year over year.

Hardware was down 30% year over year.

Console and Handheld game sales were down 14% year over year.

Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games) were down 26% year over year.


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*** No Digital Sales
^ No Battle.net Sales

[bdoughty]

GTAV is the new Minecraft. It just keeps on selling and selling ans selling.

Once again NBA 2K17 kicking ass and I really wish EA would just invest their money elsewhere, like a college football and basketball game (one can dream).

[Rudy]

Nice to see For Honor on top! I imagine it will be tough to keep that up in March.

[cdj]

GTAV is the new Minecraft. It just keeps on selling and selling ans selling.

Once again NBA 2K17 kicking ass and I really wish EA would just invest their money elsewhere, like a college football and basketball game (one can dream).

At some point it has to seem like people must have forgotten if they own GTA V and just keep rebuying it because they aren't sure. :dunno:

[bdoughty]

NPD March Hardware is in. Not a shocker but it goes Switch, PS4, XB1.



Nintendo Switch, the new home gaming system that people can also take on the go, has sold faster in its launch month than any other video game system in Nintendo history. The Nintendo Switch system sold more than 906,000 units in March, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. That makes Nintendo Switch one of the fastest-selling video game systems of all time. Notably, this sales surge was accomplished in a nontraditional month for a console launch.

The Nintendo Switch system sold more than 906,000 units in March, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game sold over 1.3 million units*. That total includes more than 925,000 units sold for Nintendo Switch and nearly 460,000 units sold for the Wii U console.


That number is correct. More copies of Zelda on the Switch were sold than the hardware itself. Yeah, the game is really that good.

[bdoughty]

March 2017

Software:

1. Tom Clancy's Ghost Record: Wildlands ** (Ubisoft) - Best Ghost Recon debut ever, #2 Tom Clancy title debut behind The Division.
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild * (Nintendo) - Over 900K physical on Switch. However, keep in mind that these are ranked by dollar sales, not units, and that this spot represents Switch + Wii U.
3. Mass Effect: Andromeda ** (Electronic Arts) - Second best Mass Effect debut ever, after Mass Effect 3 (which sold 1.3 million in its first month).
4. Horizon: Zero Dawn * (Sony) - Best Guerrilla debut ever, selling twice as much as their second highest debut, Killzone 2. That should put it around 648K.
5. MLB 17: The Show * (Sony)
6. Grand Theft Auto V ** (Take-Two)
7. For Honor ** (Ubisoft)
8. NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
9. Nier: Automata (Square Enix)
10. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
11. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 = 4.0 Remix (Square Enix)
12. Battlefield 1 ** (Electronic Arts)
13. 1-2 Switch * (Nintendo) - 19% attach rate to the Switch.
14. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
15. Overwatch ** (Activision Blizzard)
16. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege ** (Ubisoft)
17. Super Bomberman R * (Konami)
18. FIFA 17 ** (Electronic Arts)
19. Lego Worlds (Warner Bros)
20. Madden NFL 17 (Electronic Arts)

* No Digital Sales
** No Origin, Battle.net, uPlay, or non-Steam sales


Notes:
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the best ever Ghost Recon launch, and second best Tom Clancy launch after The Division.
- In reference to franchises: "Zelda is the top-selling property of all time within the Adventure super genre, selling 54 percent more revenue than the next best-selling franchise, Resident Evil."
- "Switch's packaged software sold 1.3m units, a record high for a Nintendo platform launch."
- Mass Effect: Andromeda had the second best launch behind Mass Effect 3.
- Horizon was the best Guerrilla debut ever, selling twice as much as their second best debut, Killzone 2.
- 1-2 Switch made the top 20 best-selling games chart with an attach rate of 19 percent.
- Starting next month, Microsoft's digital sales will be reflected in the software charts.
- We'll get a full year to date chart soon, but Ghost Recon is #1 for the year, For Honor is #2, and Zelda is #3 combining Switch and Wii U versions.

According to NPD, March "will go down in history books as the month Nintendo broke records." Switch was Nintendo's biggest-ever hardware launch, and "the second biggest launch for any video game platform" since NPD began tracking numbers.

Breath of the Wild came in at second place in spite of digital sales not being accounted for in NPDs tally. Similarly, Horizon Zero Dawn and MLB 17: The Show had strong showings on the top 10 list without accounting for digital sales.

