NPD Sales Thread

[BDSooner72]

Xbox One has the top spot for the second straight month. Those deep price cuts do help.





Notes:
-Xbox One also sold more games throughout November and December in the U.S. than any other current-generation platform.


Hardware:

Xbox One: Best selling platform.
PS4/XB1 Combined: Around 2.33 million based on Note 3 below.

Notes:
-Xbox 360 became the best-selling seventh generation console of all time in the U.S.
-Xbox One became the best-selling console in the U.S. in November and December and weekly average sales during these months outpaced Xbox 360 by 50 percent at the same point in its lifecycle.
-After 14 months on the market, cumulative sales of PS4 and Xbox One exceed the Xbox 360 and PS3 cumulative 14 month total by 65 percent.
-The PS4 was the best selling console for the year as a whole.


Other Information:

    Originally Posted by Microsoft PR

    Xbox One Closes a Record-Breaking Holiday and Looks Ahead to 2015

    I want to thank all of the Xbox fans who contributed to our record-setting holiday and making 2014 such a successful year. The Xbox One deals were quite popular and have inspired a new promotion starting January 16 where fans in the U.S. can buy an Xbox One for $349 at their preferred retailer.

    Some interesting statistics about 2014:

    • Xbox 360 became the best-selling seventh generation console of all time in the U.S.
    • In 2014, users logged nearly 8 billion hours globally in apps across Xbox 360 and Xbox One, a
    50 percent increase from time spent in 2013.
    • Xbox One became the best-selling console in the U.S. in November and December and weekly average sales during these months outpaced Xbox 360 by 50 percent at the same point in its lifecycle.*
    • Xbox One also sold more games throughout November and December in the U.S. than any other current-generation platform.*
    • From November 24 to January 3, fans spent more time playing on Xbox than they ever have before, at any point in the history of Xbox.
    • In the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta alone, 18 million games have been played to date.

    The Xbox Wire has a great year in review summary and what to expect in 2015, including a few upcoming console titles and the future of PC gaming on Windows 10. You can find that article here.

    * According to NPD Group

    Originally Posted by Sony PR

    “PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console in the U.S. and globally in 2014,” a Sony Computer Entertainment America spokesperson told GamesBeat. “And [it is] the fastest selling console in PlayStation history with 18.5 million sold through after just 14 months in the market. We are humbled by this success and want to thank gamers worldwide for helping us achieve holiday sales of more than 4.1 million across 123 countries and regions. We are looking forward to another momentous year in 2015 and bringing an epic line up of titles to PlayStation fans around the world.”

[BDSooner72]

Just FYI, in the () after the games, the consoles are listed in order of most sales.  The Xbox 360 is still a software selling machine.

[BDSooner72]

On a related note, MS has once again dropped the Xbox One price $50.  Guess they saw a sharp decline the last few weeks they brought the price back up to $399.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-price-drops-to-350/1100-6424678/

[Jason]

On a related note, MS has once again dropped the Xbox One price $50.  Guess they saw a sharp decline the last few weeks they brought the price back up to $399.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-price-drops-to-350/1100-6424678/

They better refund all the people who bought a console between 1/1 and today.

[BDSooner72]

Kudos to Techland for taking the #1 spot this month! Well deserved.


NPD Sales Results for January 2015

Software:

1.) Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC; Warner Bros.)
2.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One ,PS4, 360, PS3, PC; Activision Blizzard)
3.) Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3; Take-Two Interactive)
4.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4; Microsoft)
5.) NBA 2K15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC; Take-Two Interactive)
6.) Super Smash Bros. (Wii U, 3DS; Nintendo)
7.) Far Cry 4 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC; Ubisoft)
8.) Madden NFL 15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3; Electronic Arts)
9.) Destiny (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3; Activision Blizzard)
10.) FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii, Vita, 3DS; Electronic Arts)


Hardware:

PS4: #1 spot
Xbox One: Best January ever, so more than 140K
Wii U: Up nearly 30% year over year => a bit under ~63.7K

[Jason]

Impressive victory for Sony with Microsoft going back to the $349 price point midway through the month. Sony's been offering some good deals so far this month so February's results should be interesting to see.

