NPD January 2015

NPD January 2015
Tracker	NPD
Total Revenue	$625.7 million
Previous	December 2014
Next	February 2015

This the NPD data for 2015, which covers the sales for January 4 through January 31, 2015 in the United States. The gaming industry generated $625.7 million.

Overall

A total of $185.5 million for Hardware. This is down 23% from 2014. For software, there was a total of $235.7 million, up 6% from from 2014. There was an additional $6.6 million for PC retail software. For Accessories, there was a total of $204.6 million, up 3% from 2014.

In terms of hardware, hardware sales cooled after the holiday season with the PS4 and Xbox One only 60% above the cumulative total of their predecessors for 15 months. The PS4 took back the lead for the month as Xbox One ended their discount. Xbox One still outsold its sales from last year though. Nintendo announced that Wii U sales increased by nearly 30% from last January.

In terms of software, Dying Light was far and away the biggest game of the month. It now holds the record for highest first month sales of Survival Horror new IP, beating The Evil Within from the previous October. Nintendo also noted that Super Smash Bros. had sold 180,000 for the month including digital. For all software, Xbox One ultimately won out over the Playstation 4 with several older titles leaning Xbox over Playstation. Nintendo mentioned that Wii U software sales were up 45% from last year.

Lists

Top 10

1. Dying Light
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Minecraft
5. NBA 2K15
6. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
7. Far Cry 4
8. Madden NFL 15
9. Destiny
10. FIFA 15

By Revenue

In 2024, Circana updated their historical data and released updated top 20 charts for each month from 2010 through 2023. This includes digital revenue from members of the Digital Leader Panel.

*means no Digital Data

** means no data from certain storefronts such as Battle.net

1. Dying Light
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
4. NBA 2K15
5. Far Cry 4
6. Madden NFL 15**
7. Minecraft
8. Destiny
9. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U*
10. FIFA 15**
11. Dragon Age: Inquisition**
12. Pokémon: Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire*
13. Resident Evil Remake
14. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
15. Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
16. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes
17. WWE 2K15
18. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
19. Just Dance 2015
20. Battlefield 4**
    

References

NPD/Circana sales figures

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