Last week, Nintendo revealed it sold 906,000 Switch consoles in the first 28 days of the console's release, and sold 925,000 copies of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Switch during the same period, giving it the highest attach rate for "any non-bundled title" on new hardware since NPD began tracking in 1995.

[Rudy]

For Honor really took a tumble. I did read it landed at #15 on PSN but that's a large fall in only their second month.

[bdoughty]

April game sales are up 10% year over year.

Hardware was 37% year over year.

Console and Handheld game sales were 6% year over year.

Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were 57% year over year.


Software:

To note, these charts are by revenue.

April 2017:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
Persona 5*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
MLB 17: The Show
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands**
Grand Theft Auto V***
Mass Effect: Andromeda**
NBA 2K17
Overwatch**
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Yes, Black Ops 2, from 2012.)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Horizon Zero Dawn
Lego City Undercover
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
Lego Worlds
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege**
Battlefield 1**
For Honor**
Nier: Automata
Minecraft

*Does not include digital sales
**Battle.net, uPlay, and Origin sales not includes
***No non-Steam PC sales included

Notes:
- “Persona 5 experienced the strongest debut month for any title in Persona franchise history, with packaged dollar sales five times that of the previous best-selling debut, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4,” said Piscatella.
- "Finally, you may have noticed that 2012’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II outsold Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. That’s because you can now play the Xbox 360 version on the Xbox One, and that juiced the game’s sales."

Best selling games of 2017 through April:

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
For Honor
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Horizon Zero Dawn
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Grand Theft Auto V
NBA 2K17
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
MLB 17: The Show


Hardware:

Nintendo Switch: #1, more than 280K
NES Classic: #2

Notes:
- “Hardware spending jumped 37 percent compared to April 2016, to $195 million,” said Piscatella. “The Nintendo Switch was the catalyst for this growth with sales exceeding 280,000 units. The industry drove the highest April hardware dollar sales since April 2011.”
- “Nintendo owned the top 2 platforms in unit sales for the month, with the Nintendo Switch at No. 1, followed by NES Classic,” said Piscatella.


Other Information:

Xbox One

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Grand Theft Auto 5
Overwatch
Forza Horizon 3
NBA 2K17
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Lego Worlds
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
For Honor


PlayStation 4

Persona 5*
MLB 17: The Show
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Horizon Zero Dawn
Grand Theft Auto V
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
Mass Effect: Andromeda
NBA 2K17
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Overatch


Nintendo Switch (no digital sales)

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Lego City Undercover
1-2 Switch
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Super Bomberman R
The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+
Just Dance 2017
Skylanders Imgainators


3DS and Vita

Mario Sports Superstars
Pokemon Sun
Pokemon Moon
Super Mario Maker
Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World
Super Smash Bros.
Mario Kart 7
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Super Mario 3D Land
New Super Mario Bros. 2

[Rudy]

Wow. For Honor has more sales in 2017 than Horizon Zero Dawn and 2 overall. That is a bit odd considering VGChartz has them around 1.6M vs HZD at 2.6M. MEA is closer to 1.3 or so.

[bdoughty]

Just a reminder about VGChartz (from the wiki page on VGChartz)

Sales figures on VGChartz are based on estimates extrapolated from small retail samples. While offering some information about their methodology through their website, VGChartz does not publish any sources on how they get their data. Some sites, including Gamasutra and Wired News, have questioned the reliability of the information presented by the site. VGChartz has defended the credibility and reliability of its sales data, often comparing their numbers with the ones published by NPD Group although some charts have been retroactively adjusted to better match NPD's monthly reports.

[Rudy]

Yeah, I figured VGChartz could be off but that is a big discrepancy.

A lot of people on For Honor have the season pass too. About 1/3 of the characters are the two new ones in Dominion right now and you have to have season pass the first week to use them.

[bdoughty]

NPD Sales Results For May 2017

Overall Results:

May game sales are down 11% year over year.

Hardware was up 7% year over year.

Console and Handheld game sales were down 20% year over year.

Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were down 48% year over year.


Software:

To note, these charts are by revenue.