In regards to Dying Light, January is definitely the month to release a game if you don't want it getting lost in the shuffle. Kind of surprising to see Call of Duty ahead of GTA though. I guess more people are buying CoD on last-gen consoles than GTA since GTA for XB360 and PS3 came out over a year ago.

[Brad Company]

Yeah, nice surprise to see Dying Light #1.  I think the CoD sales were also because the game was almost universally discounted to $40.
In the Grand Scheme of the CoDiverse, it has sold less than half of Black Ops 2.

[BDSooner72]

February

NPD Software Results:

    1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (3DS) (515,000 copies sold digitally and physically)
    2. Evolve (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
    3. Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
    4. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
    5. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
    6. NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
    7. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
    8. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
    9. The Order: 1886 (PS4)
    10. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS) (290,000 copies sold digitally and physically)

In-Depth NPD report on Software sales:

    Nintendo is probably feeling pretty great right now. Zelda, one if its top franchises, outsold everything else in February. That includes two major new releases. This is good news for the company, which is going to release a brand new Zelda for the Wii U later this year that it is positioning as a system-selling game.

    The two big new games that Zelda beat are Evolve and The Order: 1886. Evolve came out on Feb. 10, while The Order only had a week of sales after debuting Feb. 20. While both made the top 10, it feels like both didn’t perform as well as they should have. The Order was hammered with critical reviews, which likely hurt its sales.

    In terms of surprises, Dying Light, which debuted in January, continues to sell well. The zombie-survival game is performing a lot like developer Techland’s previous game in this genre, Dead Island.

NPD Hardware Results:

    - 395k 3DS Family Best-Selling Platform (N3DS XL, 3DS XL, 2DS, 3DS)
    - PS4 Best-Selling Home Console
    - ≈276k XBONE
    - ≈94k Wii U

[BDSooner72]

Once again thrilled to see the success of Dying Light, now get cracking on the sequel.

[Jason]

Impressive that the PS4 is doing this well without a true AAA exclusive title out yet. Just imagine how well it will sell once God of War, Gran Turismo and Uncharted are all available on it.

[BDSooner72]

March

Software:

1.) Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, 360, PS3, PC)
2.) Bloodborne (PS4)
3.) Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
4.) Mario Party 10 (Wii U)
5.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
6.) MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
7.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
8.) NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
9.) Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (PS4, Xbox One)
10.) Final Fantasy: Type 0 HD (PS4, Xbox One)

Notes:
-Mario Party 9: 290,000 (Digital + Physical)
-Majora's Mask: 184,000 (D+P, 730K LTD)
-Smash 3DS: 110,000 (D+P, 2.4M LTD)
-Smash Wii U LTD: 1.6 million
-Mario Kart 8 LTD: 1.9 million
-PS4 was number one in software sales.


Hardware:

PS4: #1 platform
3DS: ~260-270K
Wii U: ~80-85K

Notes:
-Wii U hardware is up approximately 20% year over year for the first three months of the year.
-3DS hardware is up approximately 80% year over year for the first three months of the year.

[Brad Company]

Bloodborne gettin it done. Good showing for a single platform console exclusive.

[BDSooner72]

APRIL

Software:

1.) Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)
2.) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, PC, 360, PS3)
3.) Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
4.) MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
5.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
6.) NBA 2K15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
7.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
8.) Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
9.) Super Smash Bros. (3DS, Wii U)
10.) Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (PS4, Xbox One)

Notes:
-"PlayStation continues to lead software sales for April 2015"


Hardware:

Xbox One: Best selling console. (Up 63% year over year)

[BDSooner72]

MAY


Overall:

Overall retail sales are down 13% year over year.

Hardware sales were down 18% year over year.

Retail software sales were down 25% year over year.


Software:

1.) The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
2.) Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)
3.) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
4.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
5.) Splatoon (Wii U)
6.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, 360, Xbox One, PS3, PC)
7.) NBA 2K15 (360, PS4, Xbox One, PS3, PC)
8.) FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, Vita)
9.) MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
10.) Super Smash Bros. (3DS, Wii U)

Notes:
-PS4 was the leader in software sales for the month.


Hardware:

PS4: Best selling console.
Xbox One: Up 81% over May 2014. This would imply 139K.