May 2016 NPD

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Quote

 

Nathan Drake found a big ol’ bucket of gold doubloons for Sony Interactive Entertainment, as Uncharted looks like it sold a few PlayStation 4 consoles as well as a ton of copies of the blockbuster hit.

 

Consumers spent $528.6 million on new gaming-related products at physical retailers in the United States last month, according to tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s up 4 percent year-over-year from $509.3 million. This represents a bounce back after an April that was down 15 percent from April 2015. Software was up big thanks to a big push from some stellar new releases, but hardware and, surprisingly, accessories (which includes interactive toys like Amiibo) saw declines. Maybe Disney got out of Infinity at the right time.

 

Software

The order of the platforms in parenthesis indicates which version sold the best. 

 

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)

 

Hardware

Sony declined to comment on the NPDs this month, but Microsoft did not say that the Xbox One outsold the PS4 in its note. Considering Sony also launched Uncharted 4, I’d bet that the PS4 was the top-selling system for the 12th month in a row.

 

Microsoft did note that it is seeing a growth in player engagement year-over-year.

 

“In May 2016, gaming hours on Xbox One more than doubled compared to last year, driven by the launches of Overwatch and Doom as well as the addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops to the catalog of Xbox 360 titles playable on Xbox One,” Xbox marketing vice president Mike Nichols said in a statement provided to GamesBeat.

 

We also reached out to Nintendo, but it did not share details about its hardware sales.

 

 

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/09/may-2016-npd-uncharted-finds-its-fortune-ahead-of-doom-overwatch/

 

Rumoured numbers

 

213K > PS4 > 200K 
139K > XBO > 100K
72K > 3DS
28K > Wii U

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

I'm surprised that Battleborn charted tbh, especially in the top 5!