May 2017:
Injustice 2: This game is higher than Mario Kart 8's YTD, so it's above 460,000 from last month, plus whatever Mario Kart 8 sold this month, so it could be pretty high, but probably a bit lower than 1 million.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe *
Grand Theft Auto V **
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild *
Prey *
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands **
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia *
NBA 2K17
MLB 17: The Show
Overwatch **
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege **
Horizon Zero Dawn
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Mass Effect Andromeda **
Farpoint
Battlefield 1 **
Nier: Automata
Minecraft **
FIFA 17 **
* = No digital
** = Publisher didn't share their own PC store front

2017 YTD:
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
For Honor
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Horizon Zero Dawn
Grand Theft Auto V
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
NBA 2K17
Injustice 2
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare


Trailing 12 Months:
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Battlefield 1
NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch*
FIFA 17
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Final Fantasy XV
For Honor
Notes:
- "The launch of Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia pushed May portable software spending up 10 percent versus year ago."
- "Year to date, video game software dollar sales are flat versus 2016, at $1.9 billion."


Hardware:

PlayStation 4: #1

Notes:
- “Year to date, hardware spending has grown 18 percent as gains in console spending have offset declines in portable.”
- “On a time-aligned basis over each product’s first 43 months in market, the combined installed base of Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One now exceeds the combined installed base of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by 29 percent.”
- "Hardware spending grew 7 percent compared to May 2016, to $147 million. Nintendo Switch continues to be the primary catalyst for hardware spending gains, as it has since launching in March 2017.”


Other Information:

Platform Specific Charts:

Xbox One:
Injustice 2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Prey*
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch
Forza Horizon 3
NBA 2K 17
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege


PlayStation 4:
Injustice 2
MLB 17: The Show
Prey*
Grand Theft Auto V
Horizon Zero Dawn
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Farpoint
NBA 2K17
Overwatch
Nier: Automata

Nintendo Switch:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers*
Disgaea 5 Complete*
1-2 Switch*
Lego City: Undercover
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Super Bomberman R*
Just Dance 2017*
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+


3DS and Vita:
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
Pokemon Sun
Pokemon Moon
Super Mario Maker
Mario Kart 7
Mario Sports Superstars
Super Smash Bros.
Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Super Mario 3D Land

[bdoughty]

It's NBA 2K17's world, you are just living it. Remember when Madden used to outsell the basketball games combined. Now Madden is not even the top selling sports game in the US. EA Sports is slowly digging its own grave. Madden 18 shows almost nothing to get excited for, that you can't get from watching Friday Night Lights reruns. No golf or tennis games. No college games. No Baseball. They have Hockey but it never charts well. NBA Live 18... I have said all I will on that. They are but a shell of their former self. Basically FIFA and to an extent Madden keep the wheels churning and the lights on.

[Rudy]

It's amazing that in an NFL crazed country that NBA is out selling Madden. That does speak volumes. Nice to see For Honor doing so well. Still playing it!

[bdoughty]

NPD Sales Results For June 2017

Overall Results:

June game sales are up 7% year over year.

Hardware was up 27% year over year.

Console and Handheld game sales were up 1% year over year.

Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were up 2% year over year.

Software:

June 2017:
Tekken 7
Injustice 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
Arms* - 256,000 physically plus digitally
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* - 145,000 physically plus digitally (keep in mind the chart is by revenue, and that the rankings exclude digital so presumably Mario Kart at 180K was on sale somewhere or had major digital sales)
Mario Kart 8* - 180,000 physically plus digitally
Overwatch**
NBA 2K17
Horizon Zero Dawn
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
MLB 17: The Show
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Battlefield 1
Minecraft
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind*
FIFA 17
Forza Horizon 3


2017 Best Sellers:
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
For Honor
Grand Theft Auto V
Horizon Zero Dawn
Injustice 2
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
NBA 2K17
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare


Best Sellers Past 12 Months:
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Battlefield 1
NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
Grand Theft Auto V
FIFA 17
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Final Fantasy XV
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Overwatch

Notes:
- “Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy had a strong debut, reaching number 4 on the month’s top-seller chart despite having only two days in market,” said Piscatella. “Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy is the first Crash Bandicoot franchise game to debut in the top 5 since Crash Bandicoot: Warped, which launched on the Sony PlayStation in November 1998.”
- The other exclusive was Arms for the Switch. What’s especially impressive here is that it sold that well without including any digital sales. Nintendo separately confirmed that its wacky fighter surpassed 256,000 copies sold physically and digitally in June. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe and Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 180,000 and 145,000 during that same period, respectively.
- "It’s worth noting that Prey, which debuted in May, has completely fallen off the sales charts. That’s not just the overall sales chart, it didn’t even crack the top 10 on Xbox One- or PS4-only lists, which you can see below."


