Video from NPD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82MQy917Ios
Overall Results:
August game sales are down 2% year over year.
Hardware was down 6% year over year.
Console and Handheld game sales were down 2% year over year.
Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were down 23% year over year.
Software:
To note, these charts are by revenue.
August 2017:
- ”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," said 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."
- ”The shooter genre has experienced a 30 percent sales decline in 2017 year to date, but this is coming off a record high in spending for the genre over the same period a year ago," Piscatella said. ”Despite the decline, 2017 year-to-date consumer sales for the shooter genre are the third highest of all-time, trailing only the year to date periods in 2013 and 2016." [Nirolak's Note: I'd wait for Destiny, Call of Duty, and Battlefront before panicking.]
- "NPD reports that racing games have seen a resurgence since August 2016, growing more than 80 percent thanks primarily to Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 and Forza Horizon 3. Conversely, the shooter genre has declined in the same period of time."
Hardware:
Switch: #1
Notes:
- "Strong sales continue for the Nintendo Switch, which was the best-selling platform last month. It's been jostling with Sony's PlayStation 4 since its launch in March; it was the best-selling platform except for May and June, which went to the PS4. Year to date, the PS4 is the best-selling console."
- ”Year to date, hardware spending has grown 17 percent versus 2016 to $1.7 billion," said Piscatella. ”Consumer spending on Nintendo Switch and plug ‘n' play devices such as the NES Classic are providing growth."
Other Information:
Xbox One:
Overall Results:
August game sales are down 2% year over year.
Hardware was down 6% year over year.
Console and Handheld game sales were down 2% year over year.
Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were down 23% year over year.
Software:
To note, these charts are by revenue.
August 2017:
- Madden NFL 18
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- Splatoon 2*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Mario Kart 8*
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Overwatch**
- Injustice 2
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Minecraft
- For Honor
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Agents Of Mayhem
- Forza Horizon 3
- Battlefield 1
- NBA 2K17
- UFC 2
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- The 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: Biohazard
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Battlefield 1
- NBA 2K17
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Madden NFL 17
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- FIFA 17
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Final Fantasy XV
- For Honor
- ”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," said 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."
- ”The shooter genre has experienced a 30 percent sales decline in 2017 year to date, but this is coming off a record high in spending for the genre over the same period a year ago," Piscatella said. ”Despite the decline, 2017 year-to-date consumer sales for the shooter genre are the third highest of all-time, trailing only the year to date periods in 2013 and 2016." [Nirolak's Note: I'd wait for Destiny, Call of Duty, and Battlefront before panicking.]
- "NPD reports that racing games have seen a resurgence since August 2016, growing more than 80 percent thanks primarily to Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 and Forza Horizon 3. Conversely, the shooter genre has declined in the same period of time."
Hardware:
Switch: #1
Notes:
- "Strong sales continue for the Nintendo Switch, which was the best-selling platform last month. It's been jostling with Sony's PlayStation 4 since its launch in March; it was the best-selling platform except for May and June, which went to the PS4. Year to date, the PS4 is the best-selling console."
- ”Year to date, hardware spending has grown 17 percent versus 2016 to $1.7 billion," said Piscatella. ”Consumer spending on Nintendo Switch and plug ‘n' play devices such as the NES Classic are providing growth."
Other Information:
Xbox One:
- Madden NFL 18
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Forza Horizon 3
- Overwatch**
- Injustice 2
- Minecraft
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- For Honor
- Madden NFL 18
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- MLB 17: The Show
- Overwatch**
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
- Injustice 2
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Splatoon 2*
- Mario Kart 8*
- The 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 The Complete Adventure*
- 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*
