NPD April 2017

This the NPD data for April 2017, which covers the sales for United States. The gaming industry generated $636 million. Starting this month, the NPD includes digital data for Microsoft and Sony.

Overall

A total of $195 million for Hardware. This is up 37% from April 2016 and the highest hardware sales for April since 2011. For Accessories, there was a total of $125 million, up 4% from 2016 For console software, there was a total of $304 million,up 6% from 2016. For PC software, there was a total of $11 million, down 57% from 2016.

The Nintendo Switch outsold the Playstation 4 and Xbox One again, with almost every unit shipped being sold, since most people had reported that have not seen one on store shelves. The Switch sold over 280,000 units. NES Classic was the second best seller in terms of unit sales.

Lists

Overall Top 20

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
2. Persona 5*
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
4. MLB 17: The Show
5. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Mass Effect: Andromeda
8. NBA 2K17
9. Overwatch**
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
11. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
12. Horizon: Zero Dawn
13. Lego City Undercover
14. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
15. Lego Worlds
16. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
17. Battlefield 1
18. For Honor
19. Nier: Automata
20. Minecraft

Best Selling of 2017

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

Playstation

1. Persona 5*
2. MLB 17: The Show
3. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
4. Horizon Zero Dawn
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
7. Mass Effect: Andromeda
8. NBA 2K17
9. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
10. Overwatch

Xbox

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

Switch

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3. Lego City Undercover
4. 1-2 Switch
5. Puyo Puyo Tetris
6. Super Bomberman R
7. The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+
8. Just Dance 2017
9. Skylanders Imaginators

Handhelds

1. Mario Sports Superstars
2. Pokémon Sun
3. Pokémon Moon
4. Super Mario Maker
5. Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. Mario Kart 7
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
9. Super Mario 3D Land
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2

References

NPD/Circana sales figures