Hardware:

PS4: #1

Notes:
- The PlayStation 4 was June’s best-selling hardware platform, driven by the Slim PlayStation 4 system in Gold with 1TB HDD,” said Piscatella. “It was the best performing June for PlayStation 4 unit sales to date.”
- “Year to date, hardware spending has grown 19 percent versus 2016 to $1.4 billion,” said Piscatella. “The Nintendo Switch has been the catalyst for year-to-date growth. But portable hardware spending continues to decline. Year-to-date, spending on portable hardware has fallen 40 percent.”


Other Info:

Xbox One
Injustice 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Tekken 7
Overwatch**
Forza Horizon 3
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
NBA 2K17
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare


PlayStation 4
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
Tekken 7
Injustice 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Horizon Zero Dawn
MLB 17: The Show
Overwatch
NBA 2K17
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Battlefield 1


Nintendo Switch
Arms*
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers*
1-2 Switch*
Disgaea 5 Complete*
Cars 3: Driven to Win*
Cave Story +*
Lego City: Undercover*
Just Dance 2017*


3DS and Vita
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia*
Pokemon Sun*
Pokemon Moon*
Ever Oasis*
Super Mario Maker*
Super Smash Bros.
Mario Kart 7*
Mario Sports Superstars
Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

[bdoughty]

NPD Sales Results for July 2017

Overall Results:

July game sales are up 19% year over year.

Hardware was up 29% year over year.

Console and Handheld game sales were up 17% year over year.

Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were up 14% year over year.


Software:

To note, these charts are by revenue.

July 2017:
Splatoon 2*
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto V
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Injustice 2
Mario Kart 8*
Overwatch**
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
NBA 2K17
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Minecraft
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
MLB 17: The Show
ARMS*
Battlefield 1
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Tekken 7

Best selling games of 2017 through July:
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
For Honor
Grand Theft Auto V
Horizon Zero Dawn
Injustice 2
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
NBA 2K17
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Best selling games during the last 12 months:
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Battlefield 1
NBA 2K17
Madden NFL 17
Grand Theft Auto V
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
FIFA 17
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Final Fantasy XV
For Honor

Notes:
- "The launch of Splatoon 2 on the Nintendo Switch, and month 2 sales of Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy drove software gains"
- “Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month,” said Piscatella. “Three of the month’s top seven best-selling games are published by Nintendo. Nintendo was also the best-selling software publisher in July.”
- In June, Tekken 7 and Injustice 2 fought their way to the top of charts. Since then, Tekken 7 has cratered from its No. 1 position to No. 20. Injustice 2 is still in the top 10
- Though Horizon Zero Dawn has slipped off the overall charts, Piscatella says that it contributed to a resurgence of role-playing games. Along with titles like Nier: Automata, Persona 5, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, the RPG year-to-date sales have grown over 50 percent year-over-year.


Hardware:

Nintendo Switch: #1

Notes:
- “The Nintendo Switch was July’s best-selling hardware platform,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “[That was] driven by new inventory released in support of the launch of Splatoon 2.”
- "New supply of Nintendo Switch and continued strength of PlayStation 4 pushed hardware higher."
- “Year to date, hardware spending has grown 20 percent versus 2016 to $1.6 billion,” Mat Piscatella said. “Performance of the Nintendo Switch continues to be the primary cause of the year-on-year gains.”
- Of course, none of this means folks have forgot about the PS4. That system doesn’t have supply problems, and Sony has built up an impressive lineup of games for it this year. That has led to it outselling all other hardware platforms year-to-date, according to Piscatella.


Other Information:

Xbox One
Grand Theft Auto V
Injustice 2
Overwatch**
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Minecraft
Forza Horizon 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
NBA 2K17

PlayStation 4
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Grand Theft Auto V
Injustice 2
MLB 17: The Show
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Horizon Zero Dawn
Overwatch**
NBA 2K17
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Nintendo Switch (no digital sales)
Splatoon 2*
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Mario Kart 8*
ARMS*
1-2 Switch*
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers*
Lego City Undercover*
Cars 3: Driven to Win*
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star*
Just Dance 2017*

3DS
Pokemon: Sun*
Miitopia*
Super Smash Bros.*
Pokemon: Moon*
Super Mario Maker*
Hey! Pikmin*
Mario Kart 7*
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia*
Ever Oasis*
Mario Sports Superstars*

[bdoughty]

At this rate I am more interested to see if the new NBA Live game can outsell NBA 2K17.
Nintendo wining Hardware and Software. To CLW's chagrin, saying it would be a failure.
Will we ever see another GTA again? Why invest in a new game when the old one just keeps printing out money.

[SmoothPancakes]

We'll see GTA VI eventually, but I agree, with as much money as they continue to make with GTA Online, they aren't going to be in any rush to bring VI to market.

And honestly, I'm alright with that. I still enjoy the hell out of the single player story in GTA V. Every single year, since it first released back on the 360/PS3, every year in September, I start a brand new campaign all over again in GTA V just because I enjoy the story and have fun playing it. I actually was sort of itching tonight for GTA V, but I'm gonna wait until my usual mid-September play through, give me time to finish Horizon Zero Dawn first, and also make my initial steps into Andromeda.

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[bdoughty]

AUGUST 2017 Top 10 Games (All Platforms)

*Titles marked with an asterisk do not include digital sales*

Madden NFL 18
Grand Theft Auto V
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Splatoon 2
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Rainbow Six Siege
Mario Kart 8
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Overwatch

August 2017 Top 10 Xbox One Games

Madden NFL 18
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Rainbow Six Siege
Forza Horizon 3
Overwatch*
Injustice 2
Minecraft
Ghost Recon: Wildlands
For Honor

August 2017 Top 10 PS4 Games

Madden NFL 18
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Grand Theft Auto V
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Rainbow Six Siege
MLB 17: The Show
Overwatch*
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Injustice 2
Ghost Recon: Wildlands

August 2017 Top 10 Nintendo Switch

Splatoon 2*
Mario Kart 8*
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Arms*
1-2 Switch*
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers*
Just Dance 2017*
Lego City Undercover*
Cars 3: Driven to Win*
Minecraft: Story Mode*

August 2017 Top 10 3DS Games

Miitopia*
Hey! Pikmin*
Pokemon Sun*
Super Smash Bros.*
Super Mario Maker*
Pokemon Moon*
Mario Kart 7*
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia*
Mario Sports Superstars*
New Super Mario Bros. 2*

Top 10 Selling Games of 2017

Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Grand Theft Auto V
For Honor
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Injustice 2
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Madden NFL 18
NBA 2K17
Resident Evil 7

Top 10 Selling Games for the 12-Month Period

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Battlefield 1
NBA 2K17
Grand Theft Auto V
Madden NFL 17
Ghost Recon: Wildlands
FIFA 17
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Final Fantasy XV
For Honor

[SmoothPancakes]

GTA V is now the best selling game of all time.

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/npd-grand-theft-auto-v-is-the-best-selling-game-of-all-time


Grand Theft Auto V is now the best selling game of all-time in terms of revenue and tracked unit sales. That's according to the NPD Group's August analysis for video game sales in 2017. Not only is that incredibly impressive, but it proves just how strong GTAV is almost four years after the game initially came out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.

According to the NPD Group's monthly sales reports, Grand Theft Auto V was the second best selling game in the month of August, behind Madden NFL 18. But it's important to know that Madden 18 came out that month, while GTA V's been on the market since 2013 in one form or another.*GTA Online*in particular has proven to be a huge boon for the comapny. It should be noted that digital sales for games like PUBG aren't accounted for in the NPD Group's listings.

Grand Theft Auto V beat other new titles that month too including Uncharted: The Lost Legacy which also came out that month to third place.

"Grand Theft Auto V has now been on the market 49 months and has achieved 41 Top 10 chart appearances, 16 more times than any other single title in reported history," wrote NPD's Mat Piscatella. "In addition, Grand Theft Auto V is the all-time best-selling game by both revenue and units in tracked sales across PC, console, and portable with digital and packaged combined."

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[bdoughty]

September 2017

Top 10

Destiny 2
NBA 2K18
Madden NFL 18
FIFA 18
Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
NHL 18
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege

[bdoughty]

Remember when NBA Live had no problem beating out NHL.

[Rudy]

Live is good but so bare bones. A sports game with no roster editing in 2017 is inexcusable. Plus going against a beast in 2K18.

[cdj]

Live is good but so bare bones. A sports game with no roster editing in 2017 is inexcusable. Plus going against a beast in 2K18.

I was looking for numbers a week or so ago and saw that NBA 2K sales (no numbers) exceeded their expectations which has to mean monster numbers.

[bdoughty]

NPD report for October 2017-

Total: $825 million (down 11 percent from $932 million in October 2016)
Hardware: $238 million (up 10 percent from $216 million)
Console software: $447 million (down 20 percent from $556 million)
PC software: $27 million (down 29 percent from $38 million)
Accessories: $113 million (down 7 percent from $122 million
Video from Mat Piscatella, NPD Analyst- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=494&v=0iDyN3iWqfY

Overall

Total video game spending in October 2017, which includes hardware, software and accessories, fell 11 percent versus year ago to $825 million. Gains in hardware spending were offset by declines in Software and Accessories.


Software

Dollar sales of Console, Portable and PC Games Software combined to reach $474 million in October 2017, down 20 percent versus a year ago, due to a difficult October 2016 comparable which featured the launch of Battlefield 1. Year to date, consumer spending is up 3 percent to $4.2 billion.

Middle Earth: Shadow of War was October's best-selling game overall, while also taking the top spot on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms. Sales grew over 20 percent when compared to the launch month of the previous release in the franchise, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, which debuted in September 2014.

Super Mario Odyssey debuted at #3 on the all platforms chart, while taking the top spot for Nintendo Switch. Super Mario Odyssey drove the third highest launch month packaged software sales for a Mario Action/Adventure title in tracked history, following only New Super Mario Bros Wii and Super Mario Galaxy.

October sales of Racing games more than doubled when compared to a year ago. So far in 2017, Racing game sales are up 37 percent. Role Playing Games also continued to show 2017 strength, with October sales growing more than 20 percent. Year to date, sales of RPGs are up 43 percent.

Destiny 2 is now the second best-selling game of the 12 month period ending October 2017, surpassing Battlefield 1, which fell to third. Destiny 2 is the year's best-selling game to date.

After 2 months in market, NBA 2K18 becomes the best-selling sports game for the 12 month period ending October 2017. NBA 2K18 remains the best-selling sports game year to date and is now the second best-selling game of the year overall.

Mario Kart 8 joins the top 10 best sellers of 2017 in October, replacing Mass Effect: Andromeda at #10. Mario Kart 8 finished October at #16 overall for the month, and #3 on Nintendo Switch.

Ubisoft was the best-selling publisher of October 2017. Activison Blizzard remains the top selling publisher year to date.


Hardware

Hardware spending in October 2017 grew 10 percent versus year ago to $238 million. Spending growth was once again driven by Nintendo Switch and the SNES Classic.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware platform of the month, while Sony's PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling hardware platform year to date.

Year to date, hardware spending has grown 19 percent versus 2016 to $2.3 billion. Consumer spending on Nintendo Switch, Plug N Play devices such as the SNES Classic and the PlayStation 4 continue to provide growth.

Accessories

Total spend on Accessories and Gamecards fell 7 percent in October compared to a year ago, to $113 million.

Spending on Steering Wheels more than doubled when compared to a year ago driven by new releases Forza Motorsport 7 and Gran Turismo Sport.

The PS4 DualShock 4 Wireless Controller Black was the best-selling accessory of October, and is now the best-selling accessory year to date.

The Gold Wireless Stereo Headset from Sony is the best-selling Headset year to date for the PlayStaion 4, while Turtle Beach's Ear Force Recon 50X Gaming Headset is the best-selling Headset year to date for the Xbox One.

NINTENDO PR
According to the NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales, the Nintendo Switch system was the No. 1 video game hardware in October, followed by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition system in the No. 2 spot. When combined with the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, Nintendo systems accounted for two-thirds of all video game hardware sold in the United States for the second month in a row. The U.S. video game industry achieved hardware sales of more than 1 million total units in October for the first time since 2011.
Software Rankings

October 2017 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Assassin’s Creed: Origins
Super Mario Odyssey**
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
NBA 2K18
FIFA 18
WWE 2K18
Madden NFL 18
Destiny 2*
Forza Motorsport 7
Gran Turismo Sport
Grand Theft Auto V
The Evil Within 2**
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus**
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild**
Mario Kart 8**
Fire Emblem: Warriors**
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
NHL 18
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
* No Battle.net sales
** No digital sales

Xbox One

Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Assassin’s Creed: Origins
Forza Motorsport 7
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
NBA 2K18
FIFA 18
Destiny 2
WWE 2K18
Madden NFL 18
Grand Theft Auto V

PlayStation 4

Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Assassin’s Creed: Origins
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
NBA 2K18
FIFA 18
Gran Turismo Sport
WWE 2K18
Madden NFL 18
Destiny 2
The Evil Within 2**

Nintendo Switch

Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Mario Kart 8
Fire Emblem: Warriors
Pokken Tournament DX
Splatoon 2
Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
FIFA 18
NBA 2K18
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2

Nintendo 3DS

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions
Metroid: Samus Returns
Miitopia
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
Pokemon: Sun
Fire Emblem: Warriors
Super Smash Bros.
Mario Kart 7
Super Mario Maker
Layton’s Mystery Journey Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy

The best-selling games of 2017 so far

Destiny 2*
NBA 2K18
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Madden NFL 18
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild**
Grand Theft Auto V
For Honor
Horizon Zero Dawn
Injustice 2
Mario Kart 8

The best-selling games over the last 12 months

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Destiny 2*
Battlefield 1
Grand Theft Auto V
NBA 2K18
NBA 2K17
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Madden NFL 18
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild**
Final Fantasy XV

[bdoughty]

NBA 2K18 which ships a month after Madden 18, is the top selling sports game this year.

NBA 2K18 and NBA 2K17 both outsold Madden 18 over the past 12 months.

This once again proves my point that NBA Live 18 was a waste of money and they should try and make a freaking college basketball game. NCAA Basketball 2019!

[SmoothPancakes]

Not a chance in hell. They won't even attempt to revive NCAA Football and that sold FAR better than NCAA Basketball ever did.

Plus the whole student athletes and likenesses and etc that destroyed NCAA Football will still be there to destroy NCAA Basketball.

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[Rudy]

Yeah, NCAA basketball never sold well. 2K got out because of profit numbers, not license. EA should be making MVP again. That game sold over 2million copies on PS2. With no competition on XBOX they could sell a million total copies easy. People would come back. Has to be better than selling 50,000 Live copies which is now on sale for $15 on MS for XBox. They can’t even get 5% of the market.

[bdoughty]

Toes are being dipped in the water. A few college teams in the past few NBA 2K game. College teams in Madden 18 side show. Where are the lawsuits for player likeness? If you randomize the players, they can't sue.

[SmoothPancakes]

Call me when they get beyond just a couple teams of randomly generated players. When they start adding entire conferences, maybe I'll start taking interest.

And as for college basketball, regardless, it's dead. It's a nice novelty for NBA Live or 2K or whatever other NBA games, but both 2K and EA completely dropped college basketball back in 2010, long before any lawsuit talk even started. It never sold on the level of NCAA Football and would just be a money loser today.

This article from February 2010 is just as accurate today as it was almost 8 years ago.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-slow-decline-of-college-basketball-games/1100-6249963/

Plus, yeah, a COMBINED 155,000 sales across all systems for NCAA Basketball 10? EA would never take that chance, especially with their struggles just to sell NBA Live. And 2K rakes in money hand over fist with NBA 2K, so they aren't going to bother with a college game when they already have their basketball cash cow.

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[CLW]

The NCAA ? is REALLY simple:

(1) Will the NCAA permit EA/2K/whoever to "compensate" the players for use of their likeness? - It could be as simple as a copy of a free game and if a player says no they won't be in the game. If yes then you could easily make a NCAA sports game.

If No

(2) The big schools leave the NCAA and form their own league and allow for